International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
Issue(s) available: 18 – From Volume: 35 Issue: 1, to Volume: 38 Issue: 3
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Built Environment
How adaption of historic listed buildings affords access
Suzanna Lynch, David G. ProverbsProviding accessible and inclusive environments fulfils legislative obligations and creates financial benefits. Historic-listed buildings rely on heritage tourism for…
The technical issues associated with algae building technology
Sara Wilkinson, Nimish Biloria, Peter RalphAs the impacts of climate change become more evident, the need to adopt new ways of constructing buildings becomes more urgent. The Earth has experienced hotter climates…
Resolving deterioration of heritage building elements using an expert system
Mohamed Marzouk, Maryam ElSharkawy, Pakinam Elsayed, Aya EissaThe maintenance of original building materials is crucial to extending their lifetime and avoiding their repeated replacement in heritage buildings. In order to maintain…
Sustainable refurbishment for school buildings: a literature review
An Thi Hoai Le, Kenneth Sungho Park, Niluka Domingo, Eziaku Rasheed, Nalanie MithraratneAny building refurbishment is challenging and school buildings offer no exception. They are increasingly in need of refurbishment due to their age and evolving teaching…
Energy-saving parameterized design of buildings based on genetic algorithm
Kele ZhangWith the problem of environment and energy becoming prominent, energy conservation and emission reduction have received more attention. In the using process, buildings not…
Adaptive reuse of open spaces in historical buildings
Hatice Kıran Çakır, Dinçer Aydın, Selin ArabulanThis study aims to evaluate the use of open and green spaces (OGS) of a historical building after the adaptive reuse of the building. The relationship between the use of…
A certification framework for managing the risks of non-compliance and non-conformance building products: a Western Australian perspective
Fraser Scott Hudson, Monty Sutrisna, Gregory ChawynskiMany audits, subsequent to various fire incidents, revealed that the failure to prevent the use of non-compliant and non-conforming building products earlier in the…
Developing a collaborative HBIM to integrate tangible and intangible cultural heritage
David Heesom, Paul Boden, Anthony Hatfield, Sagal Rooble, Katie Andrews, Hadar BerwariThe purpose of this paper is to report on the development of a collaborative Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) of a 19th-century multi-building industrial…
Facade inspections with drones–theoretical analysis and exploratory tests
Jorge Furtado Falorca, João Carlos Gonçalves LanzinhaThis paper presents a reflection on the effectiveness of using drones in the technical inspection of building facades, as a practical alternative to more expensive and…
Evaluation of the future adaptive reuse of Mashrooteh house using the adaptSTAR model
Ali Asghar Sharifi, Amir Hossein FarahiniaThe concept of adaptive reuse is an effective strategy in enhancing the heritage assets economic, cultural and social values. The main purpose of this research is to…
Public satisfaction evaluation of urban water environment treatment public-private partnership project: A case study from China
Huimin Li, Wenmin Li, Lunyan Wang, Lelin LvThe Public–Private Partnership (PPP) mode has been widely used in the urban water environment treatment project (UWETP). The public is the direct perceiver of urban water…
Building maintenance practices in Malaysia: a systematic review of issues, effects and the way forward
Ali Hauashdh, Junaidah Jailani, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Najib AL-fadhaliIn recent years, there have been many concerns about issues surrounding building maintenance, which are continually increasing. However, there is a lack of comprehensive…
Service quality of insurance in complex project deals in the construction industry in Ghana
De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Frank Ato Ghansah, Amos Darko, Richard Ohene AsieduThe insurance sector provides insurance protection for complex project deals in Ghana. The study assesses the service quality of insurance of complex project deals in the…
Implementation of BIM technology for knowledge transfer in IBS building maintenance projects
Zul-Atfi IsmailThe current maintenance management method affects the efficiency of the complex, high-rise industrialised building system (IBS) building maintenance management projects in…
Conservation management plans: An examination of obstacles to, and opportunities for, producing an effective management tool
Derek Worthing, Samantha OrganThe purpose of this paper is to identify factors that contribute to the development of an effective conservation management plan (CMP).
