Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 7 Issue 5

Answering questions and questioning answers

Mohan Kumaraswamy

Carbon and cost critical elements: a comparative analysis of two office buildings

Michele Florencia Victoria, Srinath Perera, Alan Davies, Nirodha Fernando

The purpose of this paper is to identify and compare cost and carbon critical elements of two office buildings, and to help achieve an optimum balance between the capital cost…

Project delivery attributes influencing green building project outcomes: A review and future research directions

Tayyab Ahmad, Ajibade A. Aibinu

While the general trends in green building (GB) research are known, there is not yet a detailed review of studies on project delivery attributes (PDAs) influencing GB project…

Current context of transport sector in South Asia: Recommendations towards a sustainable transportation system

Champika Liyanage, Nuwan Dias, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

Given the current focus on sustainable development, there is a need to identify the current status of the transport sector in developing countries and the obstacles to the…

Systematic approach for asset management of urban water pipeline infrastructure systems

Hamed Zamenian, Juyeong Choi, Seyed Amir Sadeghi, Nader Naderpajouh

The purpose of this paper is to develop a systemic approach to evaluate physical condition of water pipeline infrastructure with limited condition assessment data that can help…

LiVE approach: Lean integrated Value Engineering for construction industry

E.M.A.C. Ekanayake, Y.G. Sandanayake

Increasing demand for the best value for client’s money necessitates waste reduction while enhancing the project functionality in construction industry. The purpose of this paper…

Simulation techniques for cost management and performance in construction projects in Malaysia

Ali Mohammed Alashwal, Min Yi Chew

Simulation techniques for cost management are useful for modeling uncertainties, making decisions, and improving the accuracy of cost estimation. Despite their usefulness, the…

Interdependency of the critical success factors and ex-post performance indicators of PPP projects

Khalid Almarri, Halim Boussabaine

There is lack of literature on the evaluation of PPP projects performance based on critical success factors (CSFs). Thus, the purpose of this paper is to investigate and establish…