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A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING NEW GARDEN IDENTITIES
Get PDFGardens are created by people based on their needs, culture, and philosophy. They possess specific individual features or identities shaped through time, depending on people’s tastes and preferences as well as the surrounding environment. However, developing gardens do not own specific and distinct identities to distinguish them. In fact, even the visual quality and contents of these emerging gardens are not yet clear and continue to evolve over time. Nevertheless, these gardens like established ones need their own identities, which should be based on local people’s needs, cultures, philosophy, and preferences. In developing identity for a new garden the reverse could be the case, i.e. the existing gardens can be studied to illicit a general model. In this regard, this study proposes a working model that could contribute to the development of new garden identities. Accordingly, it is argued that the model would be applicable to all communities interested to create their gardens with specific identity
Sense of Community Through Neighborhood Center
No full textUnderstand and perception of place happened due to connection between Humans and their surrounding environment. In this study, feature of a neighborhood center as community is considered as the base of research. Against conducted researches just through attention to physical factors cannot achieve to cohesion and sense of place. In this paper argued that physical place affected by social relations of people. People’s activities also are effective in their environmental perception. For recognizing the sense of place dimension have reviewed argument and results of scholars. In this paper analyzed researches that have done, to some extent. Furthermore, in the important part of those researches Sense of place has three dimensions include, (identity, attachment, dependence) and measurement has done with another dimension such as the social relation (activity, behavior, and habit), and sense of community. At the final we draw important factors to measurement of sense of place relation income principle that existed in the neighborhood center. This analysis will be investigated with the effect of a variable on another variable. The aim is benefited of places potential to strengthen the people`s feeling about their environment. Thereupon local community is formed due to neighborhood capabilities. Hierarchy of human needs, lead to enact roles of sense of place by social context for making sustainable urban
TOWARDS NEW APPROACHES FOR CONVERTING PRINCIPLES OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE INTO ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS IN HOT AND DRY CLIMATES
Get PDFBuildings can be designed to require far less than the energy of today's average. Reducing energy consumption of buildings in hot-dry climates by using natural energy sources to provide comfortable microclimate is the main concern of this study. In this paper design strategies in terms of energy efficiency is considered based on proper building form, material selection and orientation and by taking advantages of passive cooling strategies and ventilation. The study aims to show that the idea of using natural energy and passive cooling strategies came from the vernacular principles
PROJECT COST PREDICTION MODEL USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION FOR PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA
No full textMajor problem in Nigeria construction industry is that building contracts are completed at sums much higher than estimated cost, hence the need to develop predictive cost model that capture factors affecting project cost using principal components regression, through set objectives: to identify factors contributing to project cost; examine the importance of the factors and develop cost predictive model. Literature review on the study indicated that nature of clients, professional involved in a project and their decision regarding design, function, duration, technology and implementation have significant effect on the overall project cost. Data for the study are obtained through random sampling of public building projects completed in Nigeria after 1995. The study identifies six most significant factors to project cost among the design related variables as: Level of design complexity; level of construction complexity; level of technological advancement; percentage of repetitive element; presence of special issues and scope of work. Three factors among time/cost related factors as Importance for project to be delivered; time allowed by the client and his representative for bid evaluation; need for the project to be completed. Client, consultant and contractor’s experience on similar project; adequacy of contractor’s plants and equipments are most significant among project parties experience related factors. The selected factors were used for cost predictive model
MODELLING OF COST OF MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL SERVICES BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL BUILDING PROJECTS USING SELECTED BUILDING FORM DESCRIPTORS : A Case Study of Selected Building Projects In Abuja And Niger State, Nigeria
Get PDFThis research was carried out to study the problem of ineffective cost control technique in the process of formulating predictive models for cost of Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) services due to the use of inadequate information to estimate cost of M&E services during the pre-contract stage of building projects which results in to cost overrun. The study also examined the cost relationship between M&E services and design variables which make up building forms, for residential and commercial building projects. The relationship between the variables in the data collected was examined with the use of simple and multiple regression analyses, correlation analysis and descriptive Statistics. One of the major findings of the research was that the cost of M&E services of any given residential or commercial building projects can be accessed from the building form descriptors with 95% confidence limits. This also provided a basis for developing several predictive regression models for M&E services cost for both residential and commercial building projects. Recommendations from the study included regular review of the models in the light of changing environmental circumstances by any user of the models, for the models to stand a test of time
EMPLOYEES FEEDBACK ON OFFICE WORKSPACE CONFIGURATION IN PUBLIC HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION
Get PDFSpace planning is an integral part because without proper planning, a good workspace configuration could not be achieved. Models and concepts that were reviewed could be an essential guide in planning process. Attention should be put on the core elements as the workspace is design for a purpose. If the design fails and the users were not satisfied, then the configuration could be considered fail as a whole where it cannot help the organizations reach their goals and objectives. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the planning process will be very useful to achieve the ideal workspace configuration. This research aims to study and analyze workspace configuration that has been implemented in offices on public higher learning institution in Malaysia. Based on the observation and the data gathered, the workers comfort and satisfaction level are very important as these two aspects would result in the overall productivity of the organization. The workspace in offices should be reconfigured according to the people, location, design and worker’s work style. These factors play an important role in shaping a good working environment with a proper workspace configuration. Questionnaires were distributed to each case study and feedbacks from the respondents were gathered. The questions enquired on their perception and the satisfactory level on their current workstation. Case studies will provide essential background information reflecting the office workspace configuration in today’s offices. This study believes to be valuable in identifying the criteria and key factors affecting the satisfaction level of the workers. Analysing data will provide the first indication of how well the space configuration practice is performing and helped pin point problem areas within office workspace. It is anticipated that this study would contribute to the development of a better office workspace by improving quality and value of workspace configuration of public higher learning institution in Malaysia
QUANTITY SURVEYORS’ PERCEPTION OF CONSTRUCTION HEALTH & SAFTEY REGULATION IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThe construction industry business in Nigeria like in other countries cannot be tackled effectively without harnessing the construction health and safety regulations to safeguard the health of the workers and the entire community. This paper seeks to assess quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health and safety regulations in Nigeria. Data was collected using the questionnaire survey distributed among Nigerian quantity surveyors and statistical tools employed include percentages and mean score ranking. The study revealed that construction health and safety is still perceived to be more important than the traditional project parameters in the form of cost and quality. Improved quality is discovered to have the greatest impact of construction health and safety on project parameter. The study recommends that health and safety should be included as a project parameter and that related practice notes and guidelines should be evolved for all project stakeholders
THE GREEN HOME CONCEPT – ACCEPTABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS
Get PDFPeople nowadays are more concerned about the environment since they know the effect of pollution to the environment and to human’s health. The conventional homes used up large amounts of power and produced large amount of carbon dioxides annually. Therefore, conventional homes are one of the sources of global warming. Conventional homes also polluted the environment. Green Home Concept is an effort made to reduce the impacts of conventional homes. Green home is a concept whereby a home is created to use less energy, water and natural resources, to provide good air quality and comfort, to generate less wastage, and can be considered as a sustainable development that improve the homeowners’ lifestyle. It is still a new trend in Malaysia housing development scene. This research focuses on the people’s acceptability and development problems that occur when developing green home by adopting case study and structural interviews methods. Questionnaire has also been applied to ascertain the Malaysian homeowners’ acceptability towards this new development concept. This research has also highlighted the concept and designs of green home in Malaysia. The findings reveal that uncertainty on people acceptability towards green home and the price are the biggest problems faced by developers when developing green home
LABOUR COMPOSITION FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS IN PUBLIC HOSPITAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
Get PDFThe study examined the labour composition for maintenance works in the public hospital buildings in South-West, Nigeria, and in the process identified if there are any significant differences in the execution of maintenance works using outsourcing and in-house labour. In achieving the objective, the study adopted research survey technique with a total of 552 questionnaires comprising 206 for maintenance staff and 346 for users of public hospital collected and used for the study. The survey covered 46 public hospitals representing 40% of the total number of public hospitals existing in South-West, Nigeria. It comprises all the 11 federal owned hospitals and 35 selected states owned based on stratified random sampling technique. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is no variation in the work performed by the use of in-source and outsourced labour. However, maintenance staff rated the use of in-source better than outsource in that it is found to produce higher quality and better quality control of services, reduction in cost while outsourced gives an understanding of latest technologies with better access to special skills. Based on the above findings, the study recommends that maintenance staff should be well motivated. For optimum results, maintenance departments need to adopt sound policies, as this will provide appropriate basis for preparing budgets will that meet the actual maintenance needs of the hospital buildings and services. Maintenance managers are to do their best to prepare realistic need-based budgets while the government should make efforts to improve funding for hospital maintenance. Inefficiencies and inflexibility through the imposition of bureaucratic impediments to operational effectiveness should be avoided in hospital environment due to the sensitivity of the services being rendered. Maintenance staff and users of hospital buildings should be given opportunities for further training on their jobs also on effective use of hospital facilities
The Effect of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Towards Occupants’ Psychological Performance in Office Buildings
No full textIndoor air quality (IAQ) in a building is a very important element to ensure the health and comfort level of the building occupants. This is because work productivity may be interrupted due to the polluted environmental condition and bad indoor air quality. Both factors may lead to bad health and physical condition and consequently to bad work performance. The study presents the understanding and knowledge of how indoor air quality (IAQ) affects psychological performance and health impact to the occupants in government high rise office buildings in Malaysia. Four high-rise government office buildings located in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor were selected as the case studies. Questionnaire forms were distributed among the building occupants to get their feedback regarding their satisfaction with the buildings’ IAQ performance. All data collected were analysed using SPSS statistical software and based on the data analysed, building occupants’ satisfaction level are identified. Finding shows that in the current situation, the majority of respondents are not satisfied with their office current indoor air quality. This condition is believed to be one of the contributing factors affecting occupants’ work productivity and stress level. Nevertheless, this research managed to provide better understanding and valuable information on how indoor air quality affect psychological performance and health condition of the occupants in office buildings. Recommendations are made to improve the indoor air quality performance in order to provide a comfortable working environment to the workers