doi: 10.7763/IJET.2012.V4.409
A Conceptual Method of Constructability Improvement
Samaneh Zolfagharian
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- 1 the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Malaysia
- 2 School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Abstract
Constructability is the optimum use of construction knowledge and experience in the conceptual planning. This paper aims to illustrate the application of constructability concepts during the design stage by providing a relevant case study which is a three story residential building. The buildability score of this building is accurately calculated and then by comparing to current standard of buildability, it was found that the buildability of the building needs to be improved. Thus, the constructability concepts were implemented and it was found that if the concepts being implemented in design stage, the constructability of the building will be improved. This paper concluded by a guideline which shows relevant suggestions for improving constructability concept.
Keywords
- Buildability score
- constructability
- construction
How to Cite
Samaneh Zolfagharian, Mehdi Nourbakhsh, Shaik Hussein Mydin, Rosli Mohamad Zin, and Javier Irizarry, "A Conceptual Method of Constructability Improvement," International Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 456-459, 2012. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJET.2012.V4.409
Copyright & License
Copyright © 2012 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).