Built Environment Project and Asset Management
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Designing for construction procurement: an integrated Decision Support System for Building Information Modelling
Mostafa Babaeian Jelodar, Suzanne Wilkinson, Roohollah Kalatehjari, Yang ZouMany applications of Building Information modelling (BIM) are already integrated into project management processes. However, the construction industry is suffering from…
Transport infrastructure, accessibility and residential property values: evidence from Hong Kong
Jayantha Wadu Mesthrige, Tayyab MaqsoodHong Kong, like many other developed cities and countries, invests heavily in transport development. This study investigates whether the speculative benefits of future…
Strategies to promote collaborative governance regime in Indian rural road maintenance
Tharun Dolla, Boeing LaishramEffective maintenance of rural roads is an essential aspect of public infrastructure delivery. However, governments failed to upkeep the built infrastructure. Accordingly…
A level of service framework for service-centric asset management planning
Jehan ZebThe purpose is to develop and implement a systematic approach to define the level of service (LoS) consistently and efficiently. The framework will assist professionals to…
Integrating risk management's best practices to estimate deep excavation projects’ time and cost
Gholamreza Heravi, Amir Hosein Taherkhani, Soroush Sobhkhiz, Ali Hassandokht Mashhadi, Rouzbeh Zahiri-HashemiThis study provides an integrated risk-based cost and time estimation approach for deep excavation projects. The purpose is to identify the best practices in recent…
Underlying factors for successful project management to construct sustainable built assets
Marios Stanitsas, Konstantinos KirytopoulosThis study aims to investigate the underlying factors that give rise to the set of sustainability indicators which are used for the implementation of sustainable…
A network of circular economy villages: design guidelines for 21st century Garden Cities
Steven LiarosThe purpose is to open the possibility for a research institute, perhaps in partnership with a local council and a major developer, to bring together skills necessary to…
Initiatives that enable Singapore contractors to improve construction productivity
George Ofori, Zhe Zhang, Florence Y.Y. LingThis study examines the initiatives that would enable contractors in Singapore to improve the level of construction productivity.
Perceptions and beliefs influencing intention to use solar energy solutions in Zambian households
Sambo Lyson Zulu, Mwansa Chabala, Ephraim ZuluThe study examined perceptions and beliefs that influence the intention to adopt solar energy solutions in the Zambian Housing Sector. This is important because empirical…
Project stakeholder’s engagement and performance: a comparison between complex and non-complex projects using SEM
Tuan Son Nguyen, Sherif Mohamed, Sherif MostafaThe large number of stakeholders in a project is a source of complexity because their inter-relationships can lead to complex interactions, an inadequate understanding of…
A curriculum guide model to the next normal in developing construction supervisory training programmes
Kesavan Manoharan, Pujitha B.G. Dissanayake, Chintha Pathirana, Dharsana Deegahawature, K.D. Renuka Ruchira SilvaThis study aims to develop a curriculum guide model to upgrade the construction supervision practices, considering evolving challenges and thereby the next normal of the industry.
Exploring the barriers for implementing waste trading practices in the construction industry in Australia
Shiyamini Ratnasabapathy, Ali Alashwal, Srinath PereraThe construction industry is a major generator of waste, which has a high potential to yield a substantial amount of waste into the economy as a valuable resource. Waste…
Living-transforming disaster relief shelter: a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing
Sara Ghanbarzadeh Ghomi, Gayan Wedawatta, Kanchana Ginige, Bingunath IngirigeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of post-disaster housing reconstruction projects, propose the conceptual living-transforming disaster relief…
Building information modelling (BIM) penetration in quantity surveying (QS) practice
Oluwole Alfred Olatunji, Jane Jia Suen Lee, Heap-Yih Chong, Abiola Abosede AkanmuThis study investigates building information modelling (BIM) penetration in quantity surveying (QS) practice by examining the significance attached to the benefits and…
Sources and flow of healthcare built environment design evidence
Nadeeshani Wanigarathna, Fred Sherratt, Andrew D.F. Price, Simon AustinA substantial amount of research argues that built environmental interventions can improve the outcomes of patients and other users of healthcare facilities, supporting…
Occupants' perceived importance and satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality of a green building
Kofi Agyekum, Samuel Fiifi Hammond, Burcu SalginThis study examines occupants' satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of a green-certified building [The Green Star South Africa (SA) Building] in Ghana.
