Structural Survey: Volume 34 Issue 4/5
Table of contents
Guest Editors: Sara Wilkinson
The problem of clothes drying in new homes in the UK
Della Madgwick, Hannah WoodThe current focus on air tight construction to minimise energy use in homes in the UK requires analysis of the behaviour of the occupants. The purpose of this paper is to review…
Adaptive reuse of industrial heritage for cultural purposes in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing
Jie Chen, Bruce Judd, Scott HawkenWith the dramatic transformation of China’s industrial landscape, since the late 1990s, adaptive reuse of industrial heritage for cultural purposes has become a widely occurring…
Practical challenges of BIM education
Taija Puolitaival, Perry ForsytheBuilding Information Modelling (BIM) is becoming the new norm in the AEC industry and also part of many construction project management (CPM) programmes. The purpose of this paper…
Research on the adoption barriers of the engineering construction standards in China
Wei Wang, Shoujian Zhang, Andrew Philip KingThe engineering construction standards in China play an important role in protecting the safety of the construction projects. They are the basic principles that standardize the…
Developing a green maintainability framework for green walls in Singapore
Michael Y.L. Chew, Sheila ConejosThe use of green wall technology in green buildings is a growing trend; however, more research is required about their maintainability, taking into account that maintainability at…
Rehabilitation of Osborne Dam outlets
Michael J. Tumbare, Peter MakwarimbaThe purpose of this paper is to communicate and share experiences with other dam designers, operators and maintenance officers arising from the rehabilitation of the Osborne Dam…
Thermal comfort analyses of naturally ventilated university classrooms
Baharuddin Hamzah, Muhammad Taufik Ishak, Syarif Beddu, Mohammad Yoenus OsmanThe purpose of this paper is to analyse thermal comfort and the thermal environment in naturally ventilated classrooms. Specifically, the aims of the study were to identify the…
On-site construction productivity in Malaysian infrastructure projects
Serdar Durdyev, Syuhaida IsmailThe purpose of this paper is to examine the factors constraining the on-site construction productivity and measures for its improvement in Malaysian construction industry.