Improving The Sustainability Of The Built Environment By Training Its Workforce In More Efficient And Greener Ways Of Designing And Constructing Through The Horizon2020 Bimcert Project,
2019
Technological University Dublin
Improving The Sustainability Of The Built Environment By Training Its Workforce In More Efficient And Greener Ways Of Designing And Constructing Through The Horizon2020 Bimcert Project, Barry Mcauley, Avril Behan
Conference papers
The construction industry consumes up to 50% of mineral resources excavated from nature, generates about 33% of CO2 present in the atmosphere and is responsible for 40% of total global energy through both construction and operation of buildings. The realisation that current pervasive construction practices now face globalization, sustainability, and environmental concerns, as well as ever-changing legislation requirements and new skills needed for the information age has resulted in technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) becoming a key enabler in navigating these barriers. To assist in overcoming these barriers, a number of funding initiatives have been put in place …
From Roadmap To Implementation: Lessons For Ireland’S Digital Construction Programme,
2019
Technological University Dublin
From Roadmap To Implementation: Lessons For Ireland’S Digital Construction Programme, Barry Mcauley, Alan Hore, Roger West
Conference papers
As part of their Future of Construction initiative in 2018 the World Economic Forum published an action plan to accelerate Building Information Modelling adoption. The WEF report highlighted actions that companies, industry organisations and governments are advised to implement to accelerate BIM adoption and better capitalise on delivering better project outcomes. According the authors of the report BIM is seen as the centrepiece of the construction industry’s digital transformation, however they acknowledged that BIM adoption globally remain slow. Anecdotal experience would suggest that BIM usage in Ireland is also very low and that a similar initiative or an adaptation of …
Bim In Ireland 2019: A Study Of Bim Maturity And Diffusion In Ireland,
2019
Technological University Dublin
Bim In Ireland 2019: A Study Of Bim Maturity And Diffusion In Ireland, Barry Mcauley, Alan Hore, Roger West
Conference papers
In 2017, the BIM Innovation Capability Programme team applied five macro BIM maturity conceptual models to capture the capability of the Irish construction industry and assess its BIM maturity. The results found that while Ireland is mature for modelling processes, it is less developed with regards to collaboration processes and policies. Ireland also ranked poorly when it came to regulatory frameworks, measurements and benchmarks compared to a number of countries which also applied the same conceptual models. At the time, the findings highlighted that Ireland’s diffusion dynamic was middle out, meaning that larger organisations or industry associations were pushing the …
Increasing Efficiency In 5d Bim By Utilising ‘Bim Interoperability Tools – Classification Manager’ To Append Icms Cost Codes,
2019
Technological University Dublin
Increasing Efficiency In 5d Bim By Utilising ‘Bim Interoperability Tools – Classification Manager’ To Append Icms Cost Codes, Dermot Kehily, Charles Anthony Mitchell
Conference papers
Abstract ̶ This paper discusses Building Information Modelling (BIM), notably the 5th Dimension of BIM, which covers cost management functionality in the BIM workflow. The research proposes an efficient digitised workflow that can facilitate the appendage of an International Quantity Surveying (QS) Cost Code to a consistent parameter in the objects of the model. This paper firstly outlines how QSs are currently inserting ‘user defined’ information by adding their cost Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to an existing parameter, such as the ‘keynote’ or ‘assembly code’. The QS also has the ability to create a QS specific parameter (QS IDentification), by …
Centres Of Excellence And Roadmaps For Digital Transition: Lessons For Ireland’S Construction Industry,
2019
Technological University Dublin
Centres Of Excellence And Roadmaps For Digital Transition: Lessons For Ireland’S Construction Industry, Barry Mcauley, Alan Hore, Roger West
Conference papers
Like most sectors in today’s working world, construction businesses are challenged to work in an increasingly digitised world with sophisticated demands from intelligent clients. So much has been written about the inefficiencies of the construction industry, its fragmentation, lack of collaboration, low margins, adversarial pricing, poor productivity, financial fragility, lack of research and development, poor industry image and relatively weak use of digital solutions. The Irish government recognises the importance of digital innovation to address many of the challenges the construction industry faces. With recent high profile reports of escalating spend on signature public sector projects and weak productivity performance …
Listening To High School Students: Purposefully Designed Spaces And The Impact On Students’ Engagement In Learning,
2019
University of Texas at Tyler
Listening To High School Students: Purposefully Designed Spaces And The Impact On Students’ Engagement In Learning, Yanira Oliveras-Ortiz, Dalane E. Bouillion, Lizzy Asbury
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Scholars have generally accepted the notion that context and students’ response to the environment influence their engagement in learning. Hence, a qualitative study was conducted to explore the impact purposefully designed learning spaces have on student engagement in a career-inspired high school. Focus groups were conducted before and after the move to a new high school. Through the group interviews, students engaged in discourse about the impact purposefully designed learning spaces have on their engagement in learning. The findings indicate that the students recognized the instructional importance and the impact of their new spaces. The student voices provide educators and …
Environmentally Responsible Land Use, Spring/Summer 2010, Issue 22,
2019
University of Louisville
Environmentally Responsible Land Use, Spring/Summer 2010, Issue 22
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Communities, Fall/Winter 2010, Issue 21,
2019
University of Louisville
Sustainable Communities, Fall/Winter 2010, Issue 21
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Sustainable Building, Spring/Summer 2009, Issue 20,
2019
University of Louisville
Sustainable Building, Spring/Summer 2009, Issue 20
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Environmental History, Fall/Winter 2009, Issue 19,
2019
University of Louisville
Environmental History, Fall/Winter 2009, Issue 19
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Student Research, Spring/Summer 2008, Issue 18,
2019
University of Louisville
Evolving Pollution Prevention, Fall/Winter 2008, Issue 17,
2019
University of Louisville
Evolving Pollution Prevention, Fall/Winter 2008, Issue 17
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Climate Change, Spring/Summer 2007, Issue 16,
2019
University of Louisville
Our Energy Future, Fall/Winter 2007, Issue 15,
2019
University of Louisville
Land Conservation, Spring/Summer 2006, Issue 14,
2019
University of Louisville
Land Conservation, Spring/Summer 2006, Issue 14
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Pollution And Heart Disease, Fall/Winter 2006, Issue 13,
2019
University of Louisville
Pollution And Heart Disease, Fall/Winter 2006, Issue 13
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Green Cities, Spring/Summer 2005, Issue 12,
2019
University of Louisville
Global Sustainability, Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 11,
2019
University of Louisville
Global Sustainability, Fall/Winter 2005, Issue 11
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Environmental Justice, Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 10,
2019
University of Louisville
Environmental Justice, Spring/Summer 2004, Issue 10
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
Kentucky's Environmental Future, Fall/Winter 2004, Issue 9,
2019
University of Louisville
Kentucky's Environmental Future, Fall/Winter 2004, Issue 9
Sustain Magazine
No abstract provided.
