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A REVIEW OF DESIGN RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION (AEC) INDUSTRY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Yvonne Yu Bing Wong ,
Sam Conrad Joyce  and
Lucienne Blessing
Yvonne Yu Bing Wong*
Affiliation:
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Sam Conrad Joyce
Affiliation:
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Lucienne Blessing
Affiliation:
Singapore University of Technology and Design
*
Wong, Yvonne, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore, yvonne_wong@mymail.sutd.edu.sg

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Productivity studies in the AEC industry has gained significant attention in the past decade, however the impact from actual industry application has not kept up. This could be attributed to the focus on construction productivity instead of engineering productivity. This paper presents a systematic literature review on engineering design productivity in AEC industry focusing on design research method applications.

Keywords

Design processOrganizational processesDesign managementEngineering ProducivityEngineer Performace
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 201 - 210
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