21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Fortaleza, Brazil - 2013

Using 'Choosing by Advantages' to Select Tile From a Global Sustainable Perspective

Paz Arroyo1, Iris D. Tommelein2 & Glenn Ballard3

1Graduate Student Researcher, Engrg. and Project. Mgmt. Program, Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, USA, Phone +1 (510) 386-3156; [email protected]
2Professor, Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., and Director of the Project Production Systems Laboratory (p2sl.berkeley.edu), Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, USA, Phone +1 (510) 643-8678, [email protected]
3Research Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory (p2sl.berkeley.edu), Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, USA, [email protected]

Abstract

Decisions in the architecture, engineering and construction industry need to be supported by decision-making methods. Choosing By Advantages (CBA) offers methods that support the creation of transparency and collaborative environments in which to make decisions. This paper provides an example of how CBA can be of support when choosing materials, in this case ceiling tiles, in a commercial-building interior-design project considering global supply-chain issues. The results show that CBA is helpful in integrating multiple stakeholders’ perspectives, in identifying relevant sustainability factors based on the decision context, in making transparent trade-offs between advantages of the alternatives, in providing documentation for the decision rationale, and in separating “value” and cost. Materials that are judged to be more sustainable than others in one geographic location, may be judged less sustainable than others elsewhere.

Keywords

Decision-making, Choosing By Advantages, CBA, Sustainability, Design Management, Supply Chain Management.

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Arroyo, P. , Tommelein, I. D. & Ballard, G. 2013. Using 'Choosing by Advantages' to Select Tile From a Global Sustainable Perspective, 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 309-318. doi.org/

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