Developing an integrated framework for optimization of spatial requirements of construction equipment
S. Hemalattha, R. VidjeapriyaThis study aims to develop a framework for optimizing the spatial requirements of the equipment in a construction site using a geographic information system (GIS).
Materials passport's review: challenges and opportunities toward a circular economy building sector
Mayara Regina Munaro, Sergio Fernando TavaresReuse and recycling building materials depend on an efficient set of information and tracking, which can be obtained by the materials passport (MP) tool. Although MP…
The resilient – smart city development: a literature review and novel frameworks exploration
Hamed Khatibi, Suzanne Wilkinson, Mostafa Baghersad, Heiman Dianat, Hidayati Ramli, Meldi Suhatril, Ahad Javanmardi, Khaled GhaediThis paper aims to develop a framework that could establish and further the terminology of smart city/resilient city discourse in that resilience could support urban…
Climatic conditions and the resilience of buildings along Lagos coastline
Olajide Julius Faremi, Oluranti Olupolola Ajayi, Kudirat Ibilola Zakariyyah, Olumide Afolarin AdenugaThe study investigates the extent to which defects in coastline buildings are influenced by the climatic conditions within the coastal zones.
Extent of stakeholder management practices in building projects procured by private corporate organisations in Nigeria
Nathaniel Ayinde Olatunde, Henry A. OdeyinkaStudies on stakeholder management (SM) in developing countries have largely focused on public projects. However, projects of private organisations also need much…
Supply chain resilience: mapping the knowledge domains through a bibliometric approach
E.M.A.C. Ekanayake, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Mohan KumaraswamyThis paper aims to review the state-of-the-art of literature of supply chain resilience (SCR) and to map the SCR domain, so as to provide a launchpad for further knowledge…
Dwellers' perception on challenges and motivators of greening existing buildings in Brunei Darussalam
Nurnazerah Julayhe, Md Motiar RahmanGreening existing buildings (GEB) considerably improves energy efficiency of old buildings, along with other benefits, but it is not widely practiced. As a part of a wider…
Implementation of circular economy principles during pre-construction stage: the case of Sri Lanka
Amodith Supunmal Wijewansha, G.A. Tennakoon, K.G.A.S. Waidyasekara, B.J. EkanayakeDespite the positive impacts of the construction sector on enhancing economic growth and ensuring societal well-being, its negative impacts on the environment from…
Design for maintainability tool for nano-façade coating applications on high-rise facades in the tropics
Sheila Conejos, Aristotle Ubando, Michael Yit Lin ChewThe self-cleaning properties of nanostructured titanium dioxide facade coatings are useful in Singapore's tropical climate. However, its potential maintenance issues need…
Indicators bank for smart and resilient cities: design of excellence
Hamed Khatibi, Suzanne Wilkinson, Heiman Dianat, Mostafa Baghersad, Khaled Ghaedi, Ahad JavanmardiThe study aims to use DfX to develop a comprehensive database of smart and resilient indicators that assists city administrators and authorities alike. The Smart and…
Enabling lean through human capacity building: an investigation of small and medium contractors
K.A.T.O. Ranadewa, Y.G. Sandanayake Y.G. Sandanayake, Mohan SiriwardenaThis paper investigates the lean enabling human capacities and develops a framework integrating individual, organisational and environmental level strategies to build…
Assessing the cost of competitive tendering in Ghana using transaction cost theory
Collins Ameyaw, Blondel Akun Abaitey, Sarfo Mensah, Emmanuel ManuThe purpose of this study was to determine the transaction cost (TC) contractors incur when tendering for a project as well as establish a correlation between the TC of…
Automation in New Zealand's offsite construction (OSC): a status update
