ABSTRACT
One of the major issues identified in the construction industry is lack of coordination among team members. The team is not formulated completely at the initial stage of design. A team shall ideally comprise representative from all the fields: the Client, the Architect, the Project Manager, the Consultant, and the Contractor. The complexity of construction projects has introduced disintegration in the construction projects. The team members are confined to their specific areas of interest, thus leading to lack of coordination in the team. Some architects agreed to the fact that the involvement of contractors at an early stage of design is beneficial because it saves time, which may otherwise be invested in reworks at a later stage due to non availability of any of the resources. There is an emergent need to stress upon the importance of project management practices related to various design and construction activities based on constructability and increase the awareness level of architects.
