A checklist for assessing sustainability performance of construction projects

Abstract

Abstract. Construction sustainability performance is indispensable to the attainment of sustainable development. Various techniques and management skills have previously been developed to help improving sustainable performance from im-plementing construction projects. However, these techniques seem not being effectively implemented due to the fragmen-tation and poor coordination among various construction participants. There is a lack of consistency and holistic methods to help participants implementing sustainable construction practice at various stages of project realisation. This paper de-velops a framework of sustainability performance checklist to help understanding the major factors affecting a project sus-tainability performance across its life cycle. This framework enables all project parties to assess the project sustainability performance in a consistent and holistic way, thus improving the cooperation among all parties to attain satisfactory pro-ject sustainability performance.