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Record W2038286013 · doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.07.321

Contractual Risks in Fast-Track Projects

2011· article· en· W2038286013 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueProcedia Engineering · 2011
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDecision Sciences
TopicConstruction Project Management and Performance
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Calgary
FundersUniversity of Asia Pacific
KeywordsReworkLiabilityTrack (disk drive)Risk analysis (engineering)DamagesCost overrunBusinessWork (physics)Duration (music)Integrated project deliveryActuarial scienceComputer scienceProject managementFinanceEngineeringConstruction industryConstruction engineeringSystems engineering

Abstract

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Fast-tracking strategies are used to achieve a shorter project duration; however, these strategies may negatively impact project performance by imposing additional risks, uncertainties, and costs. Rework, change orders and site modifications are almost inevitable in fast-tracked projects. Although these problems are not specific to fast-tracking, their frequency is relatively higher in this approach. Contracts should deal with these extra risks and the responsibilities associated with them, and assign them reasonably among project stakeholders as well. Currently, no contractual framework specific to fast-track projects is available; therefore, risks may not be allocated equitably to stakeholders. The usual consequence of the inequitable risk allocation is additional contingencies and premiums added by designers and contractors to their bid price which will end with greater overall project cost. In this paper, particular legal risks and challenges in fast-track projects are identified through a literature review. In addition, contractual aspects of fast-tracking are briefly reviewed at three levels: contract language; contract type; and project delivery method. The study shows that inaccurate cost estimating and cost overrun risk liability, liability for design errors and omissions, delay damages, change orders, construction rework and modifications, as well as risk liability for overlooked work are among the most common reasons for disputes in fast-tracking. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the contractual risks in fast-track projects and help to develop contract strategies and minimize the associated legal problems.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.350
Threshold uncertainty score0.464

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Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.001
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.208
GPT teacher head0.343
Teacher spread0.135 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it