Risk management of design and build warehouse projects for domestic and commercial clients

Date of Publication

12-2023

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Engineering major in Civil Engineering

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering | Engineering

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Civil Engineering

Thesis Advisor

Jason Maximino C. Ongpeng

Daryl Jumar L. Calapre

Defense Panel Chair

Daniel Nichol R. Valerio

Defense Panel Member

Maria Emilia P. Sevilla

Cheryl Lyne C. Roxas

Abstract/Summary

A prevalent construction procurement method in the Philippines is Design and Build (D&B). In D&B, a single contractor assumes the risk and responsibility of designing and building a project. This procurement strategy is favored by some owners over the traditional Design-Bid-Build (DBB) due to its advantage of being able to overlap the design and build timelines and due to its convenience in coordination with only a single entity. However, there are several risks to D&B. These may include changes in quantity or scope of work, design changes, delay in design, difficulties or delays in availability of materials, equipment, and labor, inadequate quality of work and need for correction, and inadequate specifications.

The type of client for the D&B project may also affect the level of these risks due to their characteristic differences. Domestic clients are those individuals carrying out a construction project for their home that is not part of any business, while commercial clients are those individuals or organizations carrying out a construction as part of a business. Domestic clients tend to have less safeguards against client-initiated changes as compared to D&B commercial clients because of easier access to their own funds. They also tend to be less aware of the risks involved in D&B. Moreover, D&B projects owned by domestic clients usually cost less than Php 50M, while those owned by commercial clients are typically larger in scale, costing more than this amount.

The study aimed to quantify the levels of risk associated with warehouse D&B projects considering the application of HH Consulting’s standard project workflow. Furthermore, the study aimed to differentiate the risk scores, or the levels of risk quantified, of the two types of D&B clients and propose risk responses covered by the tendering stage. It was found that the proposed risk controls had a significant effect only to those D&B projects owned by domestic clients while its effect to the risk scores of commercial clients were not significant.

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Language

English

Format

Electronic

Keywords

Construction industry—Risk management; Risk management

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12-10-2023

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