An evaluation tool for design quality: PFI sheltered housing

Giddings, Bob, Sharma, Monika, Jones, Paul and Jensen, Phil (2013) An evaluation tool for design quality: PFI sheltered housing. Building Research and Information, 41 (6). pp. 690-705. ISSN 0961-3218

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2013.775895

Abstract

The complex procurement process entailed by the private finance initiative (PFI) means that clients need new capacities to manage their relationships with bidders and to assess project proposals if the desired level of design quality is to be achieved. To assist local authorities in their client role, a new Architectural Design Quality Evaluation Tool was developed. The aim was to improve the quality of design in residential sheltered housing, procured through the PFI. The tool was developed for and applied to a programme that will see the replacement of a local authority's entire sheltered housing stock. The tool has two functions: (1) to inform the client's assessment process and assist with the selection of the preferred bidding consortium through a series of stages in the PFI process; and (2) to improve the quality of all the submitted designs through an iterative process. Although several existing mechanisms are available for evaluating the performance attributes of buildings, few also tackle the less tangible amenity attributes, which are vital to the feeling of home. The new tool emphasizes the amenity attributes without neglecting performance.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Published online first.
Uncontrolled Keywords: sheltered housing, architectural design quality, evaluation of design quality, private finance initiative, local authority, performance attributes, amenity attributes
Subjects: K100 Architecture
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment
Depositing User: Helen Pattison
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2012 15:11
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 14:04
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6273

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