ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Flexibility ofBuilding structures and/or Structural Flexibility is a property of buildings which greatly influences the Service Life of existing buildings as well as the expected Service Lives of new buildings. To specify and quantify Structural Flexibility in more detail and to optimize decisions in Integrated Life Cycle Design (ILCD), a new definition of Structural Flexibility and StructuralAdaptability is proposed. From this a method to evaluate Structural Flexibility is derived. Key factors and indicators which influence the Structural Flexibility are given.
