A review on 5G technology for smart energy management and smart buildings in Singapore
Energy and AI, 2022 Sustainable and smart building is a recent concept that is gaining momentum in public opinion, and thus, it is making its way into the agendas of researchers and city authorities all over the world.
Ghasan Fahim Huseien, Kwok Wei Shah
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Assessment of causes and settlement mechanisms of construction disputes in public work contracts: an Ethiopian perspective [PDF]
Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022 Construction contracts are susceptible to disputes as they regulate very complex multi-party relationships. Previous studies not only fail to aptly outline the distinction between “conflict” and “dispute”, but also fail to adequately study the causes of ...
Sintayehu Kebede
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REDUCTION OF THE RISK IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BY USING DESIGN-BUILD AS A MEANS FOR SUITABLE CONSTRUCTING [PDF]
Civil Engineering Journal, 2016 Suitable and sustainable buildings have increased demands for design and for the transfer of design requirements to realization. That causes an increase of risk connected with the differences between planned and real parameters of the buildings.
Jakub Blaťák
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Multi-Agent Simulation on Staff Evacuation Behavior in Elderly Nursing Home Fire Emergencies
Buildings, 2023 Elderly nursing homes in South Korea are vulnerable to evacuation in emergency situations such as fires. There are many elderly residents with reduced self-walking ability, so if a disaster such as a fire occurs, it is very likely to lead to a large ...
Haewon Lim, Hyunsoo Lee, Ji-Hyoun Hwang
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Evaluating the practice of the Design-Build procurement method in South Africa [PDF]
International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management, 2017 A well implemented good practice of Design-Build procurement method brings different disciplines and aspects of construction process together, which in turn minimizes the incidents of constructors having to repeat work, and thus, result in cost and time ...
Babsola Olubunmi Ilori +1 more
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Impact of Regional Climate Change on the Infrastructure and Operability of Railway Transport
Transport and Telecommunication, 2021 This article considers various aspects of the impact of climate change on the railway infrastructure and operations. A brief international overview and the importance of this issue for Russia are given.
Kostianaia Evgeniia A. +4 more
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Comparison of DB to DBB on highway projects in Washington State, USA [PDF]
International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management, 2018 Comparative evaluations of design-build (DB), to design-bid-build (DBB), are documented in literature. However, a recent study suggests that even though several studies have been completed to compare DB and DBB, there are few statistically significant ...
Okere, George
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Service-Learning Education Integrated Design Education Through a Design- Build Focus
Cubic Journal, 2021 Different from the conventional design-built projects, the service-learning educational model represents a student led community driven education process.
Michael Chan
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Jurnal Teknik Sipil dan Perencanaan, 2022 . Everywhere in the world, especially as the fourth industrial revolution begins, technological advancements are being discussed. This technological advancement also affects the building industry, one example being the use of Building Information ...
Egi Gustian +2 more
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MEASURING THE SOIL COMPACTION ZONE AND PRESSURE OF DEFORMED SOIL ON UNDERGROUND OBJECTS WITH AN ASYMMETRIC CYLINDRICAL TIP [PDF]
Avtomobilʹnyj Transport (Harʹkov), 2021 At trenchless laying of engineering communications in soil the method of static puncture has received wide application at formation of a well. Power plants that implement it have small dimensions, which make them more effective in laying distribution ...
Vladimir Suponyev +4 more
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