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The Design Quality Indictor (DQI) is a toolkit to measure the design quality of buildings. In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made

Development of DQI was started by the Construction Industry Council in 1999[1] and the toolkit was launched as an online toolkit to the UK construction industry on the 1 October 2003[2]. The Construction Industry Council (CIC is the representative body for the professional bodies research organizations and specialist business associations in the Construction Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure October 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August -

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Conceptual framework

DQI applies a structured approach to assess design quality based on the model of by the Roman engineer Vitruvius who described design in terms of utalitas, firmitas and ventsutas, often translated as commodity, firmness and delight[3]. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c 80–70 BC died after c 15 BC was a Roman Writer, Architect and Engineer (possibly praefectus fabrum DQI uses a modern day interpretation of these terms as:

Methodology

DQI is completed by a range of stakeholders in the briefing and design stages of a building project, or on a completed building. Design is used both as a Noun and a Verb. The term is often tied to the various Applied arts and Engineering (See design disciplines Stakeholders who participate include:

DQI is usually applied in a facilitated workshop. In Business, facility management (or facilities management is the Management of building estates which encompasses both building fabric and services An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Structural engineers analyze design plan and research structural components and Structural systems Their work takes account mainly of technical economic and environmental A quantity surveyor (QS or cost engineer is a professional person working within the Construction industry. hiyaA project manager is a professional in the field of Project management.

Models and related approaches

There are two models of Design Quality Indicator:

Notes

  1. ^ Page 6, Spencer, N. and Winch, G. (2002). How Buildings add value for clients, London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-3128-9
  2. ^ Construction Industry Council. The Construction Industry Council (CIC is the representative body for the professional bodies research organizations and specialist business associations in the Construction DQI Online – How well is your building designed? 1 October 2003
  3. ^ Gann et al. October 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - (2003), Design Quality Indicator as a tool for thinking: Building Research and Information, London: Spon Press. doi:10.1080/0961321032000107564
  4. ^ Design Quality Indicator
  5. ^ DQI for Schools
  6. ^ Construction Industry Council. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. The Construction Industry Council (CIC is the representative body for the professional bodies research organizations and specialist business associations in the Construction DQI for Schools Launched 8 December 2005
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