The literature review comprises of definition of rework, describing rework as waste in construction, identification of possible factors causing rework based on different rework models and comparison of percentage of cost of rework from previous research.
2.1 Definition of rework
Every construction project is unique in nature and problems occurred are unpredictable. A lot of activities are involved in one project. So rework cannot be avoidable. Rework & wastages is recognized as non-value adding items which affects the performance and productivity of construction projects (Alwi, 2002). There are various terms associated with rework such as non-conformance, quality deviations, quality failures and defects.
Rework is defined as the unnecessary effort of redoing an activity that was inaccurately done the first time (Love, 2002a). When a product or service does not meet the customer requirement, work has to be redone. Most of the time, rework occurred due to complicated characteristics of construction process. The major cause of rework is uncertainty generated by poor information flow.
CII (2001a) defined “field rework as activities that should be done many times and activities which result in undoing the work that is already performed.” Fayek et al. (2003) have modified the definition & defined “field rework as activities in the field that have to be done more than once in the field, or activities which remove work previously installed as part of the project regardless of source, where no change order has been issued and no change of scope has been identified by the owner.”
Rework is necessary when any part of building fails to meet customer requirements, or completed work does not conform to the contract documents.
2.2 Waste associ...
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...per work sequencing, improper work protection, lack of coordination
Oyewobi, L.O. and Ogunsemi, D.R. (2010) Quality failure, Lack of understanding and correct interpretation of client’s requirement, Omission during design, Change in plan and scope by client, Error during design, Ineffective coordination and integration of components, Inadequate resources, Conflicting of opinions between participants, Lack of quality management system, Late user involvement, Poor communication, Lack of support to site management, Poor information flow, Defective workmanship, Carelessness, Inadequate funding
Rework committee of Construction Owners Association of Alberta (2001), developed the fish bone or cause and effect diagram classification system to categories the causes of rework. They classify rework causes into 5 main categories and each category contains 4 main causes.
The requirements were not well defined and the stakeholders kept on adding new features to during the development there were no clear goals defined. This led to the shift of delivery time and affected the quality.
The renovation, which is expected to take eight years to complete, is expected to increase
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（Wu，2005） It makes the construction become efficient and safety if contractor requested change order generally, and also could make construction quality and surrounding friendliness. （Wu，2005） Without demanding extra costs, the project owner most of time that accepted change order requests（Wu，2005）. There are some situations in the original construction process. Such as the underground conditions , this caused by lacking of construction site investigation by the design department, or further requirements of underground developments or improvement of underground monitoring and sensing, and differing underground condition and seepage when construction excavation. Hsieh(2004)agreed that “Underground conditions tend to be more complicated in the depth range of 2–5 m below ground, and all the more complicated in areas that were previously riverbed”. Otherwise, unsuitable construction methods or the other human mistakes could also result in man-made disasters, which mean on-site work of repairing would cause change designs.
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This work is delineated by the “make work” and the “buy work” of the project. With this delineation comes a different way in which legal aspects will be applicable to the project. With “make work” the amount of details required in the statement of work (SOW) is significantly less than that of the “buy work” (Fleming, 2003). Fleming (2003) stated that the tolerance for error is significant and self-correcting when dealing with “make work” that is kept in house.
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