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Ahmad, A G B (1994) Conservation of British colonial buildings built between 1800 and 1930 in Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Ahmed, A L (2019) Development of conceptual constructs for organisational BIM adoption and their systematic application within the UK architecture sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Sedairy, S (1984) Large scale projects: management, design and execution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Wareh, M (1979) Investigation of the design procedures for buildings of quality in modern architecture, with notes on the relevant contemporary situation in Syria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Andrade de Alencar Loiola, F (2014) The formulation of Public-Private Partnership projects for infrastructure development in Brazil: an institutional analysis of the Municipality of Fortaleza, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Belhadj, T A (1989) Computer-aided architectural evaluation and design: a cost modelling experiment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Brocklesby, M (1999) The environmental impact of frame materials: an assessment of the embodied impacts for building frames in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Buckman, A H (2016) An exploration of the applications of increased information availability in smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Butchers, A M (2004) Learning off the job: engineers and professional education, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Densley Tingley, D (2013) Design for deconstruction: an appraisal, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Donohoe, S W (2008) Can surveying and construction management undergraduate sudents' attitudes to construction law be changed by changes in teaching?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Eccles, S D (2000) Quantitative evaluation of contract strategies for construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Fletcher, S L (2001) Developing disassembly strategies for buildings to reduce the lifetime environmental impacts by applying a systems approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Gillott, C (2022) Potential for the vertical extension of existing buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: carbon emissions; education; policy; England; stakeholder
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- URL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/32859/
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Vertical extension refers to the addition of new storeys above existing buildings and is increasingly recognised as a means of generating new useable floorspace whilst reducing resource extraction, waste generation and associated carbon emissions. Despite this, understanding of the potential for vertical extensions remains limited, with existing work representing a series of fragmented perspectives from neighbouring contexts. The work contained within this thesis thus takes a more holistic and context-centric perspective to further understanding of the potential for future space provision through the vertical extension of existing buildings. First, through a sequential explanatory mixed methods study, the relative importance of key drivers, barriers and enablers of vertical extension are assessed. Economic drivers are revealed to be most influential, with environmental considerations simply representing a secondary benefit. The most inhibitive barriers identified are typically technical, such as the identification of reserve capacity, but are not thought to indicate infeasibility. Recommendations to enable or promote extension include enhanced education of various stakeholders national and sub-national policy amendments. Next, the influence of common design inefficiencies on utilisation and reserve capacity in steel framed buildings is considered. Column utilisation is found to vary greatly with design and appraisal approach, with an average reserve capacity of 10% being found even in least-weight Eurocode designs. This is found to facilitate extension without strengthening in 9%-36% of cases, depending upon structural form and use, with further reserve capacity and extension potential being found in buildings designed to superseded codes and using defensive or conservative approaches. Finally, a bottom-up assessment framework is developed and applied to assess the potential for housing delivery through permitted development vertical extension across nine cities in England. Over 2 million properties are identified as eligible for extension, with this being capable of generating 176 km2 of new useable floorspace and housing almost 3.8 million people. The spatial distribution of this within and between the considered cities is also assessed, revealing the majority of extension potential to be within suburban areas. Together, this work offers the first holistic and context-centric perspective of the vertical extension of existing buildings. It illustrates a significant potential to meet housing needs through vertical extensions and that, although a number of barriers remain, reserve structural capacity is likely to be present within a large number of buildings. Remaining barriers are also shown not to be indicative of infeasibility, and instead may be mitigated through adjustment of national or regional policy.
Gyoh, L E (1999) Design-management and planning for photovoltaic cladding systems within the UK construction industry: An optimal and systematic approach to procurement and installation of building integrated photovoltaics: An agenda for the 21st century, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Hamed, O (2022) Developing a BIM-based tool to automate green buildings assessment: the case of Jordan Green Building Guide, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Hughes, A J (2022) On risk-based decision-making for structural health monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Ibarra, G (2016) The meaning of 'social' in Mexican social housing: A study of housing developments in Mazatlán, Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Jiang, H (2019) An institutional analysis of the green housing transition in China: examining developers' capacity to deliver green housing in the Chinese housing market, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield.
Li, S (2018) Knowledge domains and skills that facilitate knowledge sharing in project management: a case study in the Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Information School, University of Sheffield.
Morland, K V (2020) Multi-level learning of a quality management routine: a UK housebuilder case study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.
Nguyen, B K (2012) Developing a framework for assessing sustainability of tall-building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Palit, N (2017) Analysis of the project supply chains: coordination and fair allocation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.
Pirooz Far Poorang, A E (2008) Mass-constomisation: The application on design, fabrication and implementation (DFI) processes of building envelopes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Price, D A (2003) Community involvement in the design of social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
Sami Kashkooli, A M (2013) A critical building lifecycle assessment framework for building designers and decision makers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Sanusi, I E (2019) Optimal and adaptive control frameworks using reinforcement learning for time-varying dynamical systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield.