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Models and frameworks used for managing construction projects are typically inspired in business 'cultures' that prevail within industrial contexts. The conceptual backgrounds of quality, performance, and risk environments are explored to ascertain whether these 'cultures' can complement each other. A new general approach towards Risk-Managed Performance-Based Building (RM-PBB) is presented, including the principles and inputs used for designing and implementing an RM-PBB framework. Such a framework envisages the fulfilment of end-users' (society and individuals) and other interested parties' requirements relating to the building product, as well as the agile interaction between and within the building, manufacturing, property, and capital and insurance markets, at both national and international levels.Les modèles et les cadres utilisés pour gérer les projets de construction trouvent habituellement leur inspiration dans les « cultures » d'entreprise qui prévalent dans les contextes industriels. Les arrière-plans conceptuels en matière de qualité, de performance et de milieux à risques sont examinés afin d'établir si ces « cultures » peuvent être complémentaires les unes des autres. Il est présenté une nouvelle approche générale visant à une Construction Performancielle à Risques Maîtrisés, incluant les principes et les apports utilisés pour l'élaboration et la mise en oeuvre d'un cadre de référence performanciel dans le bâ timent. Un tel cadre permet d'envisager la satisfaction des exigences des utilisateurs finaux (société et individus) comme des autres parties intéressées par rapport à ce produit qu'est le bâ timent, ainsi qu'une souplesse d'interaction entre et au sein des marchés du bâ timent, de la production, de l'immobilier, des capitaux et des assurances, aussi bien au niveau national qu'au niveau international.

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Nowadays, a wide range of stakeholders seek explicit performance and risk information on construction projects. These stakeholders include end-users, authorities, insurance companies and financial institutions, among others. They look for proof that engineering risks are being properly managed and that specified performance-based requirements are fulfilled throughout all stages of the project (e.g. technical requirements related to the building such as structural safety, structural serviceability, structural durability, fire safety, energy efficiency, or others). Such demonstration can be conveyed through statements of technical conformity, such as technical risk reports or engineering performance certificates. Statements of conformity are particularly valuable to make informed decisions associated with contractual or other legal warranties against building nonconformities. This paper describes the conceptual background and the methodologies undertaken to design and develop a management framework that enables recognition of the conformity assessment results of building projects. It also presents the outreach of this management framework throughout the planning, programming, design, construction and use phases of building projects. This paper also summarizes the wide range of practical implications and benefits of this management framework for authorities and official bodies, owners and their representatives, banks and insurance companies, conformity assessment bodies, designers, builders, suppliers and end-users. 219This paper aims to present a management framework that enables the practical application of the RM-PBB principles to the construction sector as a whole, and to the building subsector in particular, at transnational (e.g. EU member states level), national, regional and/or local levels.Section 1 of this paper describes the methodology that was used to attain the final version of the RM-PBB framework. Section 2 summarizes the main benefits and practical implications of this framework for building projects' major stakeholders, such as authorities, owners, developers, end-users, banks and financial investors, amongst others. It also demonstrates how this framework may contribute to improving legal compliance or otherwise stated technical requirements throughout the planning, programming, design, construction and use phases of building projects. Following that, acknowledgments are presented. Bibliographic references and standards and guidelines which are mentioned throughout the text are presented in two separate subsections.