Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 6 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Y.G. Sandanayake, Anupa Manewa, Jacky Chung

Analyzing relationships between project team compositions and green building certification in green building projects

Jack C.P. Cheng, Vignesh Venkataraman

Literature on organizational analysis identified that project participants have a certain impact on the project outcome. However, there is no study that identifies the impact of…

Indoor environmental quality and occupants’ productivity: Suggestions to enhance national green certification criteria

Harshini Mallawaarachchi, Lalith De Silva, Raufdeen Rameezdeen

The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and occupants’ productivity improvements in green buildings in order to…

Green business models transformation: evidence from the UK construction sector

Amal Abuzeinab, Mohammed Arif, Dennis J. Kulonda, Bankole Osita Awuzie

Sustainability has the potential to bring enormous benefits to our built environment. To release this potential, a change in business models is required. The purpose of this paper…

Sustainability of Indian PPP procurement process: Development of strategies for enhancement

Nilesh Agarchand Patil, Boeing Singh Laishram

Though public-private partnership (PPP) programme in India has stabilized significantly with implementation of successful infrastructure projects, still it suffers from shortfalls…

Malaysian experience with public-private partnership (PPP): Managing unsolicited proposal

Muhammad Imran Zin Zawawi, Udayangani Kulatunga, Menaha Thayaparan

Lack of competition in procurement processes may affect the sustainable procurement due to overpriced and low-quality infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to investigate…

Appropriate delay analysis techniques to analyse delays in road construction projects in Sri Lanka

E.M.K. Ekanayake, B.A.K.S. Perera

Delays represent one of the most critical factors that affect the cost of a construction project. They have to be therefore analysed comprehensively using appropriate techniques…

Sustainable management of NHS assets backlog maintenance

Efthimia Pantzartzis, Lipika Deka, Andrew D.F. Price, Chris Tann, Grant R.W. Mills, Sameedha Rich-Mahadkar

Lord Carter’s (2015) “Review of Operational Productivity in NHS providers” stated that to improve National Health Service (NHS) England’s efficiency, operational productivity…

Water use efficiency and conservation during construction: drivers, barriers and practices

K.G.A.S. Waidyasekara, Lalith De Silva, Raufdeen Rameezdeen

The purpose of this paper is to explore ways to enhance water use efficiency at construction sites according to project stakeholders’ perceptions.