Compliance of standard forms of construction contracts and protocols with BIM-adopted construction sector in USA and UK

International Project and Construction Management Conference (IPCMC) (5. : 2018 : Girne, Cyprus)After increase in efforts in science and technology during the 20th century, cultural memory that a nation or civilization take benefits on daily practices solidified as civil institutions and get started a standard way of agreements in between project participants. There are two initial implications and thus two different approaches of standard contracts published in USA and UK by American Institutes of Architects (AIA) and Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry widely take benefits from these standard versions of contracts. These efforts are supported by some technological solutions at late of 20th century by involvement of digital design and drafting tools and internet. Later, these solutions are provided by development and introduction of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to AEC industry, which is totally in conflict with traditional contract bodies. On the other hand, although BIM provide various benefits and try to integrate all disciplines and project participants in a project life-cycle, there is still differences in standard way of contracts and contract addendums in published BIM protocols in USA and UK. In this study, it is aimed to uncover compliance of these released contracts and protocols with AEC industry needs.No sponso

Urban information model for city planning

City planning is a complex task and therefore needs to consider the interplay between multi-aspects of a city, for example, transport, pollution, and crime. A city model is important to representing urban issues in a clear manner to the relative stakeholders. Although some city models have been used in the planning process, they are often based on narrow data sets. When sustainability and the quality of urban life generally is considered a more holistic analysis of city issues during the planning process is needed. It calls for city models to be based on integrated data sets. The paper describes the concept and challenges of nD urban information model. The research work on how to develop an nD urban information model to accommodate data sets relevant to different aspects of city planning is presented

Matpum Binası İklim Verilerinin Enerji Simülasyon Verileri İle Karşılaştırılması.

KAPSAM: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi - Mimarlık Fakültesi - Mimarlık Araştırma Tasarım Planlama ve Uygulama Merkezi (MATPUM) enerji etkin bir bina olarak tasarlanmış ve enerjinin etkin kullanımı ile yenilenebilir enerji çözümlerini entegre edebilmeyi amaçlamıştır. Binanın formu ve dış cephesinin fiziksel özellikleri binanın enerji performansının daha iyi bir hale getirilmesini sağlayacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Uygulanan bu yenilikler ve tasarım kriterlerine ek olarak MATPUM Binası’nın bir otomasyon sistemi ile denetlenip çeşitli iklim şartlarına nasıl tepki verdiğinin ölçülmesi de hedeflenmiş fakat bu sistemler kurulup uygulanamamıştır. Dolayısıyla iklim şartlarına duyarlılık tasarım prensibiyle uygulamaya geçmiş olan binanın uygulamada nasıl davrandığını incelemek mümkün olamamaktadır. Önerilen bu araştırma projesinde binanın bu eksikliğinin giderilip binanın çeşitli iklim verisi ölçüm cihazları ile çeşitli şartlara ne tür tepkiler verdiği incelenecektir. YÖNTEM: MATPUM binası, yıllık enerji tahmini yapabilen eQuest ve Carrier HAP isimli iki simülasyon programı ile modellenecek ve elde edilen harcamalar binanın halihazırda ısıtma için harcanan doğalgaz miktarları ile kıyaslanacaktır. BEKLENEN SONUÇ: Bu sayede yeşil bina olarak tasarlanan binaların enerji maliyetlerinin -MATPUM Binası saha çalışması çerçevesinde- doğruluk payı hakkında yorumlarda bulunulabilecektir

Design and Evaluation of an Integrated Design Practice Course in the Curriculum of Architecture

The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) domain is moving to a new kind of practice. Professionals are leaving the traditional way of design - engineering projects delivery and moving to a more integrated one. The implications of this initiative have started to appear in the curriculum of construction and architecture schools as well. This chapter presents the design and evaluation of an elective undergraduate course which aims to convey both the theoretical and practical principles of integrated design. This course has been designed for the curriculum of architecture to replace the Computer Aided Design and Drafting course, in which traditional 2-dimensional drafting used to be taught. In this new course, students tried to deliver a design project collaboratively by exchanging data between selected applications. Although some technical problems have occurred, the case studies have proved that integrated design is possible using the latest improvements in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) domain. The evaluation of the course has also revealed various barriers related to implementing integrated design principles at educational programs

Implementation barriers of computer integrated construction : a usability perspective

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New Perspective on more Sustainable and Affordable Housing for Lower Income Group in Turkey - Assessing Life Cycle Cost

A building must be sustainable in order to make as little impact as possible on the natural environments and use energy, water, land and other resources efficiently. However, the concept of sustainability makes sense when applied by all segments of society. No matter how sustainable, a building never achieves environmental protection completely, while another build-ing next to its harms the environment. To ensure environmental protection completely, especially the low-income group must be included in this situation. Contrary to the popular belief, sustaina-bility and being economic are not opposed to each other; but are complementary. As the housing built according to sustainability criteria will not create additional cost in total for low-income group, it is estimated to reduce total cost. In policies implemented especially in the lower income group projects, due to the fact that widely only construction cost is taken into account and mainte-nance and operating costs of housing are ignored, on the one hand, the housing producing for low-income group after a while cannot be affordable, on the other hand, it damages the sustainable environmental goals in terms of issues such as efficiently using energy, water, land and other resources. In addition, for the reason that the allocated share for housing expenses increases in total income, one would have to allocate less money for food, health care and other expenses. This can damage the social sustainability of the society. A housing project that appealed to the low-income group can contribute a sustainable living by reducing maintenance and operational costs incurred throughout its life cycle. In this study, the concept of sustainability will be dis-cussed with long term affordability in the context of low-cost housing in Turkey. The aim of the study is to help developing a transparent, extensive and systematic research of the commonalities, incompatibilities and tradeoffs between affordability and sustainability. This study offers general guidelines how produce more sustainable and affordable housing with using LCC analysis. The study also purposes to contribute to the housing policy in Turkey to produce more sustainable and affordable housing and to inform policy makers/decision-makers and occupants in terms of the effectiveness of existing low-cost housing projects in the long-term maintenance and operational affordability