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Dynamics of Construction

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Sequence of Argument

Situated Projects

AIDA

Operational Islands Governing Projects

Coordinating Projects

Cycle of Escalating Complexity

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Map of Professions

Engineers

Civil Structural MechanicalArchitects

Landscape

Architects

Interior

Designer

Planners

Quantity

Surveyors Building

Surveyors

General PracticeSurveyors

Letting AgentsHousing

Officers

Finance

Accountants

Contractlawyers Chartered

Builders

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Map of Functions (client)

Engineers

Civil Structural MechanicalArchitects

Landscape

Architects

Interior

Designer

Planners

Quantity

Surveyors

BuildingSurveyors

General PracticeSurveyors

Letting AgentsHousing

Officers

Finance

Accountants

Contractlawyers

CharteredBuilders

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Map of Functions (Design)

Engineers

Civil Structural MechanicalArchitects

Landscape

Architects

Interior

Designer

Planners

Quantity

Surveyors

Building

Surveyors

General PracticeSurveyors

Letting AgentsHousing

Officers

Finance

Accountants

Contractlawyers

Chartered

Builders

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Map of Functions (Construct)

Engineers

Civil Structural MechanicalArchitects

Landscape

Architects

Interior

Designer

Planners

Quantity

Surveyors

Building

SurveyorsGeneral PracticeSurveyors

Letting AgentsHousing

Officers

Finance

Accountants

Contractlawyers Chartered

Builders

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Map of Functions(Project Management)

Engineers

Civil Structural MechanicalArchitects

Landscape

Architects

Interior

Designer

Planners

Quantity

SurveyorsBuilding

SurveyorsGeneral PracticeSurveyors

Letting AgentsHousing

Officers

Finance

Accountants

Contractlawyers Chartered

Builders

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Map of Functions(Facilities Management)

Engineers

Civil Structural MechanicalArchitects

Landscape

Architects

Interior

Designer

Planners

Quantity

SurveyorsBuilding

SurveyorsGeneral PracticeSurveyors

Letting AgentsHousing

Officers

Finance

Accountants

Contractlawyers

CharteredBuilders

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Complexity

Technical novelty and variety

Specialisation

Fragmented Professional polarisation

Interdependence

Information Incomplete Information impacted

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Construction Situations

Complexity

InstabilityUncertainty

Value Conflict Uniqueness

Situation

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Situation Pressures

Complexity Value Conflict

Uncertainty

Whole vs part SpecialisationMany low value parts

connectivity

Technical solutions

Not viable

Big commitment

Stakeholder

Fragment and polarised

Underbounding

Professional sponge

For anxiety

Technical

context

Weather

Ground

New materials

Other project

Parent

Organisation

Expert

power

Uniqueness

Instability

Meaning ofproject

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Operational Islands

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Transaction Governance

frequency

Assetspecificity

uncertainty

learning

Boundedrationality

opportunism

NumberAble toDo it

Number ofTimes done

Complexityof task andKnowledgeof task

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Transaction Costs

NOT production costs BUT

Communications

Coordination Management

Contracting

Learning to do it

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Markets

Most efficacious when all necessaryinformation is conveyed between partiesby a price and this item information is

sufficient

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Hierarchies

Group extends bounds of rationality

Easier information exchange: jargon, code

Curbs opportunism

Split into smaller sequential steps

Handle unfolding events

Disputes handled by authority

Overrules bargaining by small numbers

Accommodates quasi-moral and obligations

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Hierarchies BUT

Administrative transactions high

Internal groups develop separate goals

Proliferation of specialist in control

Sunk costs encourage old ways

Communications distorted

Leaders become distant: bureaucraticinsularity

Cooperation perfunctory

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Information Impactedness

Uncertainty/complexity

Small No.Of parties

Boundedrationality

Opportunism

InformationImpactedness

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Interdependency

Pooled

Sequential

Reciprocal

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Cycle of Escalating Complexity

Technicalcomplexity

Specialisation

ReciprocalInterdependence

CoordinationMarket

Environment

Opportunism

BoundedRationality

ProjectGovernance

InformationImpactedness

Numerous &Complex

Transactions

Incompleteness

ErrorsOrganisational

complexity

Maladaptivebehaviour

Belief incertainty