Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 8 Issue 2

Toward improved LCC-informed decisions in building management

Filipa Salvado, Nuno Marques de Almeida, Alvaro Vale e Azevedo

Stakeholders of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector require information on the buildings economic performance throughout its life cycle. This information…

Energy efficiency practices for Malaysian green office building occupants

Chukwuka Christian Ohueri, Wallace Imoudu Enegbuma, Russell Kenley

Green building construction was adopted as a strategy to reduce energy consumption and the overall impact of the built environment on our natural environment. However, in…

Modeling a transformational route to infrastructure sustainability in South Africa

Rasheed Isa, Fidelis Emuze, Dillip Das, Bankole Osita Awuzie

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model for operationalizing the integrated use of lean and sustainability concepts for infrastructure delivery. This model is premised on…

Automatic fault detection for Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems using time series methods

Mohsen Shahandashti, Baabak Ashuri, Kia Mostaan

Faults in the actual outdoor performance of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems can go unnoticed for several months since the energy productions are subject to…

Utility relocation management in highway projects

Aneetha Vilventhan, Satyanarayana N. Kalidindi

Utility relocation issues are unfortunately frequent and recurring problems in several countries’ highway projects. Very few studies have addressed the utility relocation issues…

The influence of personal characteristics on quantity surveyors’ job satisfaction

Jonathan K.M. Lian, Florence Y.Y. Ling

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the job satisfaction level of quantity surveyors (QSs); identify the personal characteristics that influence their job satisfaction;…

An enhanced framework for assessing the operational performance of public-private partnership school projects

Ali Mohammed Saeed, Colin Duffield, Felix Kin Peng Hui

A study of the current practices for evaluating the ex-post performance of public-private partnership (PPP) school projects in Australia via literature review and qualitative case…

Project feasibility analysis economic model for private investments in the renewable energy sector

Norayr Badasyan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the financial and economic aspects of the renewable energy sector aiming to develop and present a project feasibility analysis model that…