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Introduction
Published in James Jones, Demetri Telionis, Aeroform, 2023
Today, architects are being asked to design “sustainable” buildings with low energy consumption and high indoor environmental quality. Strategies such as natural ventilation that harness the wind are being considered to meet these objectives. In her dissertation titled A Decision-Support Framework for Design of Non-residential Net-Zero Energy Buildings, Railesha Tiwari [21] found that natural ventilation and daylighting were among the most common design strategies for achieving net-zero. Effective design for natural ventilation must begin with understanding wind effects on buildings.
Carbon Reduction Strategies for Buildings
Published in Stephen A. Roosa, Arun G. Jhaveri, Carbon Reduction:, 2020
Stephen A. Roosa, Arun G. Jhaveri
The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Sustainable Architectural Practice Position Statement advocates sustainable design that includes reduction in the use of non-renewable energy resources and promotes “resource conservation to achieve a minimum 50% reduction from the current level of consumption of fossil fuels.”13 The AIA’s Committee on the Environment’s Measures of Sustainable Design provides a number of tenets that identify and qualify these practices.
Cash flow
Published in Len Holm, Cost Accounting and Financial Management for Construction Project Managers, 2018
There are a variety of tools that are used in construction. Architects use computers today, not drafting boards, and produce drawings with software such as computer-aided design (CAD) and building information modeling. Surveyors used to use a level or transit but today they most likely use a laser or total-station. Carpenters use hammers and plumbers use pipe wrenches in the field. Project managers (PMs) and project engineers (PEs) use a variety of construction management document tools as discussed throughout this book, most of them prepared and transmitted on the computer as well. Accountants use various financial statements as tools including balance sheets, income statements, and cost ledgers. They no longer rely on large tablets of grid paper but produce most of their accounting documents also on the computer.
Technical mediation and digital technologies in construction practice
Published in Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2023
The construction industry is traditionally characterized by fragmented supply chains, the one-off nature of works and project teams made up of many diverse actors (Saini, Arif, & Kulonda, 2019). An architect makes a design which is executed by the contractor, assisted by suppliers and subcontractors. Cost, time and quality-related issues occur because of the different cultures