Analysing the novated design and construct contract from the client's, design team's and contractor's perspectives

Hemanta Doloi

Construction Management and Economics, 2008, vol. 26, issue 11, 1181-1196

Abstract: The novated design and construct (ND&C) contract is one of the increasingly preferred options among developers of large commercial and residential projects across Australia. As a consequence of novation, the design team's obligation to the client gets transferred to the contractor who becomes responsible for carrying out the detailed design work at a later stage of project life cycle. Subsequently, there are some inherent factors that can depict the effectiveness of how all parties in the process interact leading to a successful delivery of project through ND&C contracts. A common set of 31 influencing attributes have been identified through a systematic research approach and their relative significance and impacts have been determined based on a structured questionnaire survey in selected construction projects. By performing the factor analysis, a total of eight factors significant to ND&C contracts were extracted, namely (1) impact of initial design; (2) client's involvements in post novation design; (3) selection of design team; (4) contractor's obligation; (5) morale in post novation; (6) experience of design team; (7) relationship between contractor and design team; and (8) expertise of DT in ND&C projects. With a clear understanding of the roles of clients, design team and the contractors, these findings could potentially contribute to develop a company's procedures or enhance existing knowledge in relation to the ND&C procurement approach.

Keywords: Design novation; procurement practice; factor analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/01446190802512359

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