The causes of design changes in petrochemical process plant projects in the Mpumalanga and Free State provinces in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisor Jansen, Riaan
dc.contributor.author Maherry, Andrew A.
dc.contributor.other University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Construction Economics
dc.date.accessioned 2012-09-21T13:26:09Z
dc.date.available 2012-09-21T13:26:09Z
dc.date.created 2012
dc.date.issued 2012-09-21
dc.description Thesis (M Sc. (Project Management))---University of Pretoria 2012. en
dc.description.abstract The objective of this study is to determine and analyse the causes of design changes when executing petrochemical process plant projects in the Mpumalanga and Free State Provinces in South Africa. Data for analysis was obtained through a questionnaire survey based on the literature review. Although data is mainly qualitative in nature, the techniques used to analyse the data is quantitative. The results from the survey indicate that the main causes of the design changes is the unrealistic duration to complete design and insufficient equipment information resulting in assumptions at early stages of the design. The change in scope of work and none attendance of sufficiently experienced personnel and key stakeholders at design reviews later enforcing changes were determined to be the design change factors often experienced in petrochemical process plant projects in the Mpumalanga and Free State Provinces. en
dc.description.librarian ai2013
dc.format.extent 83 pages en
dc.format.medium PDF en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19880
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria. Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology. Dept. of Construction Economics en
dc.rights University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Mini-dissertations (Construction Economics) en
dc.subject Petrochemical process plants en
dc.subject.lcsh Petroleum chemicals industry -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga en
dc.subject.lcsh Petroleum chemicals industry -- South Africa -- Free State en
dc.subject.lcsh Chemical plants -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga -- Design and construction en
dc.subject.lcsh Chemical plants -- South Africa -- Free State -- Design and construction en
dc.title The causes of design changes in petrochemical process plant projects in the Mpumalanga and Free State provinces in South Africa en
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