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Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study

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dc.contributor.author Mc Duling, J
dc.contributor.author Abbott, GR
dc.date.accessioned 2009-02-26T12:45:24Z
dc.date.available 2009-02-26T12:45:24Z
dc.date.issued 2008-05
dc.identifier.citation Mc Duling, J and Abbott, GF. 2008. Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study. 11th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC), Istanbul, Turkey, 11-14 May 2008, pp 7 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3079
dc.description 11th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC), Istanbul, Turkey, 11-14 May 2008 en
dc.description.abstract The design life of hospitals normally varies between 50 to 60 years. This paper presents a case study of a major academic hospital that reached the end of its service life only 30 years after commissioning due to a combination of unsustainable design methods and inappropriate maintenance levels. Unsustainable design methods, such as long narrow multi-floor structures resulting in excessive walking distances and ineffective flow of patients and visitors, and insufficient structural depth and height, impaired the ability of the existing structure to accommodate changing demands of a modern health care environment, and the maintainability of services, such as sanitation, steam, ventilation and air-conditioning en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Service life en
dc.subject Design life en
dc.subject Sustainable design methods en
dc.subject Maintainability en
dc.subject Maintenance levels en
dc.title Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Mc Duling, J., & Abbott, G. (2008). Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3079 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Mc Duling, J, and GR Abbott. "Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3079 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Mc Duling J, Abbott G, Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3079 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Mc Duling, J AU - Abbott, GR AB - The design life of hospitals normally varies between 50 to 60 years. This paper presents a case study of a major academic hospital that reached the end of its service life only 30 years after commissioning due to a combination of unsustainable design methods and inappropriate maintenance levels. Unsustainable design methods, such as long narrow multi-floor structures resulting in excessive walking distances and ineffective flow of patients and visitors, and insufficient structural depth and height, impaired the ability of the existing structure to accommodate changing demands of a modern health care environment, and the maintainability of services, such as sanitation, steam, ventilation and air-conditioning DA - 2008-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Service life KW - Design life KW - Sustainable design methods KW - Maintainability KW - Maintenance levels LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 T1 - Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study TI - Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3079 ER - en_ZA


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