B02 Building General Performance
About:
Index:
Problems:
- Very rarely the design life of a building is established in the briefing process
- If you assume the building is designed for a ’60 year Normal life’ then this dictates we build competently and robustly, if you assume a ’15 years temporary life’ the materials and methods can change, being less robust.
Misunderstandings:
- If the client acknowledges that some part of a fit-out have a short life because the space is likely to be refitted for another purpose within a short period then the materials and methods used should reflect this this short life; then requirements for 25 year guarantees on everything are inappropriate in those cases
Solutions:
Consider:
Design structure for appropriate life:
- 15 year Temporary, 30 year Short Life, 60 year Normal life, 120 year Long life
- But rationalise and design the structure and fabric to allow replacement of shorter life elements
- Design frame and fabric for deconstruction and salvage in future at end of design life
- Ensure durable structural elements can be reused or recycled
- Ensure mechanical connections are robust to allow disconnection and reassembly
- Ensure components are robust enough to cope with manhandling and transport to reuse site
Avoid:
Minimise:
Value Engineering:
(looking at the bigger picture)
(getting stuff into projects not out of them)
Substitute:
Health:
Wellbeing:
Safety:
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Precautionary principle:
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Resource Efficiency:
Reduce:
Reclaim:
Reuse:
Recycle:
Recover:
Waste Issues:
Waste Category:
Hazardous waste:
Waste statistics:
End of Life options:
Appropriateness:
Competence:
Effectiveness:
Yardstick:
Maintenance issue:
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Information sources:
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy aka BrianSpecMan
13th December 2014 – 13th November 2018
B02 Building General Performance
Images:
NGS CPD: Book: Principles of Element Design
NGS Books: Principles of Element Design: showing
Performance Drawing and Prescriptive Drawing
NGS CPD: GBS J A90 Performance Specification: cover slide
NGS CPD: GBS J A90 Performance Specification:
Slice 2: Educational Objective
NGS CPD: GBS J A90 Performance Specification
Slide x: The relationship between A90 and B03 & B04
NGS CPD: Air Movement on Building
Page 2: Topics in Series of 24 Seminars
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13th December 2014 – 13th November 2018
B02 Building General Performance
See Also:
NGS CHECKLIST
- A90 Performance Specification
- B02 Building General Performance (this page)
- B03 Building Element Performance
- B04 Building Element Description
- Trade/Work section
- Trade work section:
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13th December 2014 – 13th November 2018
