França, Ana Judite Galbiatti Limongi (2016) Continuous improvement applied to standardized typology of buildings: Knowledge management in the context of the asset portfolio. PhD thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
The Brazilian construction industry is often affected by the lack of formalization for the design, construction, operation and maintenance processes. However, the efficient information management can improve the sharing of lessons learned from previous results regarding building performance. This is important, because it is expected that this information is used for reviewing new construction requirements. In the case of similar buildings, this approach allows improving the built environment performance, by continuously reviewing the design guidelines. Considering these aspects, Post-Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) were applied to São Paulo public educational facilities, in the period between 2008 and 2011. From these results analysis, the design guidelines and maintenance procedures review was considered relevant. Once these buildings are standardized and share functional programming and specifications for building systems and components, it was considered appropriate to formalize a process for the information management. Therefore, the information related to a building can be managed in a structured manner, accessible for the players engaged in the building design and facility management. This research shows an approach regarding the knowledge management and discusses the technological resources required for the performance of buildings assessed under the management of one organization, in order to be efficiently documented. These procedures also aim to promote the built environment quality in the built environment, by enabling comparisons between similar buildings, in order to improve their usability and maintainability levels, throughout the expected service life of the building components and construction systems.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Ornstein, Sheila Walbe |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | built environment performance; information modeling; knowledge management |
| Index terms: | built environment, building system, construction industry, service life, building design, information modelling, continuous improvement, post-occupancy evaluation, programming, building component, educational facility, construction system, knowledge management, lessons learned, maintainability, operation and maintenance, specification, building performance, usability |
| Subjects: | maintenance engineering, architectural elements, digital design, building construction, asset management, quality assurance, construction type, programming, architectural design, performance measurement, professional development, contractual condition, industry analysis, infrastructure and transport systems, user-centered design, engineering systems, evaluation methods |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Research Practice, Information Management, Construction Technology, Design Practice, Urban Studies, Digital Applications, Contract Administration, Engineering Principles, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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