Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 11 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Menaha Thayaparan, Andrew Ross

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 Ghaedi

This 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 “smartness”…

Social network analysis applications in sustainable construction and built environment management: a review

Nandun Madhusanka Hewa Welege, Wei Pan, Mohan Kumaraswamy

Applications of social network analysis (SNA) are evidently popular amongst scholars for mapping stakeholder and other relational networks in improving the sustainability of…

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 Manjula

Sustaining the irrigated agriculture, while conserving the natural eco-system, are the two main objectives of sustainable water management (SWM) in irrigation. Achieving both the…

Barriers to implementing waste-to-energy projects in Sri Lanka: a PESTEL analysis

Binashi Kumarasiri, Piumi Dissanayake

It 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) projects…

Exploring the barriers for implementing waste trading practices in the construction industry in Australia

Shiyamini Ratnasabapathy, Ali Alashwal, Srinath Perera

The 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 trading…

A “knowledge value chain” framework for contractor organisations to maximise chances of winning tenders

Kaveesha Gihani Dewagoda, B.A.K.S. Perera, Sepani Senaratne

Knowledge is a critical asset that places contractor organisations at a competitive advantage when they take part in competitive tendering. However, a dearth of literature exists…

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 Siriwardena

This paper investigates the lean enabling human capacities and develops a framework integrating individual, organisational and environmental level strategies to build human…

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. Wijewickrama

The 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 procurement…

Occupants' perceived importance and satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality of a green building

Kofi Agyekum, Samuel Fiifi Hammond, Burcu Salgin

This study examines occupants' satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of a green-certified building [The Green Star South Africa (SA) Building] in Ghana.

Building code amendment and building resilience: perspective of building code users in New Zealand

Amarachukwu Nnadozie Nwadike, Suzanne Wilkinson

The 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 to…

Analysis of embodied carbon and cost profiles of school buildings in Australia

Srinath Perera, Sepani Senaratne, M.N.N. Rodrigo, Luke Brady

In 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 through…

Optimizing window size by integrating energy and lighting analyses considering occupants’ visual satisfaction

Ayda Montaser Koohsari, Shahin Heidari

The 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 and to…

Living-transforming disaster relief shelter: a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing

Sara Ghanbarzadeh Ghomi, Gayan Wedawatta, Kanchana Ginige, Bingunath Ingirige

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of post-disaster housing reconstruction projects, propose the conceptual living-transforming disaster relief shelter…

Supply chain resilience: mapping the knowledge domains through a bibliometric approach

E.M.A.C. Ekanayake, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Mohan Kumaraswamy

This 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…

Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods: a physical resilience perspective

Hisham Tariq, Chaminda Pathirage, Terrence Fernando

Decision-makers, practitioners and community members have a need to assess the disaster resilience of their communities and to understand their own capacities in disaster…

Climatic conditions and the resilience of buildings along Lagos coastline

Olajide Julius Faremi, Oluranti Olupolola Ajayi, Kudirat Ibilola Zakariyyah, Olumide Afolarin Adenuga

The study investigates the extent to which defects in coastline buildings are influenced by the climatic conditions within the coastal zones.

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. Ekanayake

Despite the positive impacts of the construction sector on enhancing economic growth and ensuring societal well-being, its negative impacts on the environment from unsustainable…

Materials passport's review: challenges and opportunities toward a circular economy building sector

Mayara Regina Munaro, Sergio Fernando Tavares

Reuse 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 introduces…