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Factors affecting building services designs of consultants vs. that of design & build subcontractors in Melbourne
(2011)Building services make up a large portion of a building's capital cost and are also responsible for majority of its operating cost throughout its life. If designed or installed incorrectly can cause damage, nuisance or ... -
Factors affecting the bid/ no bid decision making process of small to medium size contractors in Auckland
(2011)Companies must have the capability to deal with various bidding situations successfully in today‟s highly competitive construction market. The first step that the companies need to consider is whether to bid or not to bid ... -
Factors affecting the uptake of building information modelling (BIM) in the Auckland architecture, engineering & construction (AEC) industry
(2010)Building Information Modelling (BIM) is seen as the next big paradigm shift in the building design and construction industry since the move from traditional drafting to 2D computer aided design systems, but although it has ... -
Factors associated with the recovery of housing prices in Hong Kong
(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 ... -
Factors influencing the ownership and management structure decision making in hotel investments
(2010)Hotel properties constitute a relatively small percentage out of the commercial property investment sector in New Zealand due to two main factors. One is the significant amount of capital required for the development of ... -
Factors promoting innovation and efficiency in the construction industry : a comparative study of New Zealand and Australia
(University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ePress, 2015)There have been numerous concerns about the lack of productivity improvement in the New Zealand construction industry. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to determine the main drivers of productivity in the industry. ... -
The Factory and the Chicken House: Construction Experiments in 1950s Auckland
(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
(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
(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. ... -
Field study of indoor thermal environment of school buildings with different building envelopes, structures, floors and partitions
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2023-04-20)A conventional Auckland school has a number of low-rise, isolated buildings with light weight structures and building envelopes (see Figure 1). In 90% of Auckland schools, each isolated building only has one to four ... -
Field study to compare and evaluate summer thermal comfort of school buildings with different moderate thermal mass in their building elements
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2023-11-22)Previous studies show that moderate thermal mass in school building elements can pos itively impact the winter indoor thermal environment in a temperate climate with mild, humid winters. Based on a field study, this research ... -
File to factory : a case study of automated prefabrication house-building methods for small-to-medium enterprises
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-23)The Eco-Digital Fabrication (EDFAB) research project aimed to investigate how automated prefabrication technologies and off-the-shelf construction products can be employed to disrupt building industry norms. The aim of ... -
Flexible pavement crack's severity identification and classification using deep convolution neural network
(College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 2021-04-15)Effective road maintenance program is vital to ensure traffic safety, serviceability, and prolong the life span of the road. Maintenance will be carried out on pavements when signs of degradation begin to appear and delays ... -
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, ... -
From planning sustainable cities to designing resilient urban regions
(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’, ... -
The future electrical engineer registration with the Electrical Workers Registration Board
(2022-09-20)Board functions Disciplinary matters - hearings Prosecutions Electrical Engineer Registration history with EWRB Prescribed Electrical Work “PEW” Section 2(1) of Electricity Act 1992 Prescribed Electrical Work “PEW” ... -
Future Housing Energy Efficiency Associated with the Auckland Unitary Plan
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2014)Based on energy consumption of 200 Auckland sample houses, mean extra winter energy is a large portion (28.4%) of mean winter energy of Auckland sample houses. Mean total winter energy consumption is also a large portion ... -
Good practices for managing Australia’s public and community housing assets
(2010)This project investigates good practices for managing Australia’s public and community housing assets. To a large extent the report concerns the identification of existing practices as an attempt to build a picture of asset ... -
Google DashBoard
(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
(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 ...