DQI USA, LLC IS A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

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The company is focused on enabling widespread use of the construction industry’s first statistically validated design assessment tool, the DQI (Design Quality Indicator). The company was formed in 2006 to commercialize the DQI following its success in the UK, where it has already been applied to over 900 projects by more than 10,000 people.

No longer is coming in on budget and on time good enough. Now both the public and private sectors are being required to prove they are delivering buildings that are “high quality” as well. The DQI helps isolate and benchmark this elusive third pillar: design quality, enabling the delivery of high performance buildings that are innovative, fit-for purpose, foster productive work environments and are sustainable in the broadest sense.

DQI USA aims to create a nationwide network of DQI Facilitators in the US and establish the DQI as the industry standard for delivering high performing buildings. Available as a web-based tool, the DQI enables procurement teams to holistically define and evaluate design quality at all key stages in the development process. The quantification of “design intangibles” is a unique feature to the DQI enabling the delivery of fundamentally better and more sustainable buildings.

The company was founded with a vision that better designed buildings are fundamentally more valuable and a better use of resources. History shows that poor design results in high costs and low value for money. By capitalizing on the economic, social and environmental benefits of improved building design, the case can be made to unlock potential value, increase economic activity and enhance productivity. Evidence shows that patients recover faster in better designed hospitals, children score higher in quality designed schools, and well designed neighborhoods result in lower crime. In short, investing in high quality buildings can improve the welfare of business and society.