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Assessing disruption-coping activities in district heating construction projects to enhance the reliability of project organisations
Jonker, W.W. (2023) Assessing disruption-coping activities in district heating construction projects to enhance the reliability of project organisations.
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| Abstract: | The energy transition stimulates the shift towards sustainable heating systems. District heating networks are one of the main infrastructures that can enable this transition. The construction operations for these networks involve placing large rigid pipelines into a crowded urban subsurface. The integration of these networks poses unique coordination challenges and necessitates the acquisition of new technological expertise in order to deploy these networks in an efficient manner. This context offers a unique perspective on processes that strive for reliability within forms of emerging project organisations. Therefore, interviews and non-participatory observations are conducted at the district heating department of a utility contractor to gain insight into their activities for coping with disruptions. The adapted mindful organising framework identifies the use of seven reliability-enhancing and five reliability-reducing activity types by the project team. These findings indicate that the team utilises their implicit knowledge and improvisational actions to cope with disruptions. However, these implicit organisational practices impede project teams from scaling up the implementation of district heating networks. Therefore, a workshop session was organised that resulted in the formation of seven practical mechanisms to enhance project reliability, these mechanisms can serve as a stepping stone towards improved project efficiency. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | Sier Groep Oldenzaal B.V., Oldenzaal, The Netherlands |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 56 civil engineering |
| Programme: | Construction Management and Engineering MSc (60337) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/94333 |
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