Browsing Construction + Engineering Conference Papers by Date Published
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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: 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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Hydrogen focussed research: a Unitec update
(2020-07-27)Unitec Models: UniSyD UniSyD Model Development and Structure UniSyD Selective Output UniSyd Model – NZ Energy Outlook 2012 Unitec Models: UniTrac UniTrac selective output Publications (2017 - 2020) -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Climate change adaptation legislation and the construction sector
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2020-02-20)Climate change will inevitably, drastically impact the coastal nation of New Zealand. Through literature review, it was identified that much of the existing work in relation to climate change literature, legislation and ... -
Augmenting industry collaboration with architectural practices through design and development of productive internship schemes
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2020-02-20)This project investigates how industrial engagements between Unitec and local architectural practices can be reinforced through work placement schemes providing Architectural Technology students with diverse learning ... -
Air tightness, friend or foe?
(2020-02-20)Industry standard calculations recognise airtightness as a positive characteristic when houses are designed to consume low levels of energy for heating or for cooling. In addition, airtightness will insulate the internal ...
