Comparing Design Quality for School Buildings In IRAQ (Directorate General of Education in Diyala Case Study)

Wadhah Amer Hatem Wadhah Amer Hatem

doi:10.24237/djes.2014.07109

Abstract

Design quality has many definitions according to the field being considered. In the construction industry, the term design quality can be defined as the ideal design that satisfies all the project parties in terms of cost, time, and material specification and so on. Design quality measurement is considered from the point of view of complex tasks in the construction industry because of the differences in the stakeholders’ opinions regarding each item in the design such as whether is it safe, comfortable, attractive in style. etc. This paper compares the design quality of two types of school buildings in Iraq and uses the design quality indicator toolkit DQI which was developed by Gann et al. [1]. The results show that the design quality for the closed school building was superior to that of the U-shape building in many aspects.

Highlights

Design quality measurement is considered from the complex issues in the construction industry because each project consists of many activities and numerous items to obtain the same level of quality in each item by different projects’ parties such as designers, users, project owners is very difficult and may be impossible
The results show the average of the 50 questionnaires for each type of building
It is clear that the design quality indicator for closed schools was higher than for Ushape schools in most of the Design Quality Indicator (DQI) elements, and was equal in three of the elements, these representing the impact of the building

Summary

Introduction

Design quality measurement is considered from the complex issues in the construction industry because each project consists of many activities and numerous items to obtain the same level of quality in each item by different projects’ parties such as designers, users, project owners is very difficult and may be impossible. The quality of the design should be at a high level when there is shared knowledge which is understood by everybody working on the design. This characteristic depends on the quality of the information in addition to whether or not it is successfully or punctually passed around the design team at different stages in the design phase [6]

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