Performance Approach to Construction Goals.
Performance Approach to Construction Goals.
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Wright, R. N.
Applications of the Performance Concept in Building.
CIB-ASTM-ISO-RILEM 3rd International Symposium. Volume
2. Proceedings. National Building Research Institute.
December 9-12, 1996, Tel-Aviv, Israel, National Building
Research Inst., Haifa, Israel, 2/1-10 pp, 1996.
Keywords:
construction; constructed facilities; construction
goals; performance approach; performance concept;
performance standards
Abstract:
The performance approach, because it focuses directly
and intelligently on the qualities desired of
constructed facilities and enables innovation, is
essential to the quality and economy of constructed
facilities and the competitiness of the industries of
construction. Construction goals, expressing the
benefits of improved performance, attract the attention
and support of policy makers in the private and public
sectors that is needed to focus and fund the research,
development and deployment efforts required to achieve
the goals. Collaborations in the United States between
leaders of the industries of construction and federal
agencies responsible for construction- related research
and practice have led to formulation of construction
goals and the program of performance-oriented R&D
required to achieve the goals. Since both the needs for
improved construction practices and the enabling
technologies are internationally relevant, there are
important opportunities for international collaborations
in the funding and conduct of performance-oriented R&D
addressing construction goals.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899