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    Cost budgeting in conservation management plans for heritage buildings (2005)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Structural survey 23 (2005), S. 101-110 
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    ISSN: 0263-080X
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: Purpose - The conservation management plan (CMP) for a heritage building establishes the nature of the work required to conserve, maintain and enhance the cultural heritage significance of the property. A missing element from many CMPs has been a realistic consideration of the cost of the work at this early stage. The paper aims to show how cost planning of works in a heritage building's conservation environment can be achieved. Design/methodology/approach - A background to the structure and preparation of CMPs from the literature in Australia and the UK is presented. Experience gained from the costing and budgeting in the CMP for several heritage projects in Australia and the process, are both described, summarised and discussed. Findings - The CMP provides a comprehensive working management guide for owners and other stakeholders to follow when carrying out works to the heritage property and includes components such as current condition, legal responsibilities and statutory obligations, sequencing and timing of proposed actions. The addition of significant financial information such as maintenance programmes, funding sources, long and short term costs, financial resources of owner, technical constraints, current owners needs and requirements and conflict resolution provides the possibility of making the CMP a more valuable document to the funding agencies and the building's users. Practical implications - Heritage clients and users increasingly need to know their likely financial commitment before work commences. This early stage cost advice (indicative costs) integrated into CMPs can establish realistic budgets for decision making. Originality/value - The addition of the cost of the works as proposed in a CMP can support client and community groups in making requests for funding from the various government and private agencies with an interest in, or responsibility for, the future care and use of these properties.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02630800510593675
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    The decision to build and the organisation (2002)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Structural survey 20 (2002), S. 189-198 
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    ISSN: 0263-080X
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: The decision to build initiates the development process. After taking account of all the factors it represents a decision to embark on a built solution to satisfy the organisation's strategic objectives. It is a decision that senior managers and members of the design team should be aware of, reflect on and consider why the decision to build was made in the first place. By understanding the history of the strategic decision the design team may be better able to respond to client requirements and opportunities by providing the most appropriate building. In practice, most participants in the design process are often divorced from the decision within the client organisation and may lack the necessary background information that informed, guided or forced the choice of a building solution. There is a dearth of well-documented material and literature on this key decision in the development process. The literature is sparse and that which does exist often ignores or only includes as a secondary issue the decision to build. The attitude is often one where the decision is generally accepted as a given, not to be revisited or amended by later players. Presents some key findings from the research into the project inception and the decision to build process, with particular emphasis on the environmental factors that influence the process and the product.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02630800210456832
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    A review of builder registration in the state of Victoria, Australia (2000)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Structural survey 18 (2000), S. 38-46 
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    ISSN: 0263-080X
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: Builders have a long history of a public perception of poor image and low quality products. Political and administrative demands for builder registration and tighter control of entry into the industry have been seen to be the solution to these problems. However, progress towards registration and control has proved elusive. Recently, the state of Victoria in Australia introduced mandatory builder registration under its Building Control Act 1993. Further reform for the housing industry was introduced in 1996 through the Domestic Building Contracts and Tribunal Act 1995. As the first legislation of its kind in Australia, the Victorian experience provides a case study for similar developments elsewhere. This paper reviews the history of builder registration in Victoria and identifies the major provisions of the 1995 Act, including the organisations established to regulate and supervise the implementation of the legislation. The perceived drawbacks and benefits of the new system are also analysed following the limited experience since the introduction of the legislation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02630800010322526
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    To build or not to build? Assessing the strategic needs of construction industry clients and their stakeholders (2001)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Structural survey 19 (2001), S. 121-132 
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    ISSN: 0263-080X
