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Full-Text Articles in Architectural Engineering
The Latest Homebond House Building Manual : A Critique, Joseph Little
The Latest Homebond House Building Manual : A Critique, Joseph Little
Articles
The Homebond House Building Manual had the distinction of being called the ‘bible’ for many building during the boom. It was a commonly‐used reference book, even for many builders and architects who never built housing estates and therefore had little need of a Homebond guarantee. One might design a construction detail of a dwelling differently, but one did it with an awareness of what the manual showed. It gave the insurance scheme great credibility and standing. This architect remembers reluctantly getting involved with an external wall insulation self‐build project in rural Ireland in 2006 (far beyond his normal travel distance) …
Implementing Building Information Modeling In Public Works Projects In Ireland, Barry Mcauley, Alan V. Hore, Roger West
Implementing Building Information Modeling In Public Works Projects In Ireland, Barry Mcauley, Alan V. Hore, Roger West
Conference papers
The Irish State in recent years has suffered huge financial losses in the public works sector, which has now pushed the Irish Government to explore new ways of controlling cost. This background lead to the introduction of the Capital Works Management Framework in 2007 which aimed to support the certainty of outcome in terms of cost and quality, as well as improved risk management, through the implementation of fixed price contracts. In order to successfully compete within this framework it is recommended by the authors, that Irish Government moves towards the legal mandating of BIM. This can ensure a greater …
From The Personal To The Communal - Support For An Evolutionary Urban System, Noel Brady
From The Personal To The Communal - Support For An Evolutionary Urban System, Noel Brady
Conference papers
A short discussion towards a model for the future of urban and interurban development. From the personal tot he communal argues for a futurist city that is an organic physiological time filled environment.
2:1 The Paper Tube Project, Noel Brady
2:1 The Paper Tube Project, Noel Brady
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Review of applied technological solution to rapid building techniques using paper tube and analogous materials to create space enclosing geodesic systems.