10. Site-Planning Design

This chapter presents a comprehensive methodology and approach to site planning and building renovation. Both the methodology and site-selection criteria are presented in a brief but insightful way emphasizing the relevance of these topics. Of central importance to the discussion are the notions of criterion, objective, and attribute. Several examples are used to illustrate the opportunities to enhance the factory project by applying this methodology. It is extremely useful and powerful, especially when coupling the criteria value functions with the distance measures. Site planning is a crucial aspect of facility planning and design. Every building has a context, i.e., a location, which can have a significant impact on the internal design of the facility whether it be a manufacturing or service sector facility.