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Appropriateness of cida price fluctuation formula for road construction in Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡道路建设用地价格波动公式的适宜性

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.11

A.K.M. Hajjath, M. Rathnayake

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引用次数: 0

Beyond barriers: exploring the considerations hindering the adoption of green construction from a behavioural economics perspective 超越障碍:从行为经济学的角度探讨阻碍绿色建筑采用的因素

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.13

S. Hammond, T. Gajendran, K. Maund, D. Savage

{"title":"Beyond barriers: exploring the considerations hindering the adoption of green construction from a behavioural economics perspective","authors":"S. Hammond, T. Gajendran, K. Maund, D. Savage","doi":"10.31705/wcs.2019.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/wcs.2019.13","url":null,"abstract":"Several academic researchers have investigated the barriers inhibiting the adoption of green construction. Numerous interventions including raising awareness through educational forums, monitoring and enforcement programmes, and financial incentives have been recommended as strategies to encourage the wider adoption of green construction. However, most of these interventions have failed to address the low adoption of green construction. This raises the question ‘Why’? Drawing on the insights from Behavioural Economics, specifically Game Theory and Prospect Theory, and the broad social sciences, it is proposed that it is at the individual level of choice that building construction stakeholders are reluctant to adopt green construction, and building construction stakeholders’ decision-making is influenced by the confluence of ‘elements’ which bring about the tendency for them to prefer non-adoption to adoption. Following this, this paper aimed at exploring the ‘considerations’ that can underlie the tendency for building construction stakeholders to prefer non-adoption to adoption through a literature review. Four key considerations were found. They are dilemma concern, trust in others’ actions, fear of being a sucker, and short-term self-interest. It is concluded that, when given empirical support, policies to increase adoption of green construction should address whichever consideration(s) that strongly hinder green construction adoption in a particular setting.","PeriodicalId":206220,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115954748","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}

引用次数: 1

Understanding liveability: related concepts and definitions 理解宜居性:相关概念和定义

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.57

T. Tennakoon, U. Kulatunga

引用次数: 2

Suitability of traditional Procurement system for green Buildings in Sri Lanka 传统采购制度对斯里兰卡绿色建筑的适用性

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.54

K. Rubasinghe, V. Disaratne, M. Mahinkanda

引用次数: 1

Typologies of offsite construction 非现场施工的类型

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.56

B. Ginigaddara, S. Perera, Y. Feng, P. Rahnamayiezekavat

引用次数: 5

Investigating the problems in hotel refurbishment projects 调查酒店装修项目中存在的问题

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.38

G.D.S. Premachandra, M. Francis, K. G. Dewagoda

{"title":"Investigating the problems in hotel refurbishment projects","authors":"G.D.S. Premachandra, M. Francis, K. G. Dewagoda","doi":"10.31705/wcs.2019.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/wcs.2019.38","url":null,"abstract":"Hotel industry is one of the major contributors to the national economy in most countries including Sri Lanka. Due to the high tourist attraction in Sri Lanka, demand for modifying and upgrading the hotel industry to keep pace with the trend is inevitable. Refurbishment thus covers a wide range of activities originating from decoration to conversion. However, numerous problems are encountered in refurbishment projects and further the industry lacks in-depth investigations on strategies to minimise such problems associated. Hence this research was aimed at studying the problems prevailing in hotel refurbishment projects and thereby suggesting strategies to minimise such. A qualitative research approach was followed inclusive of three cases of recently completed hotel refurbishment projects in order to explore the causes and respective strategies to curtail the problems in connection with hotel refurbishment projects. Accordingly, most common problems are the percentage of services work, obstruction by occupancy, unrealistic time pressure and risk in health and safety. Subsequently, the study explored the main causes for those to be guest disturbances, operation of the hotel, unforeseen work and reluctance to wear safety accessories. Key strategies that could be adopted are planning ahead, separating the noisy working areas, carrying out feasibility studies and making compulsory to wear safety accessories. Through this study, it is recommended to follow up the strategies to minimise the problems in hotel refurbishment projects in Sri Lanka to enhance the lifespan of a hotel building effectively.","PeriodicalId":206220,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132635098","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}

引用次数: 0

Service consistency improvement of facilities management service providing organisations in Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡设施管理服务提供机构的服务一致性改进

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.51

A. Herath, H. Mallawaarachchi, R. Rathnayake

{"title":"Service consistency improvement of facilities management service providing organisations in Sri Lanka","authors":"A. Herath, H. Mallawaarachchi, R. Rathnayake","doi":"10.31705/wcs.2019.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31705/wcs.2019.51","url":null,"abstract":"Service consistency acts as a key media to achieve sameness and fairness in service delivery. Service consistency is vital to attraction of new customers, enhanced corporate image, reduced costs, and increased business performance. Nonetheless, struggle in developing and applying measurements for service quality can be commonly identified with service consistency failure situations. Hence, to better manage changes as well as to overcome such issues, organization should adopt a proper methodology to improve service consistency for Facilities Management (FM). Thus, this study aims to improve the service consistency of FM service proving organizations in Sri Lanka. Case study method was adopted in qualitative phenomenon. Under the case study method, three cases (FM service providing organisations) were studied. Twelve (12) semi-structured interviews were conducted among the FM related professionals in the selected cases to collect the data. Case study data were analysed by using the content analysis and crosscase analysis techniques. Direct interaction with customers, complain handling procedures, conduct skill development programmes, collect customers feedback and recruit experienced professionals were identified as some of the existing strategies used for service consistency. Different customer expectations, employee turnover, communication errors and lack of customer experience about FM services were revealed as major issues for service consistency. Accordingly, the suggestions, including sharing information with each employee, improving decision making skills, developing customer care strategies and implementing better recruitment system, were proposed to overcome the identified issues of service consistency in FM service providing organisations in Sri Lanka.","PeriodicalId":206220,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131100238","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}

引用次数: 3

What differentiates a smart city? a comparison with a basic city 智慧城市的区别是什么?与基本城市的比较

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.61

A. Samarakkody, U. Kulatunga, H. Bandara

引用次数: 2

Applications of digital technologies for health and safety management in construction 数字技术在建筑健康和安全管理中的应用

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-11-08 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.9

T. Haupt, M. Akinlolu, M. T. Raliile

引用次数: 6

Untapped potentials of built environment professionals in national disaster resilience action plans in Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡国家抗灾行动计划中建筑环境专业人员未开发的潜力

Proceedings of the 8th World Construction Symposium Pub Date : 2019-10-31 DOI: 10.31705/wcs.2019.58

R. Palliyaguru, A. Nawarathna, C. Jayalath

引用次数: 0