Reviewer's Assistant System: System Design Analysis and Description

摘要

The objective of the research leading to this report was to identify ways toimprove design quality through enhancement of the Biddability, Constructibility, and Operability compliance review process. The system that resulted from this project, the Reviewer's Assistant, allows reviewers with any organizational or professional affiliation to capture, apply, and transmit their expertise to designers. The Architect/Engineer or consulting firm(s) may then modify designs to avoid problems that might cause costly construction contract modifications or increase building operation and maintenance costs. There are three benefits of using the Reviewer's Assistant. First, the Reviewer's Assistant can help users conduct high quality design reviews in less time. Second, users can apply past experience from previous design reviews. Finally, the design reviews will be saved for future benefit. This report discusses the design decisions that were made during the system development process and how they were implemented in Version 0.9 of the Reviewer's Assistant. It also describes possible future enhancements to the system. An unattached Appendix B contains the list of a roofing review analysis used in the system development.