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Bourdic, L, Salat, S and Nowacki, C (2012) Assessing cities: a new system of cross-scale spatial indicators. Building Research & Information, 40(05), 592-605.
Brett, R, Thomson, D and Dainty, A (2022) Exploring craft in construction with short-term ethnography: reflections on a researcher’s prior insight. Construction Management and Economics, 40(05), 359–73.
Elbashbishy, T S, Ali, G G and El-adaway, I H (2022) Blockchain technology in the construction industry: mapping current research trends using social network analysis and clustering. Construction Management and Economics, 40(05), 406–27.
Fawcett, W, Hughes, M, Krieg, H, Albrecht, S and Vennstr_m, A (2012) Flexible strategies for long-term sustainability under uncertainty. Building Research & Information, 40(05), 545-57.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: adaptation; building economics; design strategies; flexibility; life cycle assessment; life cycle cost; real options; uncertainty
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2012.702565
- Abstract:
Assessing the economic and environmental life cycle impacts of long-lasting construction projects presents numerous methodological challenges. Three advances over established methods are presented for the life cycle evaluation of construction projects. First, future uncertainty during the project life or study period is explicitly accounted for. This involves moving from a deterministic approach requiring precise data to a probabilistic approach where uncertain variables are defined by ranges. The outcome of life cycle evaluation is then given by probability distributions, generated by Monte Carlo simulation. Second, flexible strategies are considered that allow for adaptation to changing conditions during the project life. Flexible strategies (also modelled by Monte Carlo simulation) incorporate specified 'life cycle options' which are exercised if it is advantageous to do so, otherwise they remain unexercised. Third, cost-based life cycle costing (LCC) and environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) are linked in a single LCC+A evaluation tool. There are still differences between cost and environmental evaluation, but the use of a shared framework enables the two aspects to be compared systematically. The two-dimensional 'ecoportfolio' diagram presents one way of analysing results. The innovations are demonstrated in a case study that assesses both economic and environmental impacts while accounting for future uncertainties.
Huang, L and Bohne, R A (2012) Embodied air emissions in Norway's construction sector: input-output analysis. Building Research & Information, 40(05), 581-91.
K_nig, H and De Cristofaro, M L (2012) Benchmarks for life cycle costs and life cycle assessment of residential buildings. Building Research & Information, 40(05), 558-80.
Loosemore, M, Keast, R and Barraket, J (2022) A typology of social procurement champions in the construction and engineering industry. Construction Management and Economics, 40(05), 391–405.
Oswald, D, Lingard, H and Zhang, R P (2022) How transactional and transformational safety leadership behaviours are demonstrated within the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 40(05), 374–90.
Svensson, I (2022) Exploring the connection between emotions, artefacts and institutional work: the case of institutional change for public facilities management. Construction Management and Economics, 40(05), 343–58.