Sustainable construction with repurposed materials in the context of a civil engineering–architecture collaboration

Sieffert, Yannick; Huygen, Jean-Marc; Daudon, Dominique

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.018

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“…This approach provides for supporting knowledge conceptualization, development in uncertain contexts and collaborative work by the students (Bucciarelli et al 2000;Prince 2004;Sieffert et al 2014). Furthermore, activelearning presents interesting features such as practical implementation in real-life scenarios, critical thinking and participatory action research, which are key elements in learning about sustainability (Du et al 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…El-Adaway et al (2015) introduce a hybrid method that combines different techniques, the results of which show that student performance and sense of responsibility increase. Unfortunately, learning strategies focused on infrastructure sustainability are scarce; among the few, Sieffert et al (2014) propose a set of learning workshops through the design and construction of buildings using waste materials.…”

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Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method

Pellicer

Sierra

Piqueras

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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ElsevierPellicer Armiñana, E.; Sierra Varela, LA.; Yepes Piqueras, V. (2016). Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method. Journal of Cleaner Production. 113:884-896. doi:10.1016Production. 113:884-896. doi:10. /j.jclepro.2015 Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method AbstractCurrently many university programs in the construction field do not take sustainability into account from a holistic viewpoint. This may cause a lack of sensitivity from future professionals concerning sustainability. Academics in construction must endeavor to instill a culture of sustainability in the curricula of their students. Therefore, this study proposes an active-learning method that allows graduate students in the construction field to take into consideration infrastructure sustainability from a variety of perspectives in a participatory process. The students applied an analytical hierarchical process to determine the appraisal degree of each criterion. A cluster statistical analysis was carried out, aiming to identify the profiles that influence decision-making. This method was applied to two classes of graduate students enrolled in the Master of Planning and Management in Civil Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València. This method identified a correlation between the profiles toward sustainability and the characteristics of the chosen infrastructure. It was also found that the method fulfills educational purposes: most of the students obtained more than 65% of the target learning outcomes. This approach promotes awareness and sensitivity to different points of view of the sustainability in a participatory context. It can be replicated in other contexts so as to obtain appraisals regarding various criteria that help enhance decisionmaking.

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Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method

Pellicer

Sierra

Piqueras

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…It is widely acknowledged that the construction industry is slow at adopting SC as a new concept or practice [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Before a business can make a decision whether to adopt a new concept or practice, it must first to evaluate the benefits it will gain and compare them to the costs and risks involved [24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, current evidence suggests that companies and individuals are struggling to commit to SC. As shown by [9][10][11][12][13][14], the level of knowledge and awareness of environment issues and sustainability aspects among Malaysian residential developers has been particularly low [9][10][11][12][13][14]. This indicates that the concerted efforts for promoting SC have not had the anticipated impact.…”

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confidence: 99%

Adoption of Sustainable Construction in the Malaysian Residential Construction Sector: A Conceptual Framework

2016

4th International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological &Amp; Ecological Sciences (AABES-16) Dec. 1-2, 2016 London

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Abstract-The adoption and implementation of SustainableConstruction has been one of the main challenges facing the construction industry for the last three decades. The issue has attracted global attention with many governments and organizations developing codes and frameworks to encourage and enforce the adoption of Sustainable Construction. However, current evidence suggests that companies and individuals are struggling to commit to Sustainable Construction and implement the suggested policies. To address this problem, the study aims to investigate the adoption of Sustainable Construction in the Malaysian residential construction sector. The Innovations Diffusion Theory (IDT) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) are utilized as a theoretical basis for developing a better understanding and explaining the reasons behind the adoption of Sustainable Construction. The combination of components from both theories results in the development of a conceptual framework that identifies the factors affecting the individual's decision making process and facilitates understanding of the decision to adopt Sustainable Construction.Keywords-Sustainable construction, diffusion of innovations, theory of planned behaviour.

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“…[1] It is known that accidents at civil buildings depend on human errors in 80% of all accidents [2,3] . The source of faults is an insufficient level of knowledge, lack of experience, inaccurate documents, violation of process discipline and negligence [4,5,6] .…”

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Safety and Durability Analysis of Structural Works in Civil Engineering

Zhang¹,

Li²,

He³

2016

Advances in Computer Science Research

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Abstract-Based on the study of bitter and tremendous costs paid in managing and maintaining structure works in Civil engineering ，factors that influence the safety and durability of Civil engineering and that cause the Civil engineering accidents are analyzed. In this paper, three indispensable measures to improve the safety and durability of structure works in Civil engineering are suggested: firstly, Reasonable setting the safety level of civil engineering design. The basis of the reasonable set of civil Safety level of structural engineering design, which can effectively avoid the risk of engineering. secondly, Pay attention to the safety and durability of civil engineering structures. We need to pay attention to the safety and durability of civil engineering structures, and strengthen the regular support Nursing management. The third , Improve the safety and durability of civil engineering design standards .According to the concrete conditions of the project, the durability of civil engineering structure is reasonably designed, clear the engineering design and the use of life, to protect the safety and durability of civil engineering structure better.

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Sustainable construction with repurposed materials in the context of a civil engineering–architecture collaboration

Cited by 56 publications

References 40 publications

Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method

Appraisal of infrastructure sustainability by graduate students using an active-learning method

Adoption of Sustainable Construction in the Malaysian Residential Construction Sector: A Conceptual Framework

Safety and Durability Analysis of Structural Works in Civil Engineering

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