Appropriateness of soft landings concept for avoiding malpractices in Sri Lankan building projects

Samarakkody, Aravindi; Perera, B.A.K.S.; Palliyaguru, Roshani

doi:10.1080/15623599.2020.1827691

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“…Therefore, all the SL elements need to be applied to harvest the benefits. It was scientifically argued by Samarakkody et al (2020) that SL features are ideal to mitigate building performance gap in Sri Lanka and this paper looks at its actual application potential in the said context.…”

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“…A closer look at the both UK framework and the framework for Australia and New Zealand explicate that the same interpretation is required although few terms are different from each other while being differently “presented,” for example, reality checks and aftercare (BSRIA, 2015; CIBSE ANZ, 2015). A study has also been conducted to investigate the suitability of SL to Sri Lanka, as a developing country, which is of large relevance to this study due to the similarity of the context (Samarakkody et al , 2020). The study tries to bring in the industry malpractices, the root cause for the building performance gap and specify how they can be avoided with the use of the BSRIA SL concept.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Samarakkody et al 's (2020) study concluded that the root causes for performance gaps in Sri Lankan buildings can also be avoided with the use of SL. Therefore, the application and adaptability of SL in Sri Lanka while understanding the enablers and barriers in the application is a case to investigate.…”

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Application of Soft Landings concept in Sri Lanka to narrow the building performance gap, enablers and barriers

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PurposeLike in many other countries, in Sri Lanka, minimal attention is paid to the performance of a building after it has been taken over by its end-user. Hence, a gap often exists between the actual performance of the building and its predicted performance. This performance gap led to the origin of the Soft Landings (SL) framework by Building Services Research Information Association (BSRIA). The applications of SL have been studied only in contexts like Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, although optimal building performance is being discussed extensively all over the world. Thus, this paper aims to determine the possibility of applying SL to building construction projects in Sri Lanka.Design/methodology/approachTwo rounds of expert interviews were conducted to collect data; they were analyzed using content analysis and later validated using pattern matching.FindingsAt a glance, the application of SL is welcoming as the performance gap in Sri Lankan buildings is significant. However, the existing practices encumber the application of certain aspects like three years post-construction aftercare. The actual application to the Sri Lankan context requires a modification to the periods specified for the SL stages in theory.Originality/valueAdaptability of the SL framework has not been systematically researched in the context of a developing country yet. The enablers and barriers in the application of SL and the level of effort required in its implementation too have not been studied before. The research addressed this literature gap as well as the industry need.

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Section: Conclusion Recommendations and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Analysis and Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%