The Impact of Pre-Project Investment and Quality of Documents on Project Delivery Efficiencies

The Construction and Design Alliance of Ontario (CDAO), Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA), National Trade Contractors Council of Canada (NTCCC), Canadian Construction Association (CCA) along with several other provincial and national industry associations have engaged Ryerson University to conduct a research study. The study is also co-funded by Mitacs, a national research funding agency that supports applied research and industry-academia collaboration.

The goal of the study is to establish solid empirical evidence on the relationship between project owners’ upfront investment in the pre-project stage and the quality of design documents along with key project performance indicators (e.g., efficiency of bidding, number and extent of change orders, cost overruns, and schedule delays) in the whole project lifecycle. The results are expected to provide an objective framework for a change in the project delivery policies in public infrastructure.

As a part of the study, a nation-wide online survey is being conducted to collect data and opinions from construction professionals on questions related to the quality of design documents. Professionals representing project clients, architects and engineers, as well as general contractors and subcontractors, are invited to participate in this survey.

The majority of the questions in this survey will be based on the most recently completed project in which you participated prior to the COVID-19 lockdown. Questions include the year of project completion, approximate construction cost, construction or design duration, cost and schedule performances, and change orders.

This survey should take no more than 15 minutes of your time and remains open until July 31, 2020. Your participation is critical to the success of this project. The survey results will be confidential, and no identifiers of any participant will be published. Please use the following links to participate in this survey and share the survey links with other industry partners.

English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9JYXLFL

French: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YXMZVR7

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Helen Zhuang. Thank you for responding and making a valuable contribution to the Canadian construction industry!