Browsing Construction + Engineering Journal Articles by Type of Research "Journal Article"
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Encouraging circular waste economies for the New Zealand construction industry : opportunities and barriers
(Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, 2020-07-21)As our global population increases, the resulting waste mountain continues to rise. It has been identified that the Construction Industry contributes to a large proportion of the waste to landfill (and cleanfill) sites. ... -
Energy recovery in SWRO desalination: Current status and new possibilities
(Frontier Media, 2020-04-03)Reverse osmosis (RO) technology requires high energy input in order to extract freshwater from seawater. Improvements in RO technology have led to seawater RO (SWRO) becoming the dominant form of large scale desalination ... -
Erionite in Auckland bedrock and malignant mesothelioma: an emerging public and occupational health hazard?
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2020-07-17)Overseas, emerging research has shown that where erionite is present in bedrock as a zeolite, and then subsequently disturbed and blown into the atmosphere, resulting exposure is associated with health effects similar to ... -
Estimation of impact of sea level rise on land and water resources when data is sparse - case of Colombo. Environment and ecology research
(Horizon Research Publishing (HRPUB), 2016-09)This paper highlights investigation and the impacts on the changes in groundwater table caused by sea level rise due to climate change in Wellington New Zealand and translates it to possible impacts in Colombo Sri ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Hotel Design and Energy Consumption
(2012)A hotel mainly uses its energy on water heating, space heating, refrigeration, space cooling, cooking, lighting and other building services. A number of 4-5 stars hotels in Auckland city are selected for this study. ... -
The impact of informal settlement upgrading on housing affordability : the experience of Hanna Nassif in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(School of the Built Environment, University of Nairobi, 2016-06-21)Upgrading of informal settlements is a feasible way of improving access to decent and affordable shelter. However, there is limited knowledge of the impact of upgrading on housing affordability. This paper aims to ... -
The impact of passive design factors on house energy efficiency
(2011)The energy consumption of a house can be affected simultaneously by many building design factors related to its main architectural features, building elements and materials. The relationship between the building design ... -
Impacts of an innovative residential construction method on internal conditions
(MDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland), 2015-02-11)New Zealand houses are known for producing sub-optimal internal thermal conditions and unacceptably high internal moisture levels. These contribute to poor levels of health, mould and can coincide with the decay of structural ... -
Impacts of an innovative residential construction method on internal conditions
(MDPI, 2015-02-11)New Zealand houses are known for producing sub-optimal internal thermal conditions and unacceptably high internal moisture levels. These contribute to poor levels of health, mould and can coincide with the decay of structural ... -
Impacts of building design factors on Auckland school energy consumptions
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2013)This study focuses on the impact of school building design factors on winter extra energy consumption which mainly includes space heating, water heating and other appliances related to winter indoor thermal conditions. A ... -
Indoor moisture control of Auckland houses with different ventilation systems
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2013)Auckland has a temperate climate with comfortable warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Auckland house design not only focus on winter thermal performance and indoor thermal condition, but also indoor moisture control, ... -
Investigation of the internal functioning of the radial basis function neural network river flow forecasting models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009-03)This paper deals with the challenging problem of hydrological interpretation of the internal functioning of ANNs by extracting knowledge from their solutions. The neural network used in this study is based on the structure ... -
A low damage and ductile rocking timber wall with passive energy dissipation devices
(Techno-Press, 2015-07)In conventional seismic design, structures are assumed to be fixed at the base. To reduce the impact of earthquake loading, while at the same time providing an economically feasible structure, minor damage is tolerated in ... -
Medium-density dwellings in Auckland and the building regulations
(Unitec ePress, 2018-07-25)National thermal standards have historically been set to minimise winter heating energy in detached houses. It is uncertain whether these standards are optimal for the increasing number of joined, medium-density dwellings ... -
A method of sound wave diffusion in motor vehicle exhaust systems
(Unitec ePress, 2017-04-04)It is common practice among young vehicle owners to modify the exhaust system of their vehicle to reduce exhaust backpressure with the perception that the output power increases. In the process of backpressure reduction, ...
