The construction sector in Malaysia has been facing challenges productivity due to the increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study aims enhance usage of low-carbon building materials among professionals so that carbon emission and GHG can be reduced during early stage construction. scope this research involved main parties Malaysian industry, represented by fifty including contractors, ...

Construction projects are one of the most important economic sectors in the world. At the same time, these projects are one of the hazardous industries that cause many accidents resulting from injuries and deaths, occupational diseases, delay in time, environmental problems and other direct and indirect damages. While in many industries, the issue of health, safety and environment is meticulous...

Nowadays building projects have been encouraged to adopt green and sustainable construction strategies as the sector is responsible for using 42 % of world’s energy, 30 its raw materials, 25 fresh water. The priority purpose not only upgrade enhance existing buildings, target also reevaluate approach whole [1]. issue requires complex modern methods which should include retrofitting well reconst...

In 1999, the Singapore Government envisioned a need to transform the construction industry through the Construction 21 Blueprint by a strategic vision. In line with the broader plan to develop Singapore into a knowledgedriven economy, this industry aspires to become ‘a World Class Builder in the Knowledge Age’. And earlier, as part of the IT 2000 master plan for Singapore, the Construction Real...

Lean construction is a new type of management mode of construction project, which is especially suitable for those complex, changeable and speedy construction projects. Besides, building information model (BIM) is “computable digital information” created and utilized during the design and construction of buildings. This paper takes construction project as the object and combines BIM technology ...

Managing building projects and communication of information between the stakeholders of the projects is getting collaborative and faster, with the availability of Building Information Modelling (BIM) software system. Numerous BIM systems are offered by various software developers. Each one of these systems provides preconstruction, construction, post construction functionalities or all of them....

Building conservation work generally involves complex and non-standard work different from new building construction processes. In preparing tenders for building conservation projects, therefore, the quantity surveyor must carefully consider the specificity of non-standard items and demarcate the scope of unique conservation work. While the quantity surveyor must appreciate the full range of wo...