Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 9 Issue 1

BIM-based energy consumption assessment of the on-site construction of building structural systems

Hao Zhou, Ehsan Rezazadeh Azar

Steel and reinforced concrete are among the most common structural materials used in the construction industry. Cost and the speed of construction have been usually the main…

Exploring behavioural factors for information sharing in BIM projects in the Malaysian construction industry

Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim, Norsabrina Aine Mohamad Sabri, Sheila Belayutham, Abdul Mahamadu

Despite the wave of enthusiasm for building information modelling (BIM) as a platform for information sharing, issues from the context of information-sharing behaviours still…

Interdisciplinary design checklists for mechanical, electrical and plumbing coordination in building projects

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Mohammad Aljuhani, Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire, Abdullatif Abdallah

The purpose of this paper is to develop and assess interdisciplinary design checklists for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems’ coordination, for building projects…

Optimizing time, cost and quality in multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling

Marimuthu Kannimuthu, Benny Raphael, Ekambaram Palaneeswaran, Ananthanarayanan Kuppuswamy

The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to optimize time, cost and quality in a multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling environment.

Pricing of highway infrastructure for transportation asset management

Taehoon Lim, Juan Diego Porras-Alvarado, Zhanmin Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for estimating the “price,” or the not-to-loss value, of individual highway assets, which reflects not only the assets’…

Service innovation through linking design, construction and asset management

Hedley Smyth, Kamran Razmdoost, Grant R.W. Mills

Service design for marketing in construction: Tactical implementation in the “business development management”

Hedley Smyth, Meri Duryan, Illona Kusuma

Project execution is dependent upon management support from the firm. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which main contractors and supply chain members design…

Co-creation and co-destruction of experiential value: a service perspective in projects

Marcos E.G. Fuentes

One way in which to induce an advantageous position is to improve the value outcomes experienced from commissioned projects. The purpose of this paper is to consider project…

Service design and knowledge management in the construction supply chain for an infrastructure programme

Meri Duryan, Hedley Smyth

The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which service design (SD) is addressed by the client and its supply chain at a program level into one functional…

Socially responsible procurement: A service innovation for generating employment in construction

Martina Murphy, Robert Eadie

Socially responsible procurement (SRP) utilises government expenditure on construction procurement as a means of generating social value from construction activities. The paper…

Analysis of BIM use for asset management in three public organizations in Québec, Canada

Maude Brunet, Ali Motamedi, Louis-Martin Guénette, Daniel Forgues

Given the ongoing digital transformation, building information modeling (BIM) has great potential to create a collaborative environment in the whole lifecycle of the built asset…