This paper focuses on the location of technical knowledge and discusses the key points in the design process. To this end, we developed a description method that makes it possible to locate technical knowledge. We have also discussed the essential points that need to be understood for the development of the construction industry.
First, the perspectives provided in this paper are based on clarifying the location of technical knowledge and responsibility. As a result of varying backgrounds and business customs, what should have been a simple relationship started to include unnatural bias. From this, we can indicate the implications of the problems related to quality assurance of the design contents. Indeed, it is difficult for the main architect to take responsibility for the work that requires extensive knowledge of architectural design. However, it is necessary to clarify who has technical knowledge and who is responsible for the design.
Second, the location of technical knowledge changes. Technical knowledge will gradually change over time. Moreover, the layering of the design division of labor makes it difficult to indicate who will create the design information and who will approve it responsibly with its content. If the content and characteristics of knowledge and the relationships between the designers change, it is necessary to pay close attention to the uneven distribution of technical knowledge. It is necessary to add the considerations obtained from the previous chapter while describing the uneven distribution of technical knowledge, focusing on the types of construction that have caused serious problems and resulted in the recent accidents.
Thus, the points which could not be clarified in the discussions that did not focus on technical knowledge, may now be clearly recognized. Hence, we will continue to apply this description method to each construction, giving priority to constructions that affect safety, and add investigation and analysis.
Construction is a made-to-order production and it contains project-wise characteristics. In the future, the concept of this paper can be used while examining the important parameters of each project, such as complexity, uncertainty, and novelty.
