...Xin Hu Purpose China’s population is ageing. Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) are an emerging living arrangement of older Chinese. Incorporating social sustainability features into CCRCs helps to create age-friendly residential environments for residents. However, it is still unclear...

...Liqun Xiang; Ann T.W. Yu; Yongtao Tan; Xuezhu Shan; QiPing Shen Purpose This study aims to identify senior citizens’ requirements related to “embedded retirement facilities (ERFs)”, which are small-scale, multi-functional and community-based care facilities for senior citizens in mainland China...

... reuse potential of historic buildings that are subject to change in the Grand Canal area, a world heritage site in Hangzhou, China. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, a model has been established with aggregated views of professionals on the degree to which a variety of factors affect...

... 2010. Monuments once statutorily declared, are strictly prohibited from demolition; any alteration must have the approval of the AMO. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Evaluation Historic buildings Laymen Professionals Policy makers Strategic evaluation China Building...

... the application of partnering in construction. The Chinese construction industry is one of the largest industries in the world; however, to the authors' best knowledge, no project in mainland China has adopted this procurement approach in a formal and systematic manner as yet. This paper presents a timely study...

...‐occupancy study was conducted in a high standard office building certified by China's Green Building Label. The study included an occupant survey and a physical measurement. Findings The building generally achieved its intended thermal environment of 25°C during cooling seasons and satisfied more than...

...Kin Wai Michael Siu Purpose This paper seeks to: identify the importance of a design standard for tactile ground surface indicators (TGSIs); discuss the problem of the existing standard of TGSIs in China; and advocate an all‐round approach that the consideration of a design standard of TGSIs...

... Customer satisfaction Service quality Shopping mall Shopping centres China Shops (buildings) Facilities management (FM) is a term that encompasses a variety of activities to effectively manage built assets and deliver services (Amaratunga, 2000). Early FM emphasises “hardware...

...Xiaoling Zhang; Esther Cheung; Albert P.C. Chan; Patrick T.I. Lam; Daniel W.M. Chan; Yongjian Ke Purpose This paper aims to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) necessary for adopting public private partnerships (PPPs) in both Mainland China and Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach...

...Xiaoling Zhang; Yuming Hong; Daniel W.M. Chan; Albert P.C. Chan Purpose This paper aims to explore the applicability of construction partnering in Mainland China, and to provide useful suggestions and possible implications for decision‐makers to adopt this collaborative approach to project...

... buildings in China in this study can be useful reference for other similar research. However, with the different requirements for building types and building ownerships, the KPIs of sustainability of BEER for different buildings may be variable. The findings in this study may not be directly relevant...

... costs of the client and contractor organisations (Ke et al., 2010). Target cost contracts Guaranteed maximum price contracts Procurement Risk allocation Construction industry China Contract costs The problems associated with the traditional procurement approach have...

... and maintenance Safety performance Safety strategies Hong Kong Maintenance programmes China Construction engineering works Safety performance of repair, maintenance, minor alteration and addition (RMAA) works in many developed cities has been alarming. According to the Health and Safety Executive...

... of the current BMSs. Ying Nan Yang can be contacted at: yingnan.yang@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Bridges Condition state Deterioration model Hong Kong Infrastructure maintenance Life cycle optimization China Maintenance reliability Designing...

...Ana Pereira Roders; Ron van Oers; Tao Wang; Luca Zan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the main UNESCO sites in China. The cases under study offer some insight into the complexity of the management of Chinese cultural organizations, as well as the problem of the presentation...

...Hongping Yuan; Liyin Shen; Jiayuan Wang Purpose The generation of construction and demolition waste in China is a pressing need to be minimized in order to alleviate the environmental burden. The effectiveness of implementing construction and demolition waste management in this economy, however...

...Queena K. Qian; Edwin H.W. Chan Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate the major differences between the government's role in building energy efficiency (BEE) in China and three developed countries, and to further the understanding of market expectations of the most effective government...

... in China have also been examined, including China business competitiveness monitor system (Jin, 2006), Research Report on Chinese Top 10 Real Estate Listed Developers (2005) and so on. Whilst the competitiveness indicators adopted in previous studies are various, they can be grouped under three themes...

... at: bselam@inet.polyu.edu.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Buildings Critical success factors Maintenance programmes China The traditional measurements of project success in the construction industry are, namely, schedule (time), cost, performance (quality) and safety (Ko...

... works China The procurement method holds the key of success for delivering construction services (Chan and Yung, 2003). Strong concerns have thus been raised within the construction industry for adopting alternative integrated procurement strategies to supersede the traditional design‐bid‐build...