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An appraisal of Australia's approach to promoting urban sustainability

Martek, Igor; Edwards, David J.; Seaton, Stewart; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 12 (2021) 2, pp. 262-276

attract inadequate scrutiny. This paper reviews Australia's progress with sustainability in an urban domain and identifies key … issues hindering the sustainability transition effort. Design/methodology/approach Research on urban sustainability is … Australia's urban sustainability efforts to identify both the progress achieved and residual structural impediments. Findings …

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Designing for construction procurement: an integrated Decision Support System for Building Information Modelling

Babaeian Jelodar, Mostafa; Wilkinson, Suzanne; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 12 (2021) 1, pp. 111-127

, relationship quality, sustainability and quality of work performed was identified for complex construction procurement decision …

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Examining green road construction components: the case of Ghana

Kissi, Ernest; Babon-Ayeng, Prosper; Aigbavboa, Clinton; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 13 (2023) 5, pp. 682-699

carbon footprint while boosting the built environment's capacity to promote sustainability. Consequently, this study examines …

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Sustainability of Indian PPP procurement process

Patil, Nilesh Agarchand; Laishram, Boeing Singh - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 6 (2016) 5, pp. 491-507

Purpose Though public-private partnership (PPP) programme in India has stabilized significantly with implementation of successful infrastructure projects, still it suffers from shortfalls related to some aspects of sustainable development. One of the ways to overcome these shortfalls is to...

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Production of green concrete using recycled waste aggregate and byproducts

Al-Gahtani, Khalid; Alsulaihi, Ibrahim; Ali, Mohamed; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 7 (2017) 4, pp. 413-425

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the sustainability benefits of using demolition and industrial wastes …

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Underlying factors for successful project management to construct sustainable built assets

Stanitsas, Marios; Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 12 (2021) 2, pp. 129-146

Purpose This study aims to investigate the underlying factors that give rise to the set of sustainability indicators … dimensions (factors) of stakeholders' attitudes were revealed. Findings The findings indicate that the sustainability indicators … economic growth; (4) social sustainability; and (5) resource conservation and environmental policy. Research limitations …

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Potential and implications of sustainability action plans

Thomson, Craig; El-Haram, Mohamed - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 4 (2014) 1, pp. 108-122

Purpose – Sustainability action plans are emerging as a management tool to facilitate the delivery of sustainability … support an integrated approach to delivering sustainability across the phases of a construction project. A holistic approach … to sustainability is promoted which aims to be understandable, managed and aligned with available sustainability …

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Contractor use of productivity and sustainability indicators for building refurbishment

Sezer, Ahmet Anil - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5 (2015) 2, pp. 141-153

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the use of building refurbishment productivity and sustainability …-based key indicators. SMEs may have sustainability policies, but routines derived from such policies were weak on site. However …, for SMEs, refurbishment technology choices are often made by the client’s designer, and sustainability requirements are …

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Actors and barriers to the adoption of LCC and LCA techniques in the built environment

D'Incognito, Maria; Costantino, Nicola; Migliaccio, … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5 (2015) 2, pp. 202-216

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the existing barriers to the slow adoption of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) in construction, and the main responsible actors. Design/methodology/approach – The research design is based on a two-phase approach....

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Rethinking conservation: managing cultural heritage as an inhabited cultural landscape

Vakhitova, Tatiana Vadimovna - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5 (2015) 2, pp. 217-228

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest an approach to cultural heritage management as an inhabited cultural landscape in a context of urban planning. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a review of academic literature on the topic of cultural heritage conservation....

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