Design Quality Indicator
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The Design Quality Indictor (DQI) is a toolkit to measure the design quality of buildings.
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].
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[edit] 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]. DQI uses a modern day interpretation of these terms as:
- Functionality (utilitas)
- Build Quality (firmitas)
- Impact (venustas)
[edit] Methodology
DQI is completed by a range of stakeholders in the briefing and design stages of a building project, or on a completed building. Stakeholders who participate include:
- Building users (or potential users)
- Building clients
- Facilities managers (or future facilities managers)
- Architects
- Structural and building services engineers
- Quantity surveyors
- Project managers
DQI is usually applied in a facilitated workshop.
[edit] Models and related approaches
There are two models of Design Quality Indicator:
- DQI which is applicable to all building types[4]
- DQI for Schools which is applicable to school buildings[5], and is being used on all current school projects in the UK[6].
[edit] Notes
- ^ Page 6, Spencer, N. and Winch, G. (2002). How Buildings add value for clients, London: Thomas Telford. ISBN 0-7277-3128-9
- ^ Construction Industry Council. DQI Online – How well is your building designed? 1 October 2003
- ^ Gann et al. (2003), Design Quality Indicator as a tool for thinking: Building Research and Information, London: Spon Press. doi:10.1080/0961321032000107564
- ^ Design Quality Indicator
- ^ DQI for Schools
- ^ Construction Industry Council. DQI for Schools Launched 8 December 2005
