Structural Survey: Volume 27 Issue 2
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Bills of Quantities: nemesis or nirvana?
Peter R. Davis, Peter E.D. Love, David BaccariniTraditional Lump Sum (TLS) methods have been the primary procurement method within Australia. Yet, their use is beginning to wane in states such as: Queensland, New South Wales…
On the challenges of evacuation and rescue operations in high‐rise buildings
Mohammad A. HassanainThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges faced by occupants and fire fighters during evacuation and rescue operations in high‐rise buildings.
Building palaeopathology: practical applications of archaeological building analysis
Michael HeatonThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, to construction professionals, the client benefits of archaeological building analysis.
Factors influencing flexibility in buildings
Niklas Israelsson, Bengt HanssonActivity‐suited buildings create effective processes in a business. Building adaptation has a limited time perspective; suited premises need to change over time, in order to keep…
Sustainable refurbishment: policy direction and support in the UK
John MansfieldThis paper has three principal aims – to examine the development of international policy direction for sustainability in the built environment; to highlight the contribution that…