Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information
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Data de Publicação: | 2015 |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/85605 |
Resumo: | Housing is among the main drivers for the Construction Industry (CI) in most countries, providing the response to a fundamental need of people. This fulfilment usually involves a significant burden to the financial resources of individuals or families, extending for a considerable lapse of time. Nevertheless, the information that the CI provides to its housing customers is far behind what other industries do. The choosing of a home is mostly based on non-specialist direct analysis as any documents that might be available are generally technically-oriented. Several Design Quality Evaluation Methods (DQEM) have been developed and even implemented in some countries (i.e. Qualitel/France, SEL/Switzerland, HQI/UK, MC_FEUP/Portugal) but they have yet to achieve recognition as a suitable tool for Client-as-User decision. Unlike other industries which engage in making their clients more knowledgeable and able to choose wisely among the diverse offers in the market, CI seems unconcerned by this. Thus, a recollection of surveys concerning the impact of the Design stage of a construction project is presented, followed by an overview of some of the more widely known DQEM. This is followed by a discussion and proposal of a more user-friendly approach for the presentation of quality performance levels in housing design and how it might be used as an asset for a change in the way CI is perceived by public opinion, fostering user knowledge and client-induced industry improvement . |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused InformationEngenharia civil, Engenharia civilCivil engineering, Civil engineeringHousing is among the main drivers for the Construction Industry (CI) in most countries, providing the response to a fundamental need of people. This fulfilment usually involves a significant burden to the financial resources of individuals or families, extending for a considerable lapse of time. Nevertheless, the information that the CI provides to its housing customers is far behind what other industries do. The choosing of a home is mostly based on non-specialist direct analysis as any documents that might be available are generally technically-oriented. Several Design Quality Evaluation Methods (DQEM) have been developed and even implemented in some countries (i.e. Qualitel/France, SEL/Switzerland, HQI/UK, MC_FEUP/Portugal) but they have yet to achieve recognition as a suitable tool for Client-as-User decision. Unlike other industries which engage in making their clients more knowledgeable and able to choose wisely among the diverse offers in the market, CI seems unconcerned by this. Thus, a recollection of surveys concerning the impact of the Design stage of a construction project is presented, followed by an overview of some of the more widely known DQEM. This is followed by a discussion and proposal of a more user-friendly approach for the presentation of quality performance levels in housing design and how it might be used as an asset for a change in the way CI is perceived by public opinion, fostering user knowledge and client-induced industry improvement .2015-112015-11-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10216/85605engJorge Moreira da CostaHelena Corvachoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-29T14:23:41Zoai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/85605Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:00:22.488282Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information Jorge Moreira da Costa Engenharia civil, Engenharia civil Civil engineering, Civil engineering |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Improving Housing Quality through Client-Focused Information |
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Jorge Moreira da Costa |
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Jorge Moreira da Costa Helena Corvacho |
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Helena Corvacho |
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Jorge Moreira da Costa Helena Corvacho |
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Engenharia civil, Engenharia civil Civil engineering, Civil engineering |
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Engenharia civil, Engenharia civil Civil engineering, Civil engineering |
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Housing is among the main drivers for the Construction Industry (CI) in most countries, providing the response to a fundamental need of people. This fulfilment usually involves a significant burden to the financial resources of individuals or families, extending for a considerable lapse of time. Nevertheless, the information that the CI provides to its housing customers is far behind what other industries do. The choosing of a home is mostly based on non-specialist direct analysis as any documents that might be available are generally technically-oriented. Several Design Quality Evaluation Methods (DQEM) have been developed and even implemented in some countries (i.e. Qualitel/France, SEL/Switzerland, HQI/UK, MC_FEUP/Portugal) but they have yet to achieve recognition as a suitable tool for Client-as-User decision. Unlike other industries which engage in making their clients more knowledgeable and able to choose wisely among the diverse offers in the market, CI seems unconcerned by this. Thus, a recollection of surveys concerning the impact of the Design stage of a construction project is presented, followed by an overview of some of the more widely known DQEM. This is followed by a discussion and proposal of a more user-friendly approach for the presentation of quality performance levels in housing design and how it might be used as an asset for a change in the way CI is perceived by public opinion, fostering user knowledge and client-induced industry improvement . |
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