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Making Better Decisions About Built Assets, Craig Langston, Jim Smith
Making Better Decisions About Built Assets, Craig Langston, Jim Smith
Craig Langston
Arguably the most important question currently facing the Australian built environment professions concerns how to make better decisions that are feasible, sustainable and in the national interest. This paper describes emerging and ongoing research using a unique multi-criteria decision analysis support model coupled with an adaptive management (or 'learning by doing') approach. The researchers are retrospectively analysing existing Australian commercial buildings to identify potential changes to the original decision-making process in the light of overall evidenced performance. The findings will provide new knowledge about the interaction of economic, social and environmental criteria in practice; so critical to the continuous improvement …
Perceived Conditions Of Workers In Different Organizational Settings, Craig Langston, Yu Song, Brian Purdey
Perceived Conditions Of Workers In Different Organizational Settings, Craig Langston, Yu Song, Brian Purdey
Craig Langston
Purpose – Research into office design and its effect on employee satisfaction and performance has attracted considerable contemporary research interest. However, most studies have tended to concentrate on the impact of the built environment on human performance, ignoring the actual needs of employees working in different organizational settings. This paper hence aims to investigate the nature and extent of occupant satisfaction with the built environment in different organizational settings in Australia for a range of climates.
Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted in Australia from 2004-2005, comprising 41 buildings, including six government buildings, 14 educational buildings and 21 commercial buildings. …
Comparing Linkages Of Real Estate And Construction By The Consideration Of The Impact Of Capital, Yu Song, Chunlu Liu, Craig Langston
Comparing Linkages Of Real Estate And Construction By The Consideration Of The Impact Of Capital, Yu Song, Chunlu Liu, Craig Langston
Craig Langston
Based on the recently published Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) input-output database at constant prices, this research proposes a new model to compare the linkages of the construction and real estate sectors in national economies with the consideration of the impact of capital. Empirical results indicate that the linkages are extremely underestimated in previous research. The backward and forward linkages of the real estate sector are smaller than those of the construction sector, which means in economic development, construction plays a more important role than real estate, given the impact of capital. More importantly, the findings prove that …