Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 4 Issue 3

Could refurbishment of “traditional” buildings reduce carbon emissions?

Richard Atkins, Rohinton Emmanuel

Evaluate the post occupancy performance of a typical “traditional” building using multiple post occupancy evaluation (PoE) protocols against design intents to learn lessons about…

Constraints in implementing Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Malaysia

Suhaiza Ismail, Fatimah Azzahra Haris

The purpose of this paper is to study two objectives. First, it intends to scrutinize the challenges in implementing Public Private Partnership (PPP) by examining the factors that…

Health and safety coordinators in building projects

Lena Almén, Tore J. Larsson

In order to reduce the number of injuries on construction sites, a European Directive prescribes that the clients shall appoint safety and health coordinators in their projects…

Machinery transportation management: case study of “plant-trailer” H&S incidents

Gary D. Holt, David J. Edwards

The purpose of this paper is to investigate causal agents of health and safety (H&S) incidents among “plant-trailers” (as used by construction and utility contractors to transport…

Perceived claim sources in the Nigerian construction industry

AbdulLateef A. Olanrewaju, Paul J. Anavhe

With the increase in the cases of construction claims in Nigeria, many projects have remained uncompleted, while many of those completed receive poor client satisfaction. The…

Determining the cost of poor quality and its impact on productivity and profitability

Shahid Mahmood, Syed M. Ahmed, Kamalesh Panthi, Nadeem Ishaque Kureshi

The purpose of this paper is to examine how effectively the cost appraisal system proposed measures the cost of poor quality (COPQ) in a construction project. The paper first…

Editorial

Mohan Kumaraswamy