Quality Function Deployment for Buildable and Sustainable Construction by Singhaputtangkul Natee Sui Pheng Low & Evelyn A. L. Teo

Author:Singhaputtangkul Natee, Sui Pheng Low & Evelyn A. L. Teo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Singapore

This hypothesis would serve to provide a better understanding of the concept to achieving sustainability and buildability by utilizing the Institutional Theory framework to further explain socially constructed belief and rule systems that influence and/or underpin decision making (Scott 2008). Testing this hypothesis would help to find a link between the Institutional Theory framework and the comprehensive list of the criteria, and thus providing a platform for the architects and engineers to achieve sustainability and buildability requirements in building envelope designs.

Apart from determination of the underlying factors, success of the assessment of the building envelope materials and designs for private high-rise residential buildings is also affected by several decision-making problems faced by the architects and engineers. These problems include inadequate consideration of requirements, inadequate consideration of possible materials and designs, lack of efficiency and consistency, lack of communication and integration between members of the team, subjective and uncertain requirements, and disagreement between members of the team. Based on the literature reviews, the book develops the KBDSS-QFD tool that consists of four main elements which are the HOQSB, KMS, fuzzy inference engine, and user interface to mitigate such problems as a whole. As such, according to the second portion of the conceptual framework, the second hypothesis is formulated as follows:

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The KBDSS-QFD tool consisting of the HOQSB, KMS, fuzzy inference engine, and user interface can be applied to facilitate the design team to mitigate the decision-making problems as a whole.

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