Indicators to measure design quality of buildings
Design quality is an important component in measuring satisfaction towards total product quality (TPQ) of buildings, the product of construction projects. Design Quality Indicator (DQI), developed by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) in the UK looking at three quality fields, i.e. functionalit...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7495/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7495/1/INDICATORS_TO_MEASURE_DESIGN_QUALITY_OF_BUILDINGS.pdf |
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| Summary: | Design quality is an important component in measuring satisfaction towards total product quality (TPQ) of
buildings, the product of construction projects. Design Quality Indicator (DQI), developed by the Construction
Industry Council (CIC) in the UK looking at three quality fields, i.e. functionality, build quality, and impact of
building in measuring the quality of design embodied in the buildings through feedback and perceptions of all
stakeholders involved in the production and use of buildings. Design quality is always a major concern in the
Malaysian construction industry. With inspiration from this DQI, this study was carried out to identify indicators
for measuring the satisfaction towards design quality of buildings and to evaluate the suitability of the indicators
for application in the context of Malaysian construction industry. Through literature survey, 34 indicators of
design quality were identified and grouped into the three design quality fields. A questionnaire survey was
carried out among Malaysian construction professionals (architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, contractors
and developers) to assess the identified design quality indicators in terms of their significance or relevance in the
context of construction industry in Malaysia. The survey reveals that access, natural lighting, structure elements,
landscape and location are among the design quality indicators that were perceived as the most important to be
looked at. In overall, all the indicators are relevance for adoption in the Malaysian construction industry to
measure the satisfaction towards design quality of buildings |
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