3. Opportunities and limitations

3.1 Opportunities for the industry

By way of summary, we attempt here to list the opportunities that such a performance-based approach can offer the construction industry. Admittedly, this is the fruit of research work, but real advances can be made if those involved in the industry become familiar with this type of methodology.

• Quantify quality objectively

  Our methodology has the merit of creating a value scale for building quality based on all its technical characteristics. This makes it possible to objectively compare construction options at any stage of the project, in order to optimize the final level of performance. This runs counter to the most prevalent bias in the industry: business as usual, which consists...