Blueprint for Success: Unveiling the Secrets of an Effective Design Decision-Making Process
August 26, 2024
In the last five years, exciting technological breakthroughs have substantially accelerated growth and competition in a race to bring new products to market, demanding that design and construction teams deliver projects that are bigger, faster, and more expensive. The “new norm” demands that we start these projects with far less definition than we used to. We consistently see the need for building construction to outpace the development of the process or production technology.
These projects always seem to find their way to completion; however, that is not the same as them being completed successfully. Cost, schedule, and quality are all fundamental factors that define success—beyond just completing the scope of a job. The weight and value assigned to each of these should be unique to each project—and in many cases, each decision—but none of these can be completely ignored. The impact of change, or the impact of a delayed decision, grows with the progression of the design. Even small changes or seemingly inconsequential decisions made too late can have major impacts on a project.