ABSTRACT
In the core of the conference series of the International Association of Life Cycle Civil Engineering lies the discussion for a mostly efficient utilization of our built stock and the longevity of new and existing structures. In order to achieve this fundamental requirement, a multifold of disciplines needs to be put into action. With focus on building planning, construction, and management, several interwoven issues need to be accounted and resolved. These include the durability and degradation of building materials, safe assessment of loads and structural effects under uncertainty, reliable modelling and time-dependent analyses of structures, advanced asset management techniques and practices, co-evaluation of capital and operational expenditures in the investment, suitable integration of various technical equipment, and prediction of the building functionality and attractiveness along its entire service life, also with respect to its surrounding environment. The Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the TU Dortmund University in Germany pronouncedly supports the interaction of architecture, building, civil and structural engineering, extending to urban planning, economics, and management, in teaching and research, under the so-called Dortmund Model (Dortmunder Modell Bauwesen). This paper aims to report the multidisciplinary activities and organization to this end, and to offer case studies of work with focus on efficiency and longevity based on the above concept, as points of discussion and potential benchmarking.