Monitoring climate change related biodeterioration of protected historic buildings
Mari Sand Austigard, Johan MattssonExpected rates of biodeterioration in heritage buildings under historic conditions are well known. Deteriorating organisms will benefit from a warmer and wetter climate…
A systematic review of mental stressors in the construction industry
Bashir Tijani, Xiaohua Jin, Robert Osei-kyeiStressors emanated from construction projects are causative factors for occupational stress inherent in the construction industry. Concomitant implications of stressors…
Identifying building obsolescence: towards increasing buildings' service life
Mohammad Pourebrahimi, Seyed Rahman Eghbali, Ana Pereira RodersObsolescence is a decline or loss of utility of an object, building or product. Different types of building obsolescence decrease buildings’ utility and shorten their…
Real-time structural health monitoring for concrete beams: a cost-effective ‘Industry 4.0’ solution using piezo sensors
Arka Ghosh, David John Edwards, M. Reza Hosseini, Riyadh Al-Ameri, Jemal Abawajy, Wellington Didibhuku ThwalaThis research paper adopts the fundamental tenets of advanced technologies in industry 4.0 to monitor the structural health of concrete beam members using cost-effective…
Existing apartment buildings as a spatial reserve for assisted living
Tapio Kaasalainen, Satu HuuhkaAgeing populations induce needs to adapt existing housing. With ageing, the number of frail old people, who require assistance in daily life, is also increased. Converting…
Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms
Solomon Olusola Babatunde, Chika Udeaja, Adedayo Opeyemi AdekunleBIM has much potential to improve the effectiveness of construction works with respect to design, construction and maintenance. However, many Architecture, Engineering…
Analysis of occupant behaviour in the use of air-conditioners in public buildings in developing countries: evidence from Ghana
Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, Richard Opoku, Stephen Nana Opoku Ware, Henry MensahThe use of air-conditioners (ACs) is on the increase in the developing world, with exacerbating compounding effect on carbon footprints. With this development, there is…
Energy policy and conservation planning in Sweden: a longitudinal evaluation
Mattias Legnér, Gustaf Leijonhufvud, Martin TunefalkSweden, like other countries, has set ambitious national targets for both energy efficiency and conservation of heritage values in the built environment. However, how…
Meeting the expectations of the social housing recipients in South Africa: a myth or reality?
Christopher Amoah, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu, van SchalkwykThe majority of South Africans were deprived of participation in the socio-economic activities in decades of the apartheid rule. The ANC government after coming to power…
Artificial neural network analysis of teachers’ performance against thermal comfort
Hamdan Alzahrani, Mohammed Arif, Amit Kaushik, Jack Goulding, David HeesomThe impact of thermal comfort in educational buildings continues to be of major importance in both the design and construction phases. Given this, it is also equally…
A back-end view to climatic adaptation: Partitioning weather-induced cement demand variance in wet humid environment
Alolote I. AmadiThis study investigates the level of variance in the real time demand for bagged cement, induced in response to the climatic sequence of the humid tropics, to support best…
The importance of place and authenticity in adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
Shabnam Yazdani Mehr, Sara WilkinsonIn adaptive reuse, the importance of place referred to as “genius loci,” whereas authenticity refers to the design, materials, setting and workmanship of a building or…
Implementation of lean construction in the construction industry in Bangladesh: awareness, benefits and challenges
Shakil Ahmed, Md. Mehrab Hossain, Iffat HaqConstruction management is enriched in many ways by direct and indirect support of lean construction concept. The objectives of this study are to assess the current level…
Post-occupancy evaluation of research and academic laboratory facilities
Mohammad A. Hassanain, Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire, Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud, Wahhaj AhmedThe purpose of this paper is to present the post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of academic and research laboratory facilities. This is based on the premise that the…
Concrete conservation: outstanding challenges and potential ways forward
Susan Macdonald, Ana Paula Arato GoncalvesThe purpose of this paper is to present current challenges in concrete conservation and how the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is responding to these challenges. The…
The conundrum of professionalising building surveying in Malaysia
Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz, Subashini Suresh, Suresh RenukappaThe purpose of this study is to track the series of setbacks by a few like-minded persons since the early 1990s to entrench building surveying as a profession in Malaysia.
BIM business value for asset owners: key issues and challenges
Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen Jones, Stephen FinneganThere is a need to develop the understanding of asset owners concerning the constraints of building information modelling (BIM) implementation, and its subsequent value…
Deep renovation of historic buildings: The IEA-SHC Task 59 path towards the lowest possible energy demand and CO2 emissions
Daniel Herrera-Avellanosa, Franziska Haas, Gustaf Leijonhufvud, Tor Brostrom, Alessia Buda, Valeria Pracchi, Amanda Laurel Webb, Walter Hüttler, Alexandra TroiImproving the energy performance of historic buildings has the potential to reduce carbon emissions while protecting built heritage through its continued use. However…
Roles and functions of stakeholders in implementing energy retrofits in the hotel sector
M.F.F. Fasna, Sachie GunatilakeThe success of energy retrofits (ER) projects is highly dependent on the involvement of right stakeholders at the right stage. So far, little insight is available from…
BIM in the Saudi Arabian construction industry: state of the art, benefit and barriers
Abdullah Al-Yami, Muizz O. Sanni-AnibireAlthough there is a boom in the construction industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), it is yet to fully adopt building information modeling (BIM), which has…
Implementing HBIM on conservation heritage projects: Lessons from renovation case studies
Alexa Woodward, David HeesomHeritage or historic building information modelling (BIM), often referred to as HBIM, is becoming an established feature in both research and practice. The advancement of…
A fuzzy-analytic hierarchy process approach for measuring flood resilience at the individual property level
Oluseye Adewale Adebimpe, David G. Proverbs, Victor Oluwasina OladokunRecent changes in climate, rainfall patterns, snow melt and rising sea levels coupled with an increase in urban development have increased the threat of flooding. To curb…
ISSN:
2398-4708Renamed from:
Structural SurveyOnline date, start – end:
2017Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Mark Shelbourn
- Prof David Proverbs
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