TY  - CONF
TI  - A conceptual framework for evidence-based design and Choosing By Advantages synergy
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 582
EP  - 593
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0121
AU  - Kpamma, Evans Zoya
AU  - Agyefi-Mensah, Stephen
AU  - Offei-Nketiah, Justice K.
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Building Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana,  zekpamma@stu.edu.gh,  orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-5323
AD  -  Associate Professor, Department of Building Technology, Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana,  Stephen.agyefi-mensah@cctu.edu.gh, orcid.org/0000-0001-6290-9058
AD  - Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Real Estate, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana,  joffeinketiah@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-8314      
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - Evidence-Based Design (EBD) has been identified as a worthy design approach towards achieving suitable design of healthcare facilities by linking healthcare design decisions to empirical evidence regarding potential impact on recovery rate and effectiveness of care. Choosing By Advantages (CBA), on the other hand, is a decision-making system identified as collaborative, transparent and reliant on the importance of the advantages of alternatives.
This study therefore sought to explore the synergies that exist between EBD and CBA. Insights on the synergistic interaction between EBD and CBA were obtained from literature review in line with abductive reasoning in qualitative research. Multiple dimensions of synergy have been found to exist between the EBD process and the CBA process. This involves an interaction among various elements across the respective processes in EBD and CBA. CBA could therefore be explored as a functional decision-making system for operationalizing EBD and vice versa.
KW  - Evidence-based design
KW  - Choosing By Advantages
KW  - healthcare design
KW  - decision-making
KW  - synergy.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
DA  - 2026/06/22
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2449/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2449
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -