Basic Study of Performance-Based Design in Civil Engineering
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 128, Issue 1
Abstract
Although performance-based design, procurement, and construction management are now spreading rapidly in the building construction field, full-fledged study of the method for public works has barely begun. At this time, therefore, the concept expressed by the term “performance-based design” (which in this article, for simplicity, will include procurement and construction management) varies from person to person. This article is a basic study of the concepts of performance-based standards, performance-based standardization, and performance-based ordering, which are all necessary to introduce the performance-based design approach into the civil engineering field. It is proposed that performance-based design be defined in terms of two conditions: attainment level of objective of use, and degree of freedom. The article introduces the bottom-up and top-down methods as basic performance standardization methodologies.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 128 • Issue 1 • January 2002
Pages: 30 - 35
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 11, 2000
Accepted: Jan 4, 2001
Published online: Jan 1, 2002
Published in print: Jan 2002
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