Appointing the Design Consultant as Supervision Consultant on Construction Projects

AbstractThis research presents a questionnaire based on a study of merits and demerits of appointing the same design consultant as construction supervision consultant in the construction industry in Pakistan. The questionnaire comprises five sections corresponding to the project phases including the project initiation, project planning and design, project execution, project monitoring and control, and project closing. Responses of valid questionnaires are analyzed using commercially available software. The results show that clients, consultants, contractors, and researchers strongly support appointing the same design consultant as supervision consultant. Results further indicate that it is not appropriate to employ different professionals on a project for these two services when close coordination is generally required for the successful completion of the same. Research concludes that there is no harm in appointing a third party for proof engineering and design vetting.

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