Tight design timelines can compromise the design team's ability to consider factors like life cycle cost, distribution efficiency, access, maintainability, and system integration.
Technological advances and economic pressure frequently join forces to reduce the design and construction time for building projects. Narrowing the design window places intense pressure on the design team to produce construction documents as quickly as possible. As a result, other factors like life cycle cost, distribution efficiency, access, maintainability, and system integration may not receive a thorough evaluation to provide the best overall solution to the design problem.
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