...Ganiyu Amuda-Yusuf; Sarajul Fikri Mohamed Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the need to develop building service standard method of measurement (BSSMM) that would provide a home ground advantage and a framework for managing the cost of building services by quantity surveyors...

... conservation and suggest strategies for future recommendation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Malaysia Energy efficiency Management Green buildings Building services Energy saving behaviour Green buildings often fail to achieve optimum energy efficiency performance. When...

... court (or both). Shih‐hung Chang can be contacted at: ericsh.cv90g@nctu.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Taiwan Liability Building services Construction management Earthquakes Structural design Mega‐earthquakes have occurred frequently in Asia. One example...

...Francis W.H. Yik; Joseph H.K. Lai; K.T. Chan; C.K. Chau; W.L. Lee Purpose As part of a study that aimed at enhancing the future roles and functions of building services (BS) engineers in Hong Kong, a survey was carried out to obtain demographic information about BS practitioners as well...

...Sammy K.M. Wan; Mohan M. Kumaraswamy Purpose Coordinating interdependencies between concurrent activities is a special challenge in managing increasingly complex building services projects. Effective coordination at the pre‐installation stage is key to minimising field conflicts between building...

...Sammy K.M. Wan; Mohan M. Kumaraswamy Purpose Given increasing user aspirations for comfort, connectivity, health, safety and security, the building services subsector now plays an even greater role in construction. It also contributes heavily to construction debris. Hypothesising that improved...

...G.A. John; D.J. Clements‐Croome; V. Fairey; H.M. Loy Purpose This paper proposes assessing the context within which integrated logistic support (ILS) can be implemented for whole life performance of building services systems. Design/methodology/approach The use of ILS within a through‐life...

... Building owners and consultants can use the two models to predict quality scores of DBB and DB projects and take specific actions to improve the quality of their projects if necessary. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Buildings Design Building services Quality management Singapore...

...‐quarter horizons. The three‐quarter‐ahead forecasts have U almost equal to one, and the longer horizon forecasts have U values slightly less than one, which indicates slightly better forecasting. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Housing Forecasting Construction industry Building...

...KEITH POTTS; MIKE WALL The commissioning of building services is very much the ‘Cinderella’ activity in the construction cycle, many complaints are heard but few praises sung. This paper examines the current process of commissioning building services within the traditional procurement route...