Ours until Jesus Comes!

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-58
Author(s):  
Robert Brenneman ◽  
Brian J. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Original Artwork ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Seventh Day Adventist ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Congregational Identity ◽  
System A ◽  
Steel Building ◽  
Building Project

In four case studies of congregations in Guatemala, this chapter introduces and discusses the concept of building energy: the emotional energy that groups experience when undertaking a building project. In a country with an increasing number of congregations, it discusses: a Seventh-day Adventist congregation pooling their resources to purchase land and construct a cement-block church; a Pentecostal congregation that constructed a corrugated steel building on rented land but outfitted it with white ceramic tile floor, original artwork, and an impressive PA system; a Catholic church in an indigenous town that worked through conflict to construct a new sanctuary with the help of the community; and a non-denominational church that chose to design and build a structure themselves, using the project as a means of providing work and architectural apprenticeship for its young adults. Across the cases, the building projects brought church and/or community members together, even though the projects often revealed tensions over congregational identity.

The role of team leadership in achieving LEED certification in a green building project

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sepani Senaratne ◽  
Prasanna Rajitha Hewamanage
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Team Leadership ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Certification Procedure ◽  
Building Project

Purpose – Leadership of the project team is vital for green building projects in achieving LEED certification. Literature findings confirm the need for managing green building projects differently from ordinary projects. The team leader should be able to work with the project team to manage the general project activities while following the LEED certification procedure to finally achieve LEED certification. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a research project which was aimed to explore the role of team leadership in achieving LEED certification in a green building project through a case study research approach. Findings – The research findings revealed the importance of utilizing the appropriate leadership roles of project team members in addition to the project leader’s role to achieve LEED certification for green building projects successfully. The research proposed four team leadership processes required to meet the LEED challenges; namely, proactive planning and visualization; collective implementation; teamwork for win-win; and, continuous learning and knowledge sharing. Originality/value – Based on these findings, the research suggests a new project team environment enabled by effective team leadership to meet the LEED challenges. It is argued that the team leadership role of every team member is unique and best suited when used synergistically to achieve LEED certification for the project. The research is original in applying team leadership concepts to green building projects in a real-life setting.

scholarly journals Scheduling of building projects taking into account the time buffers determined on the basis of risk analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 047-052
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Połoński
Keyword(s):  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Time Limits ◽  
Duration Time ◽  
Building Project ◽  
Construction Works ◽  
Reliable Basis

The methodology of development of building project schedules, proposed in the article, is based on an attempt to combine two independent approaches in order to increase the probability of fulfillment of time limits planned in the CPM schedules during the performance of construction works. The analysis of the risk associated with the planned building project will allow for the determination of those tasks which are most threatened by the exceeding of the planned duration time. The application of time buffers, their proper location in the schedule and the determination of their duration, taking into account the expected risk of delays, allow to develop the schedules that contain the appropriate time reserves to compensating for the possible delays. Such a schedule may serve not only as a reliable basis for the determination of the expected deadline for completion of construction works, but also for the management of these works during performance. Selected components of MOCRA and MP-KP methods were proposed in the article.

Sermons and the Performance of Historiographical Authority in the Construction of the Roman Catholic Built Landscape, 1880–1890

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-136
Author(s):  
Niamh NicGhabhann
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Church Building ◽  
The Many ◽  
New Buildings ◽  
The Church ◽  
Church Buildings

During the nineteenth century, infrastructures of devotion and religious worship in Ireland changed dramatically. By 1900, the landscape was transformed by the presence of highly decorated, prominent church buildings. The many building projects of the Roman Catholic church were highly dependent on donations and fundraising. This essay explores the extent to which historical narratives, images, and ideas were used in order to motivate donations, and to develop a sense of community engagement with these new buildings as both symbols of past persecution overcome, and future spiritual glory. It explores sermons and speeches associated with new church building projects as sites for the performance of historiographical authority, and traces the emergence of key narratives of identity and memory, which were powerfully expressed through the spaces and architectural forms of the church buildings.

scholarly journals BIM Management Measure for an Effective Green Building Project

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuven Maskil-Leitan ◽  
Ury Gurevich ◽  
Iris Reychav
Keyword(s):  
Social System ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Social Benefit ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
System A ◽  
Management Measure ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Building Project ◽  
Optimal Implementation

