Sustainable Assessment of Public Works through a Multi-Criteria Framework

Rogério Moreno Perlingeiro, Mayra Soares Pereira Lima Perlingeiro, Christine Kowal Chinelli, Elaine Garrido Vazquez, Eduardo Linhares Qualharini, Assed N. Haddad, Ahmed W. A. Hammad and Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares
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Rogério Moreno Perlingeiro: Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 24210-240, Brazil
Mayra Soares Pereira Lima Perlingeiro: Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 24210-240, Brazil
Christine Kowal Chinelli: Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 24210-240, Brazil
Elaine Garrido Vazquez: Departamento de Construção Civil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
Eduardo Linhares Qualharini: Departamento de Construção Civil, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
Assed N. Haddad: Programa de Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-909, Brazil
Ahmed W. A. Hammad: Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
Carlos Alberto Pereira Soares: Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 24210-240, Brazil

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-28

Abstract: Enhancing the sustainability of public works has been a key agenda in recent years for many governmental organizations. Public works contribute significantly to a large portion of engineering works and have great potential to impact the sustainability of cities. Thus, evaluating the sustainability of these projects is highly relevant, mainly regarding their impacts on environmental, social, and economic aspects. There are currently assessment systems and methods with different scopes and approaches. Yet, there remains uncertainty when it comes to considering public works’ sustainability and how useful criteria can be incorporated into the proposed assessment tasks to ensure such a goal. This study contributes to filling this gap by developing, through an extensive and detailed bibliographic research, a flexible and comprehensive framework composed of 214 criteria distributed across nine categories that measure the degree of sustainability of public works, with emphasis on economic, social and environmental goals. The proposed framework can act as a practical tool, functioning as a checklist applicable to all types of public construction works, and at any stage of the lifecycle. Evaluation of the framework by professionals indicated its suitability when encompassing sustainability objectives, its viability, and its ease of use.

Keywords: sustainable public works; sustainable constructions; sustainability assessment criteria; sustainability assessment tools; framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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