Open AccessA CHECKLIST FOR ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Author(s) -
Liyin Shen,
Jian Li Hao,
Vivian W.Y. Tam,
Hong Ye
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of civil engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1822-3605
pISSN - 1392-3730
DOI - 10.3846/13923730.2007.9636447
Subject(s) - sustainability , checklist , process management , consistency (knowledge bases) , business , project management , sustainable development , engineering , systems engineering , computer science , artificial intelligence , law , political science , cognitive psychology , biology , psychology , ecology
Construction sustainability performance is indispensable to the attainment of sustainable development. Various techniques and management skills have previously been developed to help improving sustainable performance from implementing construction projects. However, these techniques seem not being effectively implemented due to the fragmentation and poor coordination among various construction participants. There is a lack of consistency and holistic methods to help participants implementing sustainable construction practice at various stages of project realisation. This paper develops a framework of sustainability performance checklist to help understanding the major factors affecting a project sustainability performance across its life cycle. This framework enables all project parties to assess the project sustainability performance in a consistent and holistic way, thus improving the cooperation among all parties to attain satisfactory project sustainability performance.