In light of the gap in research and practice, with regard to achieving the sustainability goals of green building, while maximizing combination with building-information-modeling (BIM) as a social system—a gap that is expressed in the absence of integration of all stakeholders—a managerial measure is proposed to integrate them and promote sustainable green building. By using a framework for implementing BIM as a social system, and through network analysis, an index is developed to assess its integration into the green building—the Green BIM Index. This measure consists of comparing a social benchmark for optimal implementation with the actual implementation, in a given project. The index is intended to help score the BIM integration level in a green building. Comparing the BIM management measure results with social benefit assessments, and the effectiveness of BIM in nine case-studies enables to understand project outcomes in terms of schedules, budgets, and quality. The paper demonstrates the index applicability, pointing to possible significant economic improvements through the implementation of BIM social capabilities. BIM management benchmarking is helpful for the comparative evaluation of similar projects incorporating green building with BIM, indicating the level of integration to improve benefits.

scholarly journals A review of causes of variation order in the construction of terrace housing projects in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 03013
Author(s):  
Noraziah Mohammad ◽  
Zabidi Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Construction Time ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Building Project

Variation order refers to any changes from the scope, plan, specification or contract document in the construction project. This changes of work is a common problem in construction projects in Malaysia. It is inevitable in any construction project and this problem can become more serious when variation order causes work progress to be impaired as a results it increased the construction time and cost that affects the construction industry in Malaysia. This paper critically review the causes of variation order in the construction industry on the double-storey terrace housing project in Malaysia. The discussions began with the construction industry in Malaysia and then related parties involved in the construction industry. The extensive local and abroad literature review on the definitions of variation order and analysis of past studies conducted on variation order and the previous study of the prediction model of variation. The extensive literature on variation order in the construction of building project may help to improve the performance in term of time, cost and quality of the construction of building projects in Malaysia.

National-European Theology

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Smolenski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Catholic Clergy ◽  
Historical Outline ◽  
Building Project ◽  
The Eu

An influential contingent of Catholic clergy in Poland reacted to Poland’s entry into the European Union by developing a narrative positing the Catholic foundation and ownership of Europe and all its constituent “nations.” This narrative, which I call national-European theology, identifies the Catholic Church as the progenitor of both European and Polish existence and guarantor of their continuity of identity. In this way, it remedies some Catholics’ anxieties about both the integrity of Poland’s national sovereignty and the allegedly secularizing and liberalizing cultural influence of other EU member countries. I argue that national-European theology can be fruitfully conceived as a hereditary ownership narrative, framed by moments of spiritual foundation and subsequent inheritance from spiritual founders, and that this narrative structure characterizes both nationalism writ large and Europeanization as an analogous modern identitarian project. I suggest that taking heredity as a lens through which to understand nationalism and its attendant notions of legitimation allows us to move past debates about the “content” of nationalist claims (ethnic, religious, linguistic, etc.) and toward the mechanism by which group reproduction is culturally defined and sanctioned. To do this, I first sketch a theory of nationalism as a hereditary ownership narrative, drawing upon the Polish case, and liken it to the “Europe-building” project of the EU. Second, I present a brief historical outline of Poland’s accession to the EU and the anxieties generated thereby. Finally, I turn to the rhetoric of the Polish clergy who best represent the national-European current in contemporary Catholic political theology.

scholarly journals Using BIM capabilities to improve existing building energy modelling practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan Gerrish ◽  
Kirti Ruikar ◽  
Malcolm Cook ◽  
Mark Johnson ◽  
Mark Phillip
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Design Procedures ◽  
Energy Modelling ◽  
Building Project

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the implications building information modelling (BIM) is having on the building energy modelling (BEM) and design of buildings. It addresses the issues surrounding exchange of information throughout the design process, and where BIM may be useful in contributing to effective design progression and information availability. Design/methodology/approach Through review of current design procedures and examination of the concurrency between architectural and thermophysical design modelling, a procedure for information generation relevant to design stakeholders is created, and applied to a high-performance building project currently under development. Findings The extents of information key to the successful design of a buildings energy performance in relation to its architectural objectives are given, with indication of the level of development required at each stage of the design process. Practical implications BIM offers an extensible medium for parametric information storage, and its implementation in design development offers the capability to include BEM parameter-integrated construction information. The extent of information required for accurate BEM at stages of a building’s design is key to understanding how best to record performance information in a BIM environment. Originality/value This paper contributes to the discussion around the integration of concurrent design procedures and a common data environment. It presents a framework for the creation and dissemination of information during design, exemplifies this on a real building project and evaluates the barriers experienced in successful implementation.

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