Construction kits represent a venerable, creative, and (occasionally) even beautiful genre of educational toys for children. Nonetheless, traditional construction kits have limitations as educational media. In the past decade, a number of research efforts have attempted to address these limitations by augmenting construction kit design with various types of computational media. This paper descr...

A revolution in the building industry over the past decade has spawned a new generation of safer materials and practices, decreasing some health risks for construction workers. Concerned consumers, builders, materials manufacturers, and government regulatory agencies have all contributed to a turn toward "green" building materials and practices, meaning that homeowners and office workers now ar...

Based on the relevant studies and successful applications of Geographic information ontology and Web services ontology in the last decade, this paper discusses the utility and research trend of the Geographic information services Ontology in the prospective of Geographic information ontology and the Semantization of the Geographic information services. It proposes the concept of Geographic info...

Purpose – This paper aims to systematically and critically explore the research trend of construction joint ventures (CJVs) in some selected leading construction journals over the past two decades between 1993 and 2012. It is also expected that some valuable insights into the extended application of JVs to facilities service management and maintenance could be generated from the research findin...

construction industry is the second most contributor of gross domestic product and the high rates of accidents /fatalities have tarnished the image of construction industry in india. the importance of safety at site cannot be underscored and it needs the combined attention of all stakeholders to address the issue of safety in construction industry in india. although the construction industry pl...