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Comparing the fit between BREEAM assessment and design processes Building Research & Information Comparing the fit between BREEAM assessment and design processes Comparing the ¢t between BREEAM assessment and design processes
No full textArticle Published Version Open Access (noncommercial reuse) Schweber, L. and Haroglu, H. (2014) Comparing the fit between BREEAM assessment and design processes. Building Research and Information, 42 (3 This paper explores the mapping of the environmental assessment process onto design and construction processes. A comparative case study method is used to identify and account for variations in the 'fit' between these two processes. The analysis compares eight BREEAM projects (although relevant to LEED, GreenStar, etc.) and distinguishes project-level characteristics and dynamics. Drawing on insights from literature on sustainable construction and assessment methods, an analytic framework is developed to examine the effect of clusters of project and assessmentlevel elements on different types of fit (tight, punctual and bolt-on). Key elements distinguishing between types include: prior working experience with project team members, individual commitment to sustainable construction, experience with sustainable construction, project continuity, project-level ownership of the assessment process, and the nature and continuity of assessor involvement. Professionals with 'sustainable' experience used BREEAM judiciously to support their designs (along with other frameworks), but less committed professionals tended to treat it purely as an assessment method. More attention needs to be paid to individual levels of engagement with, and understanding of, sustainability in general (rather than knowledge of technical solutions to individual credits), to ownership of the assessment process and to the potential effect of discontinuities at the project level on sustainable design
Achieving whole-life value: The challenges of service-led construction
No full textMajor construction clients are increasingly looking to procure built facilities on the basis of added value, rather than capital cost. Recent advances in the procurement of construction projects have emphasized a whole-life value approach to meeting the client's objectives, with strategies put in place to encourage long-term commitment and through-life service provision. Construction firms are therefore increasingly required to take on responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the construction project on the client's behalf - with the emphasis on value and service. This inevitably throws up a host of challenges, not the least of which is the need for construction firms to manage and accommodate the new emphasis on service. Indeed, these 'service-led' projects represent a new realm of construction projects where the rationale for the project is driven by client's objectives with some aspect of service provision. This vision of downstream service delivery increases the number of stakeholders, adds to project complexity and challenges deeply-ingrained working practices. Ultimately it presents a major challenge for the construction sector. This paper sets out to unravel some of the many implications that this change brings with it. It draws upon ongoing research investigating how construction firms can adapt to a more service-orientated built environment and add value in project-based environments. The conclusions lay bare the challenges that firms face when trying to compete on the basis of added-value and service delivery. In particular, how it affects deeply-ingrained working practices and established relationships in the sector.link_to_subscribed_fulltex
Hasan Fehmi Tümerkan's life and works
No full textİttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti, Osmanlı Devleti'nin son zamanlarında ve Cumhuriyet Dönemi'nin ilk zamanlarında siyasi olarak oldukça etkili olmuştur. Bu cemiyetin sarıklı mebuslarından Hasan Fehmi Tümerkan Meclis-i Mebusan'da ve akabinde TBMM'de yapmış olduğu konuşmalarla, önerilerle ve kanun teklifleriyle ön plana çıkan mebuslardan biri idi. Kendisi, dönemin yenilikçi anlayışını benimseyerek reform taraflısı oldu. Hasan Fehmi Bey eğitimini bitirince İlahiyat Fakültesi'nde müderrislik yapmış ve Sinop Müftülüğü görevini icra etmiştir. İstanbul'un işgalinin ardından ise Malta'ya sürgün edilen isimler arasındadır. Esaret hayatı boyunca kendisini Kur'an'ı Türkçe'ye çevirme işine adamıştır. Böylelikle sadece bir siyasetçi değil; aynı zamanda dini ilimlere katkı sunan bir yazar da olmuştur. Şunu da belirtmek gerekir ki Sinop mebusu ve ardından Kastamonu milletvekili olarak görev yaptığı zamanlarda, kaleme aldığı eserleri ile ilmi ve fikri yönünü ortaya koymuştur.The Committee of Union and Progress (İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti) played a pivotal role in the political landscape during the final years of the Ottoman Empire and the early period of the Turkish Republic. Among its notable members was Hasan Fehmi Tümerkan, a turbaned deputy who distinguished himself through his speeches, legislative proposals, and policy suggestions in both the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies (Meclis-i Mebusan) and later in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM). Tümerkan embraced the progressive ideology of the era and was a staunch advocate of reform. Following his education, Hasan Fehmi served as a professor at the Faculty of Theology and later held the position of Mufti of Sinop. After the occupation of Istanbul, he was among those exiled to Malta. During his time in captivity, he dedicated himself to translating the Qur'an into Turkish. In doing so, he emerged not only as a politician but also as an author contributing to Islamic scholarship. It is also worth noting that during his tenure as a deputy representing Sinop and later Kastamonu, he demonstrated his intellectual and scholarly inclinations through the works he authored
