Construction + Engineering Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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Reducing construction plastic waste to landfill: Making gold from straw
(2022-08)Construction waste breakdown Challenges & constraints True cost Waste disposal cost Waste research A circular economy The 6 Rs The issue Plastic waste Waste auditing Plastic type Plastic uses Novel solutions Difficult ... -
Deterministic and probabilistic risk management methods in construction projects: A systematic literature review and comparative analysis
(Western Sydney University on behalf of AUBEA, 2022)Risks and uncertainties are inevitable in construction projects, and can drastically change the expected outcome, and negatively impact the project's success. However, Risk Management (RM) is still conducted in a manual, ... -
Determining the feasibility of a circular economy for plastic waste from the construction sector in New Zealand
(IOP Publishing, 2022-12-22)By 2012, the annual quantity of C&D waste produced by 40 countries had reached three billion tonnes, contributing 10-50% to total municipal solid waste around the world. Recent data from Australia and New Zealand estimated ... -
Forecasting water-level fluctuation in water-supply dams of the Auckland and Waikato regions
(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, ... -
Keynote presentation: Creating capacity and capability for the future of the built environment: The importance of applied research
(2022-02)ESRC – team & purpose The issues: waste & pollution Finding practical solutions Environmental Solutions Research Centre Funding potential Multidisciplinary partnering Indoor air quality IAQ research Unitec ... -
Keynote presentation: Reducing construction plastic waste to landfill : Making gold from straw!
(2022-08)The issue - construction waste Plastic waste Waste auditing Plastic type Plastic uses Novel solutions Difficult wastes Hazardous wastes On-site separation Plastics audits catalogues Holistic management decision ... -
BIM-Lean relationship assessment framework: A conceptual establishment
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2022-06)The construction industry is seeking ways to reduce waste (material and production related process waste) to improve productivity and efficiency. Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean are two vital innovations for ... -
International hydrogen community needs from policymakers and public and private Investors
(2021-11-16)AIM To provide a landscape of the strategic needs of governments, industry and the public in relation to the role of hydrogen in the economy -
Plastic minimisation in construction: A pilot study identifying and quantifying the composition of C&D plastic in construction waste
(Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA), 2021-10)Construction and demolition (C&D) waste contributes at least 10,000 tonnes of plastic to landfills in Auckland annually. The growing use of plastic in the packaging of building materials, the use of polystyrene and products ... -
NZDE national exams : a nightmare and a limiting barrier
(2021-02-04)The pass rate in NZDE first-year modules with national exams is lower than the other courses in the programme In this presentation: The reasons why students struggle in the national exams are briefly discussed The ... -
Understanding the challenges of circular economy construction through full-scale prototyping
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)Applying the Circular Economy paradigm in the built environment requires buildings to be designed for deconstruction and material recovery. Achieving circularity is complicated by the fact that requirements for deconstruction ... -
Insights into the New Zealand prefabrication industry
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-26)Prefabricated building methods have recently undergone profound development and have been effectively used in easing housing shortages globally. However, prefabrication is a relatively new concept for New Zealand and is ... -
Performance comparison of cloud computing/IoT virtualization software, Hyper-v vs Vsphere
(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 2020-06-16)Hyper-V and vSphere are amongst the top virtualization software's available in the market currently. Both of these products are from different vendors, Hyper-V is developed by Microsoft and vSphere is devolved by VMware. ... -
Analysing construction cost estimation factors as a map
(2020-11)For construction projects, different factors such as the type the of project, material costs, project conditions and duration are combined to estimate the total project cost. Hence it is essential for the relationships ... -
Modular construction and prefabrication for post disaster reconstruction projects : case studies and clients’ perspectives
(2019-10-16)Benefits of modular construction for PDR Industry opportunities & Participants need to make changes Apartment construction duration: traditional vs offsite 3D volumetric Construction cost: traditional vs offsite 3D ... -
Capturing construction client values
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2017-10)To improve the delivery of construction services, it is important to understand client values. The research aims to capture construction client values. To help achieve this, a systematic literature review was used. The ... -
Investigating construction workers health and safety risks in sustainable building projects
(2019-06)This research aims to explore workers’ health and safety risks in sustainable building projects. This research systematically reviews literature on workers’ health and safety risks in sustainable building projects and its ... -
Disposal or treatment : future considerations for solid waste from the construction and demolition industry
(© 2020 WIT Press, 2020-07)Each year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste are produced globally. The greatest worldwide users of resources in terms of raw materials and energy are from the construction sector. Construction, demolition ... -
Customer service gaps : a case study of small automotive service centres in Auckland, New Zealand
(Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology, 2020-09-25)RESEARCH QUESTION: How deep is the customer service gap in the automotive after-market service industry in New Zealand? ABSTRACT: Auckland New Zealand has 1,791 automotive repair workshops, of which the majority are ... -
Challenges for the use of hydrogen: White paper for Task 38 – power to X
(French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), 2020-09-18)Power to hydrogen (PtH) Hydrogen to power (H2P) Hydrogen injection in NG grid (HG-H2) Hydrogen to Natural Gas – Methanation (HtG-M) Hydrogen to Fuel Cell – Vehicle (HtF-H2) Hydrogen to Liquid Synfuels (HtF-S) Hydrogen ...
