Browsing Construction + Engineering Conference Papers by Title

Factors associated with the recovery of housing prices in Hong Kong

Ge, X .J.; Poon, K. M.; Boon, John (Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, 2006-01-01)

In the period 1999 – 2004 housing prices in Hong Kong sunk to a low point in mid 2003 and then rose again. This paper investigates which factors are associated with those price movements. The paper starts by reviewing ...

The Factory and the Chicken House: Construction Experiments in 1950s Auckland

Francis, Kerry (2011)

A posthumous 1992 curriculum vitae for the Architect and Engineer, Richard Hobin records that during the period 1951-1953 he designed and built eight houses and seven factories in the New Zealand city of Auckland. Hobin’s ...

Field studies to investigate Impact of increasing R-value of building envelope on winter indoor relative humidity of Auckland houses

Su, Bin (2016-11)

PURPOSE / CONTEXT The study investigates relationships of winter indoor relative humidity and R-value of building envelope of the Auckland houses. METHODOLOGY / APPROACH Field study of indoor micro climatic conditions. ...

Field Study for Evaluating Winter Thermal Performance of Auckland School Buildings

Su, Bin (2015-02)

Auckland has a temperate climate with comfortable warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. An Auckland school normally does not need air conditioning for cooling during the summer and only needs heating during the winter. ...

Forecasting water-level fluctuation in water-supply dams of the Auckland and Waikato regions

Waidyaratne, Pramith; Phillips, David (ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)

Dams play a vital role in supplying fresh water to many cities all over the world. With increasing pressure on and demand for natural resources, water supply remains a scarce resource worldwide. During times of uncertainty, ...

From planning sustainable cities to designing resilient urban regions

Bogunovich, Dushko (2009)

In order to be ready for the harsh environmental challenges of the 21st century, cities need a new planning agenda. Defining this agenda is impossible without first revisiting the core concepts of our work: ‘sustainability’, ...

Google DashBoard

Pati, Kamuta (2014-11)

Teacher Dashboard Reflection and recording of practical collaboration on drive Portfolio assessments on drive Augmented Reality Resources shared via google docs Mobile phones Aurasma Making it manageable

Government Initiatives to Decrease Skills Shortage

Fuemana, Daniel (2013)

“The greatest challenge is the unprecedented workload that will be placed on the industry in the next few years, driven by the Canterbury rebuild, the demand in Auckland for housing and infrastructure investment, and the ...

Has NZ’s construction industry’s productivity related GDP contribution increased by the Productivity Commission’s target of 20% by 2020

Kestle, Linda; van de Linde, S. (New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2020-02-20)

The construction sector in New Zealand is considered to have a continuing low level of productivity. The industry has been contributing less to the National GDP than construction industries in America, Australia and the ...

Health and safety practices in the Christchurch rebuild - how relevant is the Heinrich Safety Pyramid?

Seward, Mark; Kestle, Linda (Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), 2014)

Health and Safety is at the forefront of the construction sector projects in New Zealand particularly as the post-earthquake rebuild gets underway in Christchurch. Health and Safety best practice on all project sites needs ...

House construction waste minimisation project Unitec

Pivac, Andy; O'Gorman, Colin (2015-07)

Project Methodology • 4 identical re-locatable houses measured in project • 3 Bed, open plan wooden framed, iron roofed, cedar clad, • Waste stream separation by activities • Sub floor-bearers up- • Framing • Roofing ...

How can BIM technology assist in optimising the life cycle cost of a building?

Lai, Francis; Halvitigala, Dulani; Boon, John; Birchmore, Roger (Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, 2010-01-01)

The complexity of a modern construction project, especially in a fast track environment, necessities the use of Building Information Management (BIM) system to manage such a project to provide the necessary probable cost ...

How do you like your BIM?

McGarrigle, Malachy (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), 2015-07)

This paper’s objective is to investigate what practitioners across various disciplines in NZ construction including academia expect to find in BIM models. What specific information do they actually want from models and can ...

How well did a multi-stakeholder management framework for remote sites model the realities on and off-site of a Scottish Highlands infrastructure marine project : reflective case study

Kestle, Linda (Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2015-06-10)

The next 20 years will see inward investment of up to £100 billion in construction (and energy) projects in northern Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands. The majority of these projects will take place in ...

How will NZ's construction industry escalate productivity to meet the largest predicted construction demand in decades - is a lean approach one of the magic bullets?

Bosnich, Anthony; Kestle, Linda (Asia Pacific Institute of Advanced Research (APIAR), 2015-12)

Low productivity levels for at least twenty years in New Zealand’s construction industry have only realised any improvement by increasing hourly inputs, (a 0.2% per annum rise since the 1990’s). NZ’s Productivity Commission ...