Investment of Steel Reinforcement Extracted from Destroyed Buildings in Iraq

2020 ◽  
Vol 897 ◽  
pp. 166-172
Author(s):  
Zahraa Ali Jalil ◽  
Hafeth I. Naji ◽  
Mohammed Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Steel Reinforcement ◽  
The Other ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Management Method ◽  
The One

The number of destroyed cities in Iraq has increased significantly over the last five years. It presents a negative impact on the country's economy on the one hand and on the environment on the other. Reconstruction of these cities requires substantial capital to provide building materials needed for reconstruction and this leads to depletion of natural resources. This paper aims at finding an effective management method that contributes to the investment of the remnants of the components of destroyed buildings, including reinforcing steel, using the building information modelling (BIM) technique. The results showed that the amount of steel reinforcement that can be obtained from the destroyed buildings is enormous. Therefore, these quantities must be addressed through reusing or recycling. The sale of these quantities as recycling materials can provide a large income which can be added to the capital of the project.

RECYCLED BRICK SOUNDPROOF TEST AS AN ALTERNATIVE SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
Hendrico Firzandy Latupeirissa ◽  
Gierlang Bhakti Putra ◽  
Niki Prastomo
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Sound Source ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Comfort ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Coarse Grains ◽  
Made In

Brick debris that makes up the majority of construction waste has not received proper waste disposal in Indonesia. On the other hand, brick debris could be potentially reused as non-structural building materials to reduce its negative impact on the environment. This study aims to test the effectiveness of soundproofing on recycled brick debris. The soundproof test was carried out on brick debris in the form of fine and coarse grains. The simulation box is then used as a support for the brickwork material and then the box is exposed to a sound source with a certain level of noise that is considered disturbing human comfort. Noise level measurements are made in the outside and inside the box. These measurements are tabulated and then analyzed to see the success of the two aggregates in reducing noise. Basically, the brickwork material has succeeded in becoming a recycled building material that can absorb noise, although further research must be carried out to be able to state that this material is truly ready to be used as an alternative building material with good acoustic capabilities.

scholarly journals A procedure for the introduction of leanness into a company

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davorin Cimermančič ◽  
Janez Kušar ◽  
Tomaž Berlec
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
General Procedure ◽  
Portfolio Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
The One ◽  
A Company

AbstractChanging a traditional company into a lean one is a very complex and time-consuming process that needs to be addressed in an appropriate way, otherwise the project of introduction of leanness into a company may fail on the one hand and even have a negative impact on business operations of the company on the other. When introducing a change, a step-by-step procedure leading to a progress may be of great help. The paper outlines a general procedure of leanness, an important part of which is a lean agent. A portfolio analysis is also used as a measure of leanness or as an indicator of the desired direction. The applied working methods were mainly active workshops and interviews with employees. The procedure has been tested on an example of a Slovene company; first, the existing situation is outlined, then the leanness steps taken according to the procedure and the final result after the first transition of the procedure.

Digital Media and Memory Balkanization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L.F. Lee ◽  
Joseph M. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 8 discusses the impact of digital media on collective memory. The chapter examines both the positive and negative impact of digital and social media. On the one hand, the analysis notes how digital media provided the channels for memory mobilization and the archives for memory transmission. On the other hand, the analysis examines the problematics of memory balkanization. It explicates how political forces have shaped the development of digital and social media in Hong Kong and how competing representations of the Tiananmen Incident and commemoration activities are articulated and reinforced within distinctive memory silos.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of the Role of BIM in Building Sustainability Assessment Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 4444 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Pedro Carvalho ◽  
Luís Bragança ◽  
Ricardo Mateus
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Building Information

