TY - GEN
T1 - Building renovation decision support model
AU - Reddy, Prameela V.
AU - Sucur, Milorad
AU - Ariaratnam, Samuel T.
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - Theoretically, it may be assumed that with proper construction and maintenance the life of a building could be extended almost indefinitely. In practice, however, buildings tend to have a finite lifespan. The performance of the building in relation to functional use to meet current needs often determines the usability of the building. Objective measurement of functional performance in a building is a very complex issue. Although some functional attributes can be expressed in quantitative terms, it is not possible or practical to express all functional attributes such as safety, security, convenience etc. in quantitative terms. In this paper, the development of a PC-based computer model to assist in the measurement of functional performance of a building is discussed. Buildings possess complex sets of attributes and most of the attributes are interdependent. Measurement of the functional condition of a building includes comprehensive evaluation of the attributes in relation to each other.
AB - Theoretically, it may be assumed that with proper construction and maintenance the life of a building could be extended almost indefinitely. In practice, however, buildings tend to have a finite lifespan. The performance of the building in relation to functional use to meet current needs often determines the usability of the building. Objective measurement of functional performance in a building is a very complex issue. Although some functional attributes can be expressed in quantitative terms, it is not possible or practical to express all functional attributes such as safety, security, convenience etc. in quantitative terms. In this paper, the development of a PC-based computer model to assist in the measurement of functional performance of a building is discussed. Buildings possess complex sets of attributes and most of the attributes are interdependent. Measurement of the functional condition of a building includes comprehensive evaluation of the attributes in relation to each other.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027306337
SN - 0872629155
T3 - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
SP - 1547
EP - 1554
BT - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
PB - Publ by ASCE
T2 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - V-ICCCBE
Y2 - 7 June 1993 through 9 June 1993
ER -