Kashiwagi, D T (1991) Development of a performance based design/procurement system for nonstructural facility systems. PhD thesis, Arizona State University, USA.
Abstract
Facility managers cannot currently maximize facility system performance. This is due to the existing structure of the design and procurement structure, the relative instability of the construction industry, the lack of performance data on facility systems, and the inability to competitively evaluate different facility systems for the same requirement. Industry structural analysis, and a review of current design and procurement processes was used to define requirements for a performance based design and procurement process. The process simultaneously promotes perfect competition, maximizes facility system performance, encourages the use of "value chain" analysis to maximize system performance, assists in stabilizing the construction industry, and assesses the "value added" worth of new technology for specific applications. The process is composed of a data collection system, database, an expert system which calculates the equivalent uniform annual cost of the alternative systems, a decision module that utilizes entropy, and an artificial intelligent rule maker that creates an expert system for the procurement of facility systems. The new process utilizes "value engineering" at the time of award of a facility system. It uses a competitive bidding process, but awards the contract to the best performing facility system and constructor. Eight years of surveying roof system performance assisted in defining the performance based solution. The design and procurement system was activated for a Midwestern firm in the procurement of a roof system. The test verified that the process could be run easily, in a short amount of time, and can maximize facility system performance. The process was also used to measure the "value added" worth of a robotic application of PUF on the test case requirements. Lastly, various strategies for the procurement of roofing systems was fed into the artificial intelligent rule maker based on the test data. An expert system, is developed which can perform the function of a design-build contract, but yet maximize performance.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bidding; competition; competitive bidding; expert system; robotic; value engineering |
| Index terms: | bidding, performance-based, competition, expert system, roofing, strategy, value engineering, competitive bidding, procurement process, surveying, structural analysis, entropy, manager, roof, construction industry, procurement system, module, test case, database, new technology, value chain |
| Subjects: | market analysis, architectural elements, structural engineering, innovation and technology management, bidding, professional practice, contractual arrangements, practitioner, industry analysis, thermal systems, data management, value chain strategy, management, design practice, performance measurement, health monitoring assessment and metrics, value management |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Cost Management, Digital Applications, Design Practice, Sustainability, Procurement, Engineering Principles, Health and Safety, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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