The London Borough of Camden's' executive team agreed to extensive maintenance and repair programme proposals, for the majority of works to be delivered under a PFI scheme on Chalcots Estate. Following a stock condition survey duly submitted by Savills. The total investment planned amount is £153 million to tackle estate's structural, design problems and ensure necessary maintenance for the next 15 years are carried out. The breakdown of the total sum is £65m PFI capital works, £79.7m PFI mai...
Chapter 1: What is Sustainability? Definition of Sustainability: A meaningless concept? Old: What is clear from the literature studied for this dissertation is that on the whole, environmental issues suffer from problems of terminology and definition and there is confusion surrounding ‘sustainability'. A definition of sustainability seems to be somewhat subjective depending on your background and your intentions, there is no universal definition for the concept as it differs with regional cir...
Ellingham and Fawcett (2006, p. 18) indicate that the net present value method for evaluating an investment cashflow was first developed about 50 years ago and is widely used in many spheres. In property and construction projects it has acquired a special name: whole-life costing. In fact, whole-life costing is simply the application of net present value analysis to construction projects. Many people will confused about the term of life-cycle costing, whole life costing, and whole life-cycle ...
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems usually have characteristics of nonlinear dynamics coupling. Therefore, the difficulty in controlling MIMO systems is how to overcome the coupling effects between the degrees of freedom. The computational burden and dynamic uncertainty associated with MIMO systems make model-based decoupling impractical for real-time control. The knowledge base of the fuzzy logic controller (FLC) encapsulates expert knowledge that consists of the data-base (member...
Introduction Civil engineering works are not just the building of structures, but they provide a livable and safe environment for society. To make it all work, the disciplines involved must be in constant communication. They cannot work in isolation and must communicate with other civil engineers and professions and also be able to communicate with society. When communication fails it will have a negative effect on the works. Defining communication In the Oxford Dictionary the word 'communica...
This study is to analyze the modern traditional vernacular Malay house. How is the origin Malay house being transform into modern vernacular houses and what is the effect of contemporary materials. The kampong Baru is located in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala lumpur. This is a reserved area for the Malay ethnic groups. From the case study will found out the climatic effect of using contemporary materials in the traditional Malay house by the following questions: 1: How is the climate of ...
Energy saving in buildings has become a question of crucial importance in many countries. At the same time, the requirements for satisfactory indoor climate with low electricity consumption have increased which prompt the supply and demand for energy efficient homes. The battle against global warming shall start from home insulation to reduce green house gas emission. In developed countries, government has even allowed tax credit to house owners for costs incurred in carrying out home insulat...
The main purpose of this report is to discuss causes of the building deterioration, effective maintenance program for buildings and with building repair in an attempt to overcome such common building problems. In addition, it also highlights cyclical, planned and reactive maintenance programs and principles of repair. Then we have discussed about how the design, construction and maintenance affect to the building's dilapidation. 2.0 causes of deterioration in building and their services Subst...
The increasing complexity of a building, the need to reduce design and construction period and the need for better financial management would be the things that are most concern the client. Various types of procurement systems were implemented for various types of project. They were developed to help the client to complete their construction project within time, cost and to the required quality. Design and build procurement contracts have been adopted by a large-scale and expensive public wor...
Construction planning and preparation play a very important role in today s construction. The effectiveness of the planning and preparation lead to the success of a project including the quality and time consumed in completing the project. A good and properly planned construction site can improve the efficiency and even the safety of the construction operation. Therefore, to construct a good building, the step of planning cannot be eliminated or skipped in order to save the construction time ...
