Second, a chain of evidence shall be maintained so as to show clearly the links between the initial research questions asked, the data collected, and the ultimate case study conclusions [ 60, 84].
By evaluating the seismic performance of the case study building, conclusions can be inferred about the seismic performance of conventional structures with similar designs.
Although delimited by the natural boundaries of a case study design, conclusions may benefit the strategic discussion of program evaluation in similar situations, at both professional and academic levels.
Case studies have limited conclusions because of the high interindividual variability.
However, ample data were collected, both positive and negative, to create coherent case studies, which provide conclusions based on carefully collected and systematically analysed data.
The results of these case studies support the conclusion that the process outlined by Wu et al. (2010) can be successfully applied to develop surrogate values for risk assessment.
The existing research and best practices case studies support this conclusion, but too frequently building industry professionals lack the knowledge to design, construct, operate, and maintain facilities at these optimum levels.
Two realistic case studies are analyzed and conclusions duly drawn.
In this second part of the paper, the life cycle analysis of the designed case studies is performed and conclusions about their environmental impact are drawn.
Here we present three detailed case studies in which the conclusions are significantly altered by using intraspecific, internal calibration points.
