UNIVERSITY OF DAR-ES-SALAAM
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (CoET)
DEPARTMENT OF STRUCTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
I, Neema Charles Mwashihava, Fourth-year student, at University of Dar-es-Salaam
pursuing Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Conducting a study named
“Assessment of Design and Documentation Deficiency in Construction Projects in
Tanzania.” I kindly request your co-operation in filling this questionnaire which will
take about less than 15 minutes so as to enable me complete the study.
Please note: All information provided will be handled with outmost confidentiality
for academic analysis and not otherwise. Your participation means a lot.
Briefly, Deficiency of design and documentation refers to a state of lacking some
necessary qualities of design, design details and associated documentation.
Please respond to the questions by either ticking the appropriate box or by writing
your answer in the space provided.
Respondent designation __________________________________________________
Company’s name in full (optional) ________________________________________
1. The company is registered as
a. Engineering firm
b. Quantity surveying firm
c. Architectural firm
d. Contractor firm
2. If it is registered as construction firm, then which class? ___________________
3. What experience does your company have in implementing construction
projects?
a. Less than 1 year
b. Between 1 to 4 years
c. Between 4 to 10 years
d. More than 10 years
4. Below in the table are numbers of significant factors causing deficiency in
design and its documentation in implementing construction projects. Being one
of the stakeholders in implementation of construction projects, how frequent is
the occurrence for the factor listed below in implementing construction projects?
(Please tick the appropriate box).
Very Frequent Occasional Rare
S/ frequent
Contributing factors
N (4) (3) (2) (1)
1 Insufficient overall design time
2 Complexity of the design
Poor relationship between design
3
team members
4 Non dynamic brief development
5 Different professional formations
6 Waiting for client decision
7 Poor defined brief by client
Separation between designers and
8
contractors
9 Procurement System used
10 Lack of adequate site information
11 Inadequate design management
Use of inexperienced designers
12
Difficult in getting paid the sufficient
13
amount and in time
Improper use of Computer Aided
14
Design (CAD)
5. If there are other factors causing deficiency in design and its documentation in
implementing construction projects? Please mention below.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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6. To what extent each factor listed below affect quality of design and its
documentation in implementing construction projects? (Please tick the
appropriate box).
Significant factors causing deficiency
S/ Major Moderate
in design and its documentation in Minor Insignificant Catastrophic
N implementing construction projects (5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
1 Insufficient overall design time
2 Complexity of the design
3 Different professional formations
Poor relationship between design
4
team members
5 Non dynamic brief development
Lack of commitment in achieving
6
design and documentation standards
7 Poor defined brief by client
Separation between designers and
8
contractors
9 Procurement System used
10 Lack of adequate site information
11 Inadequate design management
12 Use of inexperienced designers
Difficult in getting paid the sufficient
13
amount and in time
Improper use of Computer Aided Design
14
(CAD)
7. What are the criteria used in identifying the level of deficiency in design and
documentation in implementing construction projects?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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8. Below in the table are number of possible solutions to take in achieving the
efficiency of design and its documentation in implementing construction
projects. Being one of the stakeholders, how important is the possible solutions
listed below in achieving efficiency of design and its documentation in
construction project? (Please tick the appropriate box).
Very Important Less Not
S/
Possible Solutions important important important
N (4) (3) (2) (1)
1 Provide adequate design time
2 Accountability by consultants
Close inspection to be done by
3
registration boards
Incentives to the projects that have
4 achieved the optimum quality of
design and its documentation
Sufficient amount to be paid to
5
designers
6 Adherence of professional ethics
Training on practical, ethical and
7
management issues
8 Fair selection process
Regulatory bodies to impose
penalties to stakeholders who have
9
inadequate designs and
documentation
Thank you for your cooperation!!
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