TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– Where buildability is concerned, the six total building performance (TBP) mandates are seldom taken into consideration.. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between buildability and the two TBP mandates of thermal performance and building integrity performance.Design/methodology/approach– A real life case study of a worker dormitories building project was used as the base model for analysis. A breakdown of the buildability scores for the project was first noted. Thereafter, the TBP guidelines relating to thermal performance and building integrity performance were incorporated into the base model and the buildability scores were recomputed.Findings– Following the thermal performance guidelines, a negative relationship with buildability was observed. However, a positive result was established between the building integrity performance guidelines and buildability. The different relationships occurred due to the different aspects of the base model that needed to be changed to conform to the guidelines for both mandates.Practical implications– It appears that the incorporation of guidelines for any one of the six TBP mandates will yield different results depending on the situation. This was the case for both thermal performance and building integrity performance in the present study.Originality/value– The paper establishes the relationship between the TBP mandates of thermal performance, building integrity performance and buildability for the first time, which is beneficial to building designers.
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SN  - 0263-080X
DO  - 10.1108/02630800810883076
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800810883076
AU  - Low Sui‐Pheng
AU  - Liu Junying
AU  - Lim John
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Implications of thermal and building integrity performance on buildability of a worker dormitories project
T2  - Structural Survey
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 142
EP  - 164
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -