K. A. Shahid, R. Zailan, F. Yahaya, Norsyafiqah Mohd Zain, N. S. Romali, M. F. Md Jaafar
{"title":"The Potential Use of Palm Oil Clinker as Drainage Layer in Extensive Green Roof System: Runoff Quality Assessment","authors":"K. A. Shahid, R. Zailan, F. Yahaya, Norsyafiqah Mohd Zain, N. S. Romali, M. F. Md Jaafar","doi":"10.4028/p-z77zf1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-z77zf1","url":null,"abstract":"Green roof technology has demonstrated the potential environmental benefits of building indoor thermal performance, eliminating air pollutants and reducing runoff flows to the drain. In addition, the green roof was used as a plant growth medium for the soil element, and several interactions were created between the two strands. Malaysia has become the world's second-largest exporter of palm oil. However, the process of extracting the oil from the fruit will produce a byproduct known as palm oil clinker (POC) that will contribute to increasing landfill area. Since the POC is a waste material, the potential of chemical reaction to the plant development and runoff quality needs to be carried out. Therefore, this study investigates the potential of using palm oil clinker as a drainage layer in green roof systems in terms of plant development and runoff quality. The extensive green roof (EGR) specimens were prepared and the POC was used to replace the conventional drainage layer in the green roof system. In addition, physical and chemical tests were carried out in the laboratory to ascertain the result including the turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS), pH, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) test. Based on the results, although the COD and TSS are high, it is still within an acceptable range set by National Water Quality Standard (NWQS). The data analysed by using the quantitative data analysis techniques have shown that the POC has a good potential to be used as a drainage layer in the green roof system.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82763020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hadhirra Nurdiana Abdul Hamid, N. S. Romali, Rahimi A. Rahman
{"title":"Research Trends on Green Roof Applications and Materials in Green Buildings","authors":"Hadhirra Nurdiana Abdul Hamid, N. S. Romali, Rahimi A. Rahman","doi":"10.4028/p-da30fb","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-da30fb","url":null,"abstract":"Green roof is a vegetated roof system to minimize the negative impacts of urbanization. This systematic review focuses on trends in green roof applications and materials for green buildings published between 2000 and 2022, using the PRISMA method. The database search was conducted using Scopus, obtaining 90 relevant articles. The articles were categorized based on the green roof applications (hydrological performance, stormwater quality, and urban heat island (UHI)) and the materials used, yielding 45 articles each on commercial materials and recycled waste. The highest number of articles were published in the “Journal of Building Engineering.” Between 2012 and 2022, it is observed that recycled waste was the most widely researched material within the published literature. Research interest in utilizing recycled waste material for green buildings has substantially increased. The use of waste material for green buildings shows a promising advancement in improving stormwater management i.e., in hydrological performance and quality, as well as reducing UHI.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79992363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of Model and Material Houses Effect on Tsunami Hazard in Banda Aceh City Using SmarthPLS","authors":"W. Soviana, Munirwansyah, Syamsidik, A. Achmad","doi":"10.4028/p-rt76zp","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-rt76zp","url":null,"abstract":"The tsunami in 2004 had devastated many thousands of houses in Banda Aceh City. The worst damage occurred in Meuraxa, Kuta Raja, Syiah Kuala and Kuta Alam sub-districts, because the location faced directly to the Malacca Strait. The Rehabilitation and reconstruction activities have rebuilt the houses in the same spot area. More over the house models have not heeded the risk of tsunami. This study aims to identify the effect of model and material house toward the tsunami risk in Banda Aceh city. The research method used questionnaires that were distributed to 30 respondents from the expert. Data processing and analyzing used Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Square (Smarth-PLS) through standardized loading factor and composite reliability. The model shows that the variation in the value of the material and house model variables on tsunami disaster risk is moderate. Based on the results of the bootstrap calculation, all indicators have a significant effect on tsunami hazard except the type of non-permanent house structure. The results of the path coefficient show that a house with a stilt model has a significant effect on the level of tsunami disaster risk, while the house material on the walls of the house should use fabricated materials. To sum up, the construction of houses in tsunami risk areas should consider the model of houses on stilts with reinforced concrete materials. Stilt houses provide space for tsunami flows to avoid turbulence, and with a structure of house is resistance according building code.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89276856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nur’ain Idris, M. Kaamin, A. S. Sarif, Muhammad Shahruikram Mohamad Nawawi, H. M. Noh, M. Mokhtar, Aslila Abd Kadir
{"title":"High-Rise Building Inspection by Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles","authors":"Nur’ain Idris, M. Kaamin, A. S. Sarif, Muhammad Shahruikram Mohamad Nawawi, H. M. Noh, M. Mokhtar, Aslila Abd Kadir","doi":"10.4028/p-dcbmba","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-dcbmba","url":null,"abstract":"Building inspection is the first step before building maintenance. Without building inspections, maintenance work will be overwhelming and will result in losses in terms of time and money incurred. To determine the defect, visual inspection will be conducted as early phase of building inspection. In Malaysia, inspection on exterior enclosure of structures not usually apply because of the high cost of doing inspection and it takes a long time too. Furthermore, visual inspection usually carries out with the aid of binoculars and cameras for examining eyes. In general, the buildings that known as a high-rise building is a building that has the structure roughly seven floor or more. At such altitude, any defects and damage to the building difficult to be observe with the naked eye. Hence, the aim of this study is to propose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as tool that used to inspecting defect on high-rise building. Building that being choose is Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Malacca that located at Jalan Hang Tuah, 75300 Malacca. The data collected will be analyzed using Condition Survey Protocol (CSP1 Matrix) to obtain an overall rating of the building’s condition. The process involved in this study are site visit, planning and preparation before the flight, data collection using UAV, image processing and analyzing data from image. The results of analysis, 331 defects have been identified and documented suffer from defects or faults such as cracking, scaling, spalling, peeling paint, expansion joint and mould. All defects information obtained using UAV visual inspection can help the UTC Malacca maintenance to do maintenance work. The overall condition of this building structure is 6.6, where the overall performance of the building is average.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90576865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. O. Baarimah, W. Alaloul, M. S. Liew, Salem O. Baarimah, M. A. Musarat, A. A. Bin Mokaizh
{"title":"A Bibliometric Review of Research Trends on Kenaf Fiber Reinforced Concrete","authors":"A. O. Baarimah, W. Alaloul, M. S. Liew, Salem O. Baarimah, M. A. Musarat, A. A. Bin Mokaizh","doi":"10.4028/p-k9r090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-k9r090","url":null,"abstract":"To prevent the excessive depletion of natural resources, sustainable development requires using alternate sustainable materials. Researchers in the field of advanced construction materials are increasingly paying attention to kenaf fibers as a \"green\" material because of their possible application in composites to advance sustainable development. However, there has been no attempt of scientometric analysis to investigate the comprehensive understanding of the present state of applications of kenaf fibers in reinforced concrete. The study aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of the existing kenaf fibers reinforced concrete literature and to provide a picture of the research status during the last ten years from 2013 to September 2022. There were 303 articles extracted from the Scopus database. The “VOSviewer” tool was employed to visualize the literature containing the most active scientific journals, countries, and highly used keywords in the field of fibers reinforced concrete. The outcomes showed that “Hybrid Composites”, “Impact Strength”, “Water Absorption”, “Scanning Electron Microscopy”, “Polypropylenes” and “Polymer Composite” have recently emerged as themes related to the applications of KFRC, and grabbed the interest of academics, may also offer future research opportunities. Additionally, according to the frequency of the keywords used, three important research domains associated with kenaf fibers within the concrete in the construction materials field have been identified, including “Mechanical Properties”, “Fiber Reinforced Plastics”, and “Tensile Strength”. Furthermore, the recent studies on the impact of kenaf fiber utilization on the structural performance of reinforced concrete are reviewed. Accordingly, the explanations related to research findings, suggestions for future studies have been provided on the incorporation of kenaf fibers reinforced concrete in civil engineering applications.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74823731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lean Yen Han, Rokiah Binti Othman, Chong Beng Wei, R. Jaya, M. Sulaiman, Y. Duraisamy
{"title":"Mathematical Analysis on the Durability of Basalt Rebars in Acidic Environment","authors":"Lean Yen Han, Rokiah Binti Othman, Chong Beng Wei, R. Jaya, M. Sulaiman, Y. Duraisamy","doi":"10.4028/p-zr556h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-zr556h","url":null,"abstract":"Fiber reinforced polymer materials have been used as the alternative to conventional steel reinforcement within the construction industry. While Basalt fiber reinforced polymers (BFRP) have shown improved mechanical properties and durability performance compared to conventional steel, it is not immune to degradation and corrosion when subjected to harsh environments. As such, significant studies have been conducted to simulate the mechanical properties of BFRP bars under degradation when subject to different hostile substances. However, there is no standardized conclusion for the performance of BFRP under an acidic environment and in-depth microstructure evaluation as the degradation of BFRP is influenced by myriad factors. This study aimed to produce a Response Surface Methodology (RSM) model to study the effect of pH, temperature, and immersion time on the tensile strength and elastic modulus. Data from existing literature involving acid emersion of BFRP were collected and modelled using RSM to present an overview of the degradation behavior of BFRP. In addition, a synthesis of the microstructure of BFRP reinforcing bars exposed to the acidic environment was evaluated by referring to SEM and EDX. It was concluded that the tensile strength loss due to corrosion was affected by temperature and immersion time in a linear function. On the other hand, tensile strength drop occurred exponentially as an acid with higher pH was used. Hence, the paper revealed the influence of various factors on the corrosion rate of the BFRP rebar.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78264026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Zailan, M. I. A. Al Biajawi, M. F. Md Jaafar, N. Ghazali, K. A. Shahid
{"title":"Lighting Audit for Energy Conservation and Safety and Health in the Academic Office Building","authors":"R. Zailan, M. I. A. Al Biajawi, M. F. Md Jaafar, N. Ghazali, K. A. Shahid","doi":"10.4028/p-2f4ly8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-2f4ly8","url":null,"abstract":"A lighting audit is an investigational process that measures conditions against standards to determine any lighting improvement measures. The objective of this study is to conduct a lighting audit to evaluate the level of existing lighting in the work environment of the academic faculty building. The lighting audit for the faculty buildings consists of a walk-through audit, lighting desktop work, field data measurement, and lighting analysis. The illuminance level cross-checks with the MS 1525:2019 and the lighting guideline from the Department of Safety and Health Malaysia. The illuminance analysis finding denotes most areas have violated the standards and are in overlit status. Few lighting conservation measures were proposed and prioritized the LED lighting installation. Economic analysis for retrofitting of LED lighting generates energy saving at 30%, a return on investment of two months, and about 6.60-tonne CO2 emission reduction annually. The LED lighting installation shows attractive investment and has good potential at higher luminous efficacy around 40-256 Lm/Watt for the respective areas.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78328935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kageishieny Nadarason, S. Nagapan, Suaathi Kaliannan, K. K. Kasvar, Kumarathevan Poonjolai
{"title":"Profit Analysis of Recycled Waste between Two Construction Sites: A Case Study","authors":"Kageishieny Nadarason, S. Nagapan, Suaathi Kaliannan, K. K. Kasvar, Kumarathevan Poonjolai","doi":"10.4028/p-ga1ayw","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-ga1ayw","url":null,"abstract":"Recycling of construction material helps to conserve the limited landfill spaces and increase the gained cost. Among various types of materials timber and concrete & masonry waste were the most generated waste at construction sites. The recycling practices at construction sites reduces the generation of C&D waste and increase the gained cost. Therefore, this paper aimed to investigate the total recycled C&D waste and gained amount between two different construction sites. The data was collected over 6 months period using direct and indirect measurement. The paper revealed that the gained cost for Site I is RM 29,880.90 while for site II is RM 38,217.80. The CBA revealed that it was positive for these projects with benefits of RM 360.90 and RM 927.80 respectively. This paper provides an awareness for contractors regarding costings that can be gained if the C&D waste was adequately managed. Thus, it directly benefits the construction industry in terms of economic sustainability for a construction project","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74482768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of Porous Asphalt Mixture Using Faunus Ater Shell Ash as Filler and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) as Bitumen Additive","authors":"T. Syammaun, F. Rachman, Zainuddin, Haikal Fauzan","doi":"10.4028/p-s0brym","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-s0brym","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposed using Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and Faunus ater shell ash (FAA) waste as asphalt binder additives and filler substitutions, respectively, to increase the strength and stability of porous asphalt. A thorough investigation of porous asphalt mixture properties was carried out using a permeability test, void in the mix (VIM), Marshall stability, and cantabro loss (CL). In this study, the stone dust filler was substituted by 0%, 50%, and 100% of FAA. In addition, 2%, 4%, and 6% of PET were used as asphalt binder additives. The permeability test result was in line with the VIM measurement, resulting in Mix 2 (50% stone dust, 50%FAA, and 2% PET) having the highest permeability and VIM value. In comparison, Mix 4 (100% stone dust and 4% PET) has the lowest permeability and VIM value. The Marshal stability results were in reverse with the permeability and VIM value, where Mix 4 resulted in the highest Marshall stability of 1519 kg. The majority of the CL test result was in line with the permeability and VIM value, where the only mixture that failed to satisfy the minimum 35% of CL value was Mix 2 with the CL value of 36%.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84396582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preventive Modelling in Risk Management on the Construction Project","authors":"K. Hayati, Yulia, Daffa Agung","doi":"10.4028/p-p948ap","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4028/p-p948ap","url":null,"abstract":"The construction industry is a service sector that is often faced uncertain circumstances with a high rate of changes in its project operations. These changes not only often occur in the implementation (build) phase of a construction project, but it also happens in the planning (design) phase. In general, dealing with such uncertain circumstances means to have the possibility for failure in achieving the goals of a project. Even though changes and adjustments are common in this sector, it nevertheless will bring risks to the construction works. For example, the time, costs, and quality. Hence, a preventive system is needed with which can minimise the risks that may arise during the project activities. The objective of this research is to identify the caused factors of the risks on the construction business, and that to further suggest the applicable model as the preventive action of the risks. This study began with a detail review to seven risk indicators; Labour Risk (X1), Contractual Risk (X2), Human Resources Risk (X3), Design and Technology Risk (X4), Material and Tool Risk (X5), Implementation Risk (X6), and Force Majeure Risk (X7). This research was developed further using questionnaires and expert validation as the primary data, which furthermore analysed using analysis factors, descriptive analysis, and probability impact matric in order to determine the level of the risks. The risk level analysis resulted three variables as the top event (dominant risk), which are X1, X3 and X4. These findings were then advanced following Bowtie diagram and scenario analysis, hence suggested a modelling that described possible preventive and corrective strategies. Both the Bowtie diagram and scenario analysis are not only helpful as the guidance and warning, but also practical for the construction practitioners in managing the risk management and decision making for the construction project.","PeriodicalId":10603,"journal":{"name":"Construction Technologies and Architecture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82287947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}