Thematic Analysis of Construction Disputes, Their Causes And Prevention resolution In The Design-Build Project Delivery System

مهندسی عمران فردوسی

Article 4, Volume 38, Issue 2 - Serial Number 50, June 2025, Pages 71-90   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/jfcei.2025.91033.1333

Authors

mostafa bodaghi¹; Majid Parchamijalal^{* 2}; ali mohaghar³; Esmatullah noorzai⁴

¹department of project and construction management, architecture faculty, Tehran university, Tehran, Iran

²Associate Professor, Department of project and construction management, University of Tehran,

³Department of industry management, faculty of management, university of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

⁴department of project and construction management, faculty of architecture,, university of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Today, claims and disputes have a great impact on reducing the efficiency of construction industry projects. Because each of project delivery system has unique relationships among stakeholders and the responsibilities of them are also formed by these relationships, claims and disputes, causes of claims and disputes, and solutions to prevent of them are also different in each of PDSs. In this research, with the aim of achieving solutions to prevent claims in design-build projects, we first identified 71 of the most important causes of claims and then classified them based on the relationships between stakeholders. After that, we separated 11 main claims from 22 reasons for their occurrence and showed the relationship between them. Then, by interviews and content analysis of experts' opinions, we presented solutions to prevent claims separately for each claim and, in conclusion, presented 29 practical solutions in order to application time in the project as a practical guideline.

Keywords

Claim Management; Disputes; Causes Of Disputes; Project and Construction Management; Thematic Analysis

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