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is creating new opportunities for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry. One of them is the integration of the Building Sustainability Assessment (BSA) during the design process. Currently, an approach for using BIM to foster and optimise the application of BSA methods has not been clearly established yet, creating a knowledge gap on the application of BIM for sustainability assessment purposes. Thus, this paper analyses the current role of BIM to evaluate three BSA methods—LEED, BREEAM and SBTool. The current BIM applicability is assessed by performing a systematic review, where the criteria being assessed and the applied BIM software are identified. A comparison is made to determine which BSA method can currently take more advantage from BIM and to identify the number of assessed criteria from each one. Furthermore, the attractiveness of a BIM-based assessment for SBTool is analysed, facing the actual BIM scenario for LEED and BREEAM. Despite the restrictions, BIM use is increasing for sustainability purposes. Most of the analysed studies and identified software are still focused on the use of LEED for assessing sustainability during the design phase. However, BIM software capabilities can also support the assessment of the other BSA methods so that process replicability can happen. Among the most addressed criteria, the energy and material-related categories are the most eminent. Autodesk Revit is the most-used software. A BIM-based assessment for SBTool will have enough attractiveness. It can assess, at least, the same percentage of criteria as the other schemes, creating new opportunities to enhance building sustainability.

scholarly journals Sustainable Test Methods for Construction Materials and Elements

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Szewczak ◽  
Agnieszka Winkler-Skalna ◽  
Lech Czarnecki
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Material Behavior ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Methods Development ◽  
Test Models ◽  
Complete Test ◽  
The One

The laboratory testing of the construction materials and elements is a subset of activities inherent in sustainable building materials engineering. Two questions arise regarding test methods used: the relation between test results and material behavior in actual conditions on the one hand, and the variability of results related to uncertainty on the other. The paper presents the analysis of the results and uncertainties of the simple two independent test examples (bond strength and tensile strength) in order to demonstrate discrepancies related to the ambiguous methods of estimating uncertainty and the consequences of using test methods when method suitability for conformity assessment has not been properly verified. Examples are the basis for opening discussion on the test methods development direction, which makes possible to consider them as ‘sustainable’. The authors address the negative impact of the lack of a complete test models taking into account proceeding with an uncertainty on erroneous assessment risks. Adverse effects can be minimized by creating test methods appropriate for the test’s purpose (e.g., initial or routine tests) and handling with uncontrolled uncertainty components. Sustainable test methods should ensure a balance between widely defined tests and evaluation costs and the material’s or building’s safety, reliability, and stability.

scholarly journals Intelligent Designing and Increasing the Variability of Healthy Residential Buildings by Customizing Recycled Polyvinyl Butyral

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9073
Author(s):  
Annamária Behúnová ◽  
Lucia Knapčíková ◽  
Marcel Behún ◽  
Tomáš Mandičák ◽  
Peter Mésároš
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Polyvinyl Butyral ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Environmental Materials ◽  
Building Information ◽  
The One ◽  
Smart Technologies

Healthy residential buildings represent the future of construction concerned with the environment, which is increasingly emphasized. This is directly related to the research and development of environmentally friendly building materials, which on the one hand meet the specific requirements of the builder, and on the other hand do not harm the environment. The research is based on the possibility of achieving increased variability in healthy residential buildings via the customization of recycled polyvinyl butyral using smart technologies for sustainable design. This study has two sub-goals; the first and foremost is the development and adaptation of recycled polyvinyl butyral to increase the elevation of the healthy residential buildings. The second objective is to design a methodology, and create databases and intelligent designs, via knowledge and building information modeling (BIM) technologies. In future research, data on environmental materials (such as the abovementioned recycled polyvinyl butyral) should be implemented in the knowledge databases that will be methodically described in our second sub-target.

scholarly journals Management Arrangements of the Chaprote Forest and their Implications for Sustainable Development

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (4II) ◽  
pp. 1075-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soofia Mumtaz ◽  
Durr-e- Nayab
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Renewable Natural Resources ◽  
The One

