Browsing by Author "Forcada Matheu, Núria"
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A BIM model to visualize quality risks in construction projects
(CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyDefects are a non-value adding activity seriously affecting the performance and productivity in construction projects that spend unnecessary cost, time materials and manpower. Non-quality represent the 4% of the contract ... -
A breakdown of energy consumption in an underground station
(2014-08-01)
Article
Open AccessUnderground transportation systems are big energy consumers and have significant impacts on energy consumption at a regional scale. The literature has revealed that the energy consumption for non-traction purposes may be ... -
A methodology for predicting the severity of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings
(Elsevier, 2009-03-01)
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A probabilistic performance evaluation for buildings and constructed assets
(2020)
Article
Open AccessThe conservation state of buildings is of increasing interest due to the need to renovate aging building stock and provide a safe and healthy place for end users. Numerous uncertain factors have an impact on building ... -
A probabilistic-based approach to support the comfort performance assessment of existing buildings
(2019-11-10)
Article
Open AccessBuilding performance is focused on maintaining and increasing sustainability while enhancing occupants' comfort levels. Occupants' comfort depends on uncertain, interrelated personal, social and building factors. However, ... -
A System dynamics model to determine concession period of PPP infrastructure projects: the overarching effects of critical success factors
(AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, 2018-11)
Article
Open AccessThe determination of the concession period (CP) in public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects presents complexities to decision makers because various critical success factors (CSF) are involved which may be ... -
A web-based system for sharing and disseminating research results: The underground construction case study
(2010-07)
Article
Open AccessResearchers often have to go to multiple information sources in order to identify high-quality, time-critical information. Due to the dynamic and unstructured nature of research results, they are faced with such problems ... -
Adoption of web databases for document management in SMEs of the construction sector in Spain
(2007-07)
Article
Open AccessThis paper presents a web-based tool designed to improve internal and external document management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. For each ... -
An environmental impact causal model for improving the environmental performance of construction processes
(Elsevier, 2013-08-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyDespite the increasing efforts made by the construction sector to reduce the environmental impact of their processes, construction sites are still a major source of pollution and adverse impacts on the environment. This ... -
Analysis of building maintenance requests using a text mining approach: building services evaluation
(2019-05-16)
Article
Open AccessEnd users’ maintenance requests gathered from computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) configure a rich source of information to evaluate the occupants’ satisfaction and the building systems. Nevertheless, the ... -
Analysis of the implementation of effective waste management practices in construction projects and sites
(2014-12)
Article
Open AccessIn this paper, the implementation of effective waste management practices in construction projects and sites is analyzed, using data from a survey answered by 74 Spanish construction companies based in Catalonia. Most ... -
Análisis de Ciclo de Vida: herramienta para la reducción del cambio climático en el sector de la construcción
(EBEN / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011)
Conference lecture
Open AccessUno de los problemas que más amenazas el bienestar de la sociedad actual debido al aumento cada vez mayor de las emisiones de CO2 al medio, es el fenómeno del cambio climático. El sector de la industria es uno de los que ... -
Assessing concerns of interested parties when predicting the significance of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings
(2011-05-02)
Article
Open AccessThe most common challenges and obstacles encountered by construction organizations during the process of implementing and using environmental management systems are related to the inherent peculiarities of the construction ... -
Assessing the effectiveness of gamification in reducing domestic energy consumption: lessons learned from the EnerGAware project
(2020-03-01)
Article
Open AccessThe application of gamification to encourage energy conservation behaviour in house occupants is an emerging field of research. However, empirical evidence of its effectiveness is lacking. This paper presents lessons learnt ... -
Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the energy consumption of university buildings
(2022-02-15)
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Open AccessExceptional pandemic lockdown measures enabled singular experiments such as analysing the energy consumption of vacant buildings. This paper assesses the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the energy use of academic ... -
Assessment of construction defects in residential buildings in Spain
(2014-06-11)
Article
Open AccessThe building industry is noted for its repeated building defects causing cost increases and time delays during construction. In Spain, despite the Ley de Ordenación de la Edificación (Building Regulation Act), which ... -
Assessment of residential defects at post-handover
(American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2013-04)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn Spain, the Ley de Ordenación de la Edificación (Building Regulation Act) has established compulsory warranties to ensure that buildings meet basic requirements with regard to functionality, general safety and structure, ... -
Association between building characteristics and indoor environmental quality through post-occupancy evaluation
(2021-03-17)
Article
Open AccessPost-occupancy evaluations are common tools used to periodically assess Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in tertiary buildings. Although the large amount of data collected from surveys contain valuable information, the ... -
BIM LOD for facility management tasks
(European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3), 2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyBuilding information modeling (BIM) widely adopted in design and construction phase of the buildings, holds undeveloped possibilities for supporting Facility Management (FM) tasks in Operation & Maintenance (O&M) phase. ... -
BIM-based Augmented Reality for Facility Maintenance Management
(European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3), 2021)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyMore than 65% of the total cost in buildings comes from Facility Maintenance Management (FFM). Despite that, facility managers have still relied on the traditional method. Building Information Modeling (BIM) based on Augment ...
