Title: Guidelines for pre-project peer reviews in construction contracting

Authors: S. Burcin Kaplanoglu, David Arditi

Addresses: Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., One North Wacker Drive, Suite 850, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. ' Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, 3201 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

Abstract: |Pre-project peer reviews| (PPPRs) are conducted by construction companies or CM-at-risk firms prior to committing to a GMP or lump sum to mitigate or reduce their project risk. A company uses the services of internal or external senior managers to review the proposed project. This process is expected to indirectly benefit the owner by improving the level of project success. A literature survey indicates that there are no published studies related to PPPR. The issues that need to be discussed in PPPRs are identified and are formulated as guidelines for the use of construction companies and CM-at-risk firms. These issues relate to leadership, staffing, contracts, budget, subcontractors, schedules, safety, quality, cash flow, owner satisfaction, regulations, and information technology. To support these guidelines, the PPPR practices of a construction company including project selection criteria, the characteristics of third party reviewers and of a facilitator, the departments involved in the process and the work flow of the process are reported. The guidelines proposed in this paper provide information on PPPR processes that is not readily available in the current literature.

Keywords: pre-project peer reviews; PPPR; risk reviews; guidelines; risk assessment; construction contracting; project risk; leadership; staffing; contracts; budget; subcontractors; schedules; safety; quality; cash flow; owner satisfaction; regulations; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2010.033660

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2010 Vol.2 No.2, pp.154 - 173

Received: 04 Aug 2009
Accepted: 09 Feb 2010
Published online: 15 Jun 2010 *

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