Purpose – The loss of heritage buildings should be avoided as they provide a tangible example of a period of life that is now gone. Adaptive re-use enables buildings to be given a second life, enabling them to live on when they may have been previously underutilized. Changing the capacity,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a systems information model (SIM) that is akin to a building information model (BIM) and can be used by asset managers and staff to make more informed and quicker decisions about maintenance. Design/methodology/approach – The problems...

Multiple parties are involved in completing a construction project. Such parties possess different skills and each sets out to be self‐sufficient. However, it is accepted that communication between parties is critical to the success of an alliance. A supporting mechanism is developed, which...

The manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly competitive. In order to remain competitive there is a need for improved inter‐organizational relations between organizations so as to improve the performance. In an attempt to improve cost effectiveness and improve quality, as well as create...

Embodied energy (EE) analysis has become an important area of energy research, in attempting to trace the direct and indirect energy requirements of products and services throughout their supply chain. Typically, input-output (I-O) models have been used to calculate EE because they are...

The normative literature within the field of knowledge management has concentrated on techniques and methodologies for allowing knowledge to be codified and made available to individuals and groups within organizations. The literature on organizational learning, however, has tended to focus on...