This presentation is a more comprehensive version of the paper that has been circulated. The paper examines the terms of access to the resources of the Chaprote forest in the Nagar valley of Northern Pakistan, before and since 1972. In 19n, the Nagar valley became part of the Federally Administered Areas of ~akistan. The political transformation of the regime, was contiguous with changes in the economic situation, which affected local requirements, allocation, and access to natural resources. Our analysis hence, focuses on some of the excesses and inadequacies of regimes being incorporated within a political economy on the one hand, and being subjected to interventions at odds with local potential and former systems of managing and exploiting local resources on the other. Our aim is to make suggestions for better management, conservation and development of forest resources. This. exercise includes the concern of environmentalists, among other issues, over conserving finite natural resources, and maintaining a symbiosis between regeneration and depletion of renewable natural resources [Dubois (1976); Rapoport (1978); Sachs (1978, 1980) and Simonis (n.d)].

scholarly journals Specifics of the legal regulation of environmental management in agriculture

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 08027
Author(s):  
Anna Kulikova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Environmental Harm ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The One

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of agriculture, its effectiveness for the economic and socio-political sector of development of any state in the modern world. However, agriculture relies on the use of natural resources in its activities - land, soil, water, atmospheric air, forests and other vegetation. The quality of these natural components of the natural environment directly affects the functioning and productivity of agricultural organizations. Environmental pollution problems are complex problems of interaction between nature and man. To minimize environmental harm and the occurrence of dangerous environmental consequences, a model of environmental management is needed. For agricultural production environmental management issues are particularly specific since its productivity is directly related, first of all, to the state of the natural environment as consumption resources on the one hand, and the negative impact of agricultural activities on natural resources on the other. In this article the issues of legal regulation of the law of nature use in agricultural activities were investigated, the problems of regulatory support for the rational use of nature in agriculture were identified, and the directions for optimizing the legislative regulation of the use of natural resources for agricultural activities were determined.

scholarly journals Features of Reforming Procedural Legislation as an Obstacle to the Convergence of Criminal, Civil, Arbitration and Administrative Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
A. R. Sharipova
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

The negative impact of the existing legislative approach to reforming the criminal process on the possibility of its convergence with other procedural branches is considered. The unjustified separation of bills on reforming the CPC within the framework of unified procedural transformations is noted. Separate legislative work on the criminal process, on the one hand, and arbitration, civil and administrative, on the other hand, leads to the emergence of additional unjustified differences in the normative consolidation of universal institutions. Specific examples of undesirable divergence of lawsuits caused by uncoordinated lawmaking are given. The absence of convergence of procedural law among the goals of both sectoral, in particular, criminal procedure policy, and judicial policy is noted. The necessity of developing the concept and directions of judicial procedural policy is substantiated.

scholarly journals Exploration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) Application: An Understanding Among Quantity Surveyor in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Nadzirah Zainordin ◽  
◽  
Zamzarina Md Judyar ◽  
Nur Syahirah Zafarull ◽  
Nor Azizah Zalin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Quantity Surveying ◽  
And Task

This study begins with a broad literature review to understand the Building Information Modelling (BIM) concept. Quantity Surveyors star as an influential role as qualified, trained, and proficient in dealing with glitches relating to construction expenditure, supervision, and consultation in the construction industry. When the task is getting crucial, an assistant from technology may help faster and smoother the process and task. This study aims to investigate an understanding of the application of BIM among Quantity Surveyor in Malaysia. According to the Board of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia's official website, 101 registered Quantity Surveying Consultant firms were in 2018. This study targeted 1000 persons from different firms and expected to respond from at least 278 persons due to time constraints. The other criteria of the respondents include years of experience in the industry. Quantity Surveying Consultant firms would be the most suitable people to answer a questionnaire survey for this study. The registered Quantity Surveying Consultant firms are very well proficient in the quantity surveying practice and services. Therefore, by choosing Quantity Surveying Consultant firms to be the respondent may help in getting the most consistent answer and higher accuracy of the exploration of Quantity Surveyors productivity by adopting the Building Information Modelling (BIM) concept in Quantity Surveyor, which will further enhance the awareness of benefits of BIM to the Quantity Surveyor profession itself.

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