Genevieve Darlow, James O.B. Rotimi, Wajiha Mohsin ShahzadAutomation facilitates production activities within offsite construction (OSC) projects through computer-controlled and mechanised systems that can be programmed to…
Allocating scarce financial resources effectively through function analysis in social housing projects
Luane Assunção Paiva Melo, Clara Beatriz Ferreira de Oliveira, Reymard Savio Sampaio de MeloBudget constraints faced by social housing projects (SHPs) developers can lead to poor value delivery to the end-users. Without a structured method to guide the…
Building code amendment and building resilience: perspective of building code users in New Zealand
Amarachukwu Nnadozie Nwadike, Suzanne WilkinsonThe process followed in amending building code creates problems for code users within the building industry. These problems include the need and frequency of changes made…
Empirical investigation of the applicability of constructability methods to prevent design errors
Gabriel Raviv, Aviad Shapira, Rafael SacksThe paper aims to identify the effective constructability methods and tools that should be applied during the early project design stages to prevent specific…
Optimizing window size by integrating energy and lighting analyses considering occupants’ visual satisfaction
Ayda Montaser Koohsari, Shahin HeidariThe purpose of this paper is to determine the approximate window-to-wall ratio (WWR), window width-to-height ratio (WHR) and sill level for a room in Rasht–Gilan province…
Selecting suitable procurement system for steel building construction
G.P.P.S. Perera, T.M.M.P. Tennakoon, Udayangani Kulatunga, Himal Suranga Jayasena, M.K.C.S. WijewickramaThe purpose of this paper is to select a suitable procurement method for steel building construction in Sri Lanka following a systematic method which weigh, both…
A “knowledge value chain” framework for contractor organisations to maximise chances of winning tenders
Kaveesha Gihani Dewagoda, B.A.K.S. Perera, Sepani SenaratneKnowledge is a critical asset that places contractor organisations at a competitive advantage when they take part in competitive tendering. However, a dearth of literature…
Barriers to implementing waste-to-energy projects in Sri Lanka: a PESTEL analysis
Binashi Kumarasiri, Piumi DissanayakeIt is no surprise that garbage is not garbage for some. It is money. This is why garbage has been overestimated to a point that money allocated for waste-to-energy (WtE…
Analysis of embodied carbon and cost profiles of school buildings in Australia
Srinath Perera, Sepani Senaratne, M.N.N. Rodrigo, Luke BradyIn recent years, there has been an increased focus on creating sustainable buildings that have a reduced carbon footprint. The primary method to achieve this has been…
Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods: a physical resilience perspective
Hisham Tariq, Chaminda Pathirage, Terrence FernandoDecision-makers, practitioners and community members have a need to assess the disaster resilience of their communities and to understand their own capacities in disaster…
Analysis of issues in sustainable water management of irrigation systems: case of a developing country
D.C. Sirimewan, A.P.K.D. Mendis, Damitha Rajini, Aparna Samaraweera, Naiduwa Handi Chathuri ManjulaSustaining the irrigated agriculture, while conserving the natural eco-system, are the two main objectives of sustainable water management (SWM) in irrigation. Achieving…
A DfX-based approach for incorporating sustainability in infrastructure project planning
Marina MarinelliThis paper investigates how the “Design for Sustainability” mindset of the manufacturing sector can be effectively transferred in the context of construction and proposes…
Social network analysis applications in sustainable construction and built environment management: a review
Nandun Madhusanka Hewa Welege, Wei Pan, Mohan KumaraswamyApplications of social network analysis (SNA) are evidently popular amongst scholars for mapping stakeholder and other relational networks in improving the sustainability…
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- Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy
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