Design management phases in a construction irrigation dam: case study

• Autor(a) principal: Quiñones Martínez, Ruben
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/19674
• topic: Management; Project phases; Project design; Irrigation dam; Stakeholders; Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Civil

An efficient management of construction projects plays a fundamental role to reach the objectives and guarantee success during the project development design and construction. This management involves an orderly, sequential and efficient effort, carried out with experience and responsibility in the development of each phase of a construction project. Currently, technical, environmental, economic and social regulatory requirements regarding construction project development have become more demanding, especially in larger scale projects with increased technical complexity. This research develops the procedural basis of documentary management of projects in different phases of development, using an exhaustive literature review, denoting some differences and particularities amongst countries and even amongst authors, especially in organization procedures. A case study was conducted comparing the regulatory assumptions and the relevant literature on the subject with the real management of a construction project of an irrigation dam. Firstly, a review of the various documents that constitute the dam project design along the different phases of its development was undertaken. Subsequently, in order to complement the gathered information during the investigation, as well as to respond to other missing research questions even after the documentary review, an interview supported by a questionnaire with the dam project designer was conducted. The main results of the research allow the convergence of scattered and unclear information about which documents are mandatory in each phase of the project, being this unclearly specified in the regulations. The case study contributes to understanding the role of the different stakeholders throughout the process, and the criteria that support their decisions to move forward to the next phases of a project. Besides, the case study allows a better comprehension of the milestones to complete a phase and to start the next one, as well as to ensure all the necessary supporting documents in the different phases.