“If you Cannot Measure it, you Cannot Manage it” – Buildability and Performance-Based Appraisal

8 pages•Published: October 23, 2017

Shang Gao, Paulo Vaz-Serra and Blair Gardiner

Abstract

Buildability has been a perennial issue in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, with advocates arguing for positive benefits related to cost, time, quality and safety in project development. Evidently, buildability has been seen to offer broader industry gains and efficiencies, and its assessment has been encouraged as a criterion in the regulatory approval process of some countries. If buildability offers positive outcomes in project development, how can these be introduced, measured and assessed in the project development process? In the absence of mandated buildability appraisal systems, does the industry develop its market mechanism to leverage the gains that its consideration offers? Detailed coverage is systematically reviewed with the aim to identify the current trends in buildability. Based on a comparative analysis of existing assessment models of buildability, this paper reviews the suitability of this model, by highlighting the potential difficulties of its adoption, against the current deregulated and highly performance-based context of the Australian construction industry. The outcome of this paper is to provide a research methodology to develop a buildability assessment tool for Australia.

Keyphrases: australia, buildability, construction practice, deregulation, performance based design

In: Marsha Lamb (editor). AUBEA 2017: Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference 2017, vol 1, pages 419-426.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/W8PQ
	https://doi.org/10.29007/rn7z

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{AUBEA2017:“If_you_Cannot_Measure,
  author    = {Shang Gao and Paulo Vaz-Serra and Blair Gardiner},
  title     = {“If you Cannot Measure it, you Cannot Manage it” – Buildability and Performance-Based Appraisal},
  booktitle = {AUBEA 2017: Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference 2017},
  editor    = {Marsha Lamb},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Education Science},
  volume    = {1},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2306},
  url       = {/publications/paper/W8PQ},
  doi       = {10.29007/rn7z},
  pages     = {419-426},
  year      = {2017}}

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