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Description / Abstract:
Objective and scope
The objectives of this report are as follows:
a) Provide an introduction to performance specifications and
discuss how they compare with prescriptive specifications
b) Discuss the essential features of performance
specifications
c) Discuss how performance-based requirements can be used as
alternatives to traditional prescriptive requirements
With respect to the third objective, the performance-based tests
and criteria discussed in this report are intended to serve as
examples and should not be interpreted as specification
requirements. Design professionals should determine what is
applicable to their projects in accordance with established codes
and local practice.