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: The pre-design stage of construction projects has become a focal point in design management research in the last decade, as it is primarily the source of problems such as rework, change orders, and contractual claims. In particular, it is widely acknowledged that client briefing is an intractable problem which many projects encounter. Primarily this is because little attention is given to assessing the needs of the client, stakeholders and those of the design team. With this in mind, this paper presents a soft system approach known as strategic needs analysis (SNA) to assist clients, stakeholders and their design teams in determining their strategic needs for a given project. The rationale for using a SNA approach during the early stages of the project development process and in relation to the strategic environment of the client organization is presented and discussed. The SNA process is described and applied to two case study projects. It is concluded that SNA can improve the strategic decision-making process of a project, as clients are able to identify their strategic needs and thus improve the effectiveness of the briefing process.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02630800110393941
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    Overcoming information opacity in construction: a commentary (2001)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Logistics information management 14 (2001), S. 413-421 
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    ISSN: 0957-6053
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Provides an overview on the development of information production in construction. It is suggested that there is a need for the professional organisations to re-think the way they produce project information so that the opacity in current project information is replaced by transparency so that all the stakeholders in the procurement process can move from their adversarial/bargaining positions to one that encourages a team problem-solving approach.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006253
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    Procurement of construction facilities in Guangdong Province, China: factors influencing the choice of procurement method (2004)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Facilities 22 (2004), S. 141-148 
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    ISSN: 0263-2772
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: Argues that the Chinese construction industry faces a daunting challenge as it slowly migrates from a planned to a market oriented economic system, particularly, with the issue of selecting the most appropriate procurement path. One of the fundamental barriers to knowledge transfer is the historically insular nature of the Chinese Government. To overcome this, a questionnaire survey was undertaken to identify the factors influencing the choice of procurement methods adopted in the Guangdong Province. Results show that quality, risk, dispute, arbitration and price certainty were the most important discriminating factors. The traditional procurement methods are regarded as the most suitable approaches for the Guangdong Province.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770410540351
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    Adapting to clients' needs in construction - a dialogue (2001)
    Bingley : Emerald
    Facilities 19 (2001), S. 71-79 
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    ISSN: 0263-2772
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: The construction industry has faced a period of intense introspection. This has prompted researchers and practitioners to consider what type and structure of construction industry is most appropriate to meet the challenges posed by market driven economies. Client demands are responding more rapidly to changing organisational and market imperatives. Creative and innovative solutions are expected from client analysts, advisers and consultants, from within and outside the construction industry. Previous research conducted in several client organisations at the project initiation (pre-design) stage indicate that typically a building is not necessarily the only, or best, solution. It is contended that these trends have implications for the nature and workload of the construction industry in developed and developing countries alike. It reviews the past, considers present trends and suggests the effect such directions may have on the procurement of construction facilities.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02632770110362848
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    Obituary Anne McLaren (1927–2007) (2007)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 448 (2007), S. 764-765 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] On 6 July, Anne McLaren spent a busy day at the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge, where she had worked since 1992. She prepared a talk for a meeting in Germany and answered a large number of e-mails. In the afternoon, she attended a group leaders' meeting, as always paying close attention and ready to ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/448764a
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    Nice work : but is it science? (2000)
    [s.l.] : Macmillan Magazines Ltd.
    Nature 408 (2000), S. 293-293 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] Scientists often dismiss philosophy as a vague, incomprehensible subject bearing little relation to science's 'real world' knowledge. Philosophers, on the other hand, have long debated the basis of scientific knowledge and how 'good' science is practised. The most significant development in the ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35042642
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    Study of the effect of boron doping on the aging of micromachined silicon cantilevers (1995)
    Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Applied Physics Letters 66 (1995), S. 577-579 
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    ISSN: 1077-3118
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Micromachined silicon cantilevers have been prepared using anisotropic etching in conjunction with boron doping. They were driven into resonant vibration for periods of over 2000 h and their natural frequencies and quality factors were recorded as a function of aging time. It has been found that aging has occurred in all of the samples tested and this was manifest as an increase in the quality factor and a small decrease in resonant frequency, with both values eventually stabilizing. The magnitude of this effect was found to increase with increasing levels of boron doping within the structures. The mechanism of aging is not clear but may be linked to dislocation damage and activity of interstitial boron with the crystals. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.114018
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