Investigating the structural frame decision making process
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Achieving whole-life value: The challenges of service-led construction
No full textMajor construction clients are increasingly looking to procure built facilities on the basis of added value, rather than capital cost. Recent advances in the procurement of construction projects have emphasised a whole-life value approach to meeting the client’s objectives, with strategies put in place to encourage long-term commitment and through-life service provision. Construction firms are therefore increasingly required to take on responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the construction project on the client’s behalf - with the emphasis on value and service. This inevitably throws up a host of challenges, not the least of which is the need for construction firms to manage and accommodate the new emphasis on service. Indeed, these ‘service-led’ projects represent a new realm of construction projects where the rationale for the project is driven by client’s objectives with some aspect of service provision. This vision of downstream service delivery increases the number of stakeholders, adds to project complexity and challenges deeply-ingrained working practices. Ultimately it presents a major challenge for the construction sector. This paper sets out to unravel some of the many implications that this change brings with it. It draws upon ongoing research investigating how construction firms can adapt to a more service-orientated built environment and add value in project-based environments. The conclusions lay bare the challenges that firms face when trying to compete on the basis of added-value and service delivery. In particular, how it affects deeply-ingrained working practices and established relationships in the sector
Three-Dimensional Compatible Sacrificial Nanoimprint Lithography for Tuning the Wettability of Thermoplastic Materials
No full textWe report the tuning of surface wetting through sacrificial nanoimprint lithography (SNIL). In this process, grown ZnO nanomaterials are transferred by imprint into a metallic glass (MG) and an elastomeric material, and then etched to impart controlled surface roughness. This process increases the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity of both surfaces, the Pt57.5Cu14.7Ni5.3P22.5 MG and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), respectively. The growth conditions of the ZnO change the characteristic length scale of the roughness, which in turn alters the properties of the patterned surface. The novelty of this approach includes reusability of templates and that it is able to create superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic surfaces in a manner compatible with the fabrication of macroscopic three-dimensional (3D) parts. Because the wettability is achieved by only modifying topography, without using any chemical surface modifiers, the prepared surfaces are relatively more durable.Peer reviewe
Narrativity of Hasan Eskil
No full textBu çalışmada, İş Bankasındaki görevinden emekli olduktan sonra, 2000?li yılların başından itibaren edebiyat dünyasına adım atan Hasan Eskil?in roman ve hikâyeleri, klasik metin tahlili yöntemiyle incelenmiştir. Hasan Eskil kaleme aldığı romanlarda, kendi öz yaşamından veya belgelere dayalı tarih okumalarından yola çıkarak konusunu köy veya tarihten alan eserler kaleme almıştır. Olaylarını merkezî figürlerin etrafında kurgulayan Eskil?in romanları, Köy Enstitüleri bağlamında ortaya çıkan edebiyattan farklı bir yerde konumlanırken, tarihî romanın kurucusu Walter Scott ile ciddi benzerlikler göstermektedir. Heyecan unsuruna yaslanmış metinler kaleme alan yazar, zaman zaman özensiz kurgulanmış cümle yapıları ve karakterlerle karşımıza çıksa da, incelediğimiz metinlerin hepsi sinematografik etkileyicidir. Türk edebiyatına şu ana kadar yedi roman ve bir hikâye kitabı kazandıran yazar, alt metinlerde oluşturduğu sosyal arka planla da dikkat çekmektedir.In this work, novels and stories of Hasan Eskil, who stepped into the field of literature from the beginning of the 21st. Century after his retirement from İş Bankası, are examined through the classical text-analysis method. Hasan Eskil, through his own life experiences or his readings based on the documented history, penned works that base their subjects in history or countryside. While the village novels of Eskil, who constructs incidents around the central figures, are in a different field from the literature that takes its roots from the institution authors; his historical novels have serious similarities to the founder the genre, Walter Scott. Although we sometimes witness the carelessly-constructed sentences and characters of the author that gives priority to excitement elements, all of the narrations are competent in terms of cinematography. The author, who redounded seven novels and a storybook to the Turkish Literature, stands out with the social background that he created in subtexts
