Anumba, CJ

Egbu, CO

Kashyap, M

English

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366, ‘Structural appraisal of existing buildings for change of use’,

6187:2000: Code of Practice for Demolition, British Standards Institution.

A Decision Support System for Building Refurbishment Design,’

A Decision-Making Tool To Support Integration Of Sustainable Technologies

A guide to the management of building refurbishment.

Adapting Buildings For Changing Uses,

Appraisal and Repair of Claddings and Fixings,

Approaches for design against progressive collapse,

Are any of the floors, beams pulling away and/or appear to have a sag or cracks? No No No No No

Assessing traditional housing for rehabilitation’.

Assessment and Inspection of Buildings and other facilities.

Blackspot Construction: A Study of Five Years of Fatal Accidents in the Building and Civil Engineering Industries, Health and Safety Executive,

BS 6187 Code of practice for demolition,

Building Adaptation,

Building collapses (Manmade Disasters), BookRags Research Topic Guide, Lucent Books

Building Design for Abnormal Loads and Progressive

Canadian Structural Design Manual, Supplement No. 4 to the National Building Code of Canada.

Characteristics and difficulties associated with refurbishment’,

Characteristics and difficulties associated with refurbishment’, Construction Papers, The Chartered Institute of Building,

Collapse –

Competitive Tendering for Refurbishment Work’

Construction Safety Management

damaged or deteriorated structure have strength less than 85% of full strength?

Database Developer's Guide with

Decision Support Systems - Putting Theory into Practice,

Development of a FuzzyBased Decision Making Tool for Construction Project Teams’

Do the method statements identify hazards, risks and provide solutions?

Does the Demolition Contractor understand methods of construction and stress patterns?

Does the risk assessments outline sequence, method of dismantling and demolition?

End User Evaluation of Engineering Knowledge Based Systems’,

Engineer assessed the structural stability of the structural members?

EPIQR and IEQ: Indoor Environment Quality in European Apartment Buildings. Energy and Buildings. Volume 31, Issue 2,

Expert System in Management Science,

Final Report: Process Protocol,

Harrison, P., Appraisal and Repair of Claddings

Has the Client ensured that the report of the survey is available and s/he has informed the utility companies? No Yes No No Yes

Has the Contractor ensured the structure is left in a stable condition at all stages of the project? No No No No Yes No 7 Not likely to collapse due to other loadings, such as wind, storm, and vibrations due to traffic and movement of construction plants?

Has the Contractor finalised procedures and plans to hand-over the refurbished project/facility?

Has the Contractor prepared an operation and maintenance plan?

Has the Demolition Contractor knowledge of typical failures and collapse hazards from previous failures and experiences? No No No No Yes

Has the Demolition Contractor prepared an asbestos removal report No No No No Yes

Has the Demolition Contractor prepared the final demolition report No No No No Yes

Has the Designer ensured compliance with statutory approvals?

Has the Designer/Architect prepared drawings from site surveys in case no such drawings are available?

Has the Designer/Architect prepared the needs assessment report for the refurbished facility?

Has the feasibility study identified the scope of refurbishment project?

Has the feedback from the project been used for best practice guidance notes?

Has the Health and Safety plan handed over to the Client? No No No No No No 12 The major issues are to be included in the health and safety plan for the construction phase which is required under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

Has the maintenance plan been prepared for efficient operation of the facility?

Has the Planning Supervisor been involved in the review process of method statements No No No Yes No No 7

Has the Planning Supervisor determined safe site transport arrangements and identified access points, egress routes and rescue procedures and

Has the Planning Supervisor identified safe practices and procedures?

Has the Planning Supervisor prepared a risk mitigation plan?

Has the Project Manager assessed all the site logistics?

Has the Project Manager ensured that inspections to detect hazards and unsafe conditions are carried out on a daily basis or other appropriate levels? No Yes No No No

Has the Project Manager finalised the sequence of works?

Has the Project Manager got the safety plan, method statements, risk assessments and refurbishment plan readily available before the work commences? No Yes No No No

Has the Project Manager identified Health and Safety criteria for the supply chain? No Yes No No No

Has the Project Manager made input to Health and Safety file? No Yes No No No

Has the Project Manager prepared any procurement strategy suitable for refurbishment?

Has the project manager prepared the sequence of refurbishment activities?

Has the Project Manager prepared the snag list and handed this over to the contractor? No Yes No No No

Has the Structural Engineer examined 'as built drawings', structural design and construction details of the existing structure? No No No No No

Has the Structural Engineer examined the structure for any movement in foundations, structural frame and wall panels? No No No No No

Has the Structural Engineer quantified the severity of any damage and geometric location of the damage? No No No No No

Has the Structural Engineer/Designer identified the elements which might be adversely affected during any additions and/or alterations? No No No No No Yes 5

Have all load bearing elements been assessed for load carrying capacity? No No No No No

Have all the affected walls and floors been adequately supported, shored or braced before demolition? No No No No Yes

Have all the work packages been awarded to the most preferred contractors No Yes No No No

Have the designers considered wind load conforming to BS 6399? No No Yes No No No 3 There are evidences where gable walls have collapsed as a result of not conforming to the BS 6399.

Have the gable walls been braced and tied properly?

Have the load paths been identified during the structural appraisal?

Have the vertical load bearing components been strengthened?

Have you conducted the end of project review to produce end-of-project review report?

Health and Safety in refurbishment involving demolition and structural instability’,

How far has the Client progressed with the appointment of the Designer/Architect? Yes No No No No No 1 The Designer could be the Architect, Engineer or any person who carries out this function in the process.

How far has the Client progressed with the appointment of the Structural Engineer? Yes No No No No

Index of supplementary safety and enforcement tables to Health and

Institute, BS 8110: Structural Use of Concrete,

Institution of Structural Engineers &quot;Appraisal of existing structures&quot;, IStructE 2nd Edition,

Intelligent Pathological Assessment of Housing Subsidence Damage’, Structures and Buildings,

Is the existing structure a framed structure?

Is the opening cut into floor extending the full span of the floor between supports? No No No No Yes

Is the Project Manager managing and monitoring the construction work against the job specifications and method statements? No Yes No No No

Is the structural steel being removed column length to column length?

Is there any record/prediction about the remaining service life of the damaged structure?

Is there structural continuity between key structural elements?

Lee's Building Maintenance Management (Fourth edition),

London.

Management education and training for refurbishment work within the construction industry.

Manager got safety plan, method statements, risk assessments and refurbishment plan readily available before the work commences? No Yes No No No

of the project respondents ICE Health and Safety Registered? No Yes Yes No Yes Yes 4 The Institution of Civil Engineers has established a health

Part 9, Housing and Small Buildings.

Progressive collapse,

Psychological Determinants of bonded rationality: Implications for Decision-Making Strategies, Decision Sciences,

Refurbishment and Modernisation in Code of estimating practice(10), Chartered Institute of Building,

Refurbishment management practices in the shipping and construction industries -lessons to be learned’

Report : Ashford Building Collapse, Health and Safety Executive,

Rethinking construction:

Revitalising Health and Safety

Avoiding structural collapses in refurbishment - a decision support system (HSE research report)

http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr463.pdf

Avoiding structural collapses in refurbishment - a decision support system (HSE research report)

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