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Adams, J (2019) Dynamic criticality analysis of industrial assets and system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
Al Asali, M W (2020) Craft-inclusive construction: design strategies for thin-tile vaulting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Anagnostopoulos, I (2018) Generating as-is BIMs of existing buildings: from planar segments to spaces, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Ariyachandra, M F (2021) Automating the generation of geometric information models to support digital twinning of existing rail infrastructure, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Bartlett, H V (2006) Understanding the implementation of sustainability principles in UK educational building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: built environment; client; education; measurement; sustainable development; UK; university facilities
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596435
- Abstract:
The need for sustainability (or sustainable development) is widely recognised, and the case for it rarely disputed. There is a particular need for action within the construction industry because of the nature and scale of its activities. Commentaries and statistics on the impacts of the industry abound. Nevertheless there continues to be confusion about the application of sustainable development to construction and the built environment. Using an inductive approach, which follows the roadmap set out by Eisenhardt (1989) for building theories from case studies, four UK educational buildings (the Education Resource Centre at the Eden Project, the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, the Oxstalls Campus at the University of Gloucestershire and the Great Notley Discovery Centre) have been investigated as case studies to address three research questions: What is sustainability in relation to the built environment? Why is it taken into account? and How is it taken into account? Hypotheses have been shaped from analyses of the case studies and evaluated in relation to the literature. It is proposed that for sustainability to be successfully taken into account in a building project there must be a client-driven agenda, an appropriate culture, clear definitions, a means of measurement and the use of tools. It is suggested that this can be undertaken within any contractual form. However, definitions of sustainability in relation to building projects need to be broadened beyond those aspects currently given prominence in the literature.
Baumgärtner, C E (2000) Collaboration between engineering consultants and their clients: characteristics of success, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Busic-Sontic, A (2019) Energy efficiency investments in residential buildings: does personality matter?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Jimoh, I (2021) What explains the efficiency of major public project delivery in Nigeria?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Jin, Y (2018) Supervised learning for back analysis of excavations in the observational method, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Konstantinou, E (2018) Vision-based construction worker task productivity monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Lloyd, C A (2020) Modular manufacture and construction of small nuclear power generation systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Mándoki, R (2022) The social sustainability of standardisation in the Hungarian residential building sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Montali, J (2019) Digitised engineering knowledge for prefabricated fac?ades, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
O'Brien, S (2022) Critical infrastructure organisation management: an analysis of the transition to the Industry 4.0 era, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Pelenur, M (2014) Retrofitting the domestic built environment: Investigating household perspectives towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Robertson, B (2020) On-site installation flexibility for disruption management in modular off-site construction systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
TomasÌŒevicÌ, V (2004) Developing productive relationships in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Vick, S (2018) Automated spatial progress monitoring for asphalt road construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Zomer, T (2021) Institutional pressures and decoupling in projects: the case of BIM Level 2 and coercive isomorphism in the UK's construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.