Investigating the structural frame decision making process
No full textStructural frames are widely used in sectors such as residential, education, commercial, health, retail, leisure etc. and the selection of a structural frame appropriate to a building s function and client needs is a key decision with significant short- and long-term implications. There is a wide choice of structural frame materials for building projects, i.e concrete, steel, timber, or masonry. Although many options are available, these tend to be based on structural steel or reinforced concrete for the simplest buildings. The nature of concrete frame buildings has developed significantly with the emergence of new technologies and innovations particularly in formwork, concrete as a material, and reinforcement developments. As a result, concrete frame construction has become a faster, more sustainable, and safer form of construction. However, competition from other framing materials such as steel have proved challenging. This research was initiated in response to this challenge and represents one organisation s attempt to deliver improvements in order to promote concrete in the UK structural frames market. The organisation is strongly focused on the continued development of concrete through design inspiration and construction efficiency, research strategy, education and training, new product and process innovation and the achievement of best performance of concrete in practice. The research programme was established to address issues that are considered by decision makers when choosing the optimum frame solution for a building project, and to identify how such decisions are made in practice. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods have been adopted during the EngD research including a literature review, industry questionnaire survey and case study. From an initial set of interviews, ten key issues were identified at the early stage of the research as being the most important affecting the structural frame selection for a building project. The structural engineer was found, unsurprisingly, to be the most influential decision-maker in the choice of frame at each stage of design process from a subsequent survey of cost consultants, project managers and clients. The survey also revealed that Design-Build is the preferred procurement route amongst developers of building projects, ranging from complex, high quality projects to simple buildings which suggested that most contractors must be getting involved earlier in the design process and thus could be influencing major decisions, such as the selection of a structural frame. Four case study project teams were examined, from which it was clear that contractors could be influential in the frame selection process if they had the willingness to build in a particular frame type (provided that the frame type selected meets the client s requirements). Key findings on the choice of frame in a Design-Build project and the various actions taken by the contractor were highlighted by the research, including the important role played in the decision-making process by more informed clients, who are much more likely to be influential in deciding on the frame type. Further work could be carried out to assess the specific benefits of early contractor involvement, the factors that affect the extent to which contractors get involved with structural frame decision making and the risk relationship between client and contractor. The findings of this work have been presented in five peer-reviewed papers
ABU HASAN KRUENG KALEE: THE CHARISMATIC ULAMA OF ACEH
No full textAbu Hasan Krueng Kalee is one of Aceh's charismatic scholars who teaches religious knowledge and other sciences. Abu Hasan Krueng Kalee has an important role in the sustainability of education, politics, and religion in Aceh. The research location that the author examined was Siem Village, Darussalam Sub-District. In this study, the authors used historical research methods, namely investigations that apply scientific solutions to the historical perspective of a problem with the steps of data collection, source criticism, interpretation, and writing method. The author draws a number of conclusions concerning Teungku Hasan bin Teungku Muhammad Hanafiyyah bin Teungku Shaykh 'Abbas bin Teungku Muhammad Fadhil based on the findings of the investigation. Muhammad Hasan was given the first name when he was born on 13 Rajab 1303 H, which corresponds to 18 April 1886 AD, in Gampong Langgoe Meunasah Keutumbu Village, Sangeue, Pidie. Teungku Haji Muhammad Hanafiyah bin Teungku Sheikh Abbas, often known as Teungku Chik Krueng Kalee One or Teungku Haji Muda Krueng Kalee, is the father of Abu Hasan Krueng Kalee. Nya'Ti Hafsah bint Teungku Ismail, the mother of Abu Hasan Krueng Kalee, was of Arab ancestry and migrated through Pase. Teungku Syekh Abdul Wahab and Asiah, two brothers of Abu Hasan Krueng Kalee.. Abu Hasan Krueng Kalee's contributions to religion and the country have been made in the areas of politics, education, and religion. Additionally, works of Abu Hasan Krueng Kalee might be used to instruct students. The writings include “Risalah Latifah Fi Adabi’z_Zikry” as well as “Jawahiru’I-‘ulum Fi kasyfi’I-ma’lum, An’amatu’I-fa-idatu fi isti’mali qa’odati’r-rabitat, Siraju’s-Salikin’ala minhaju’I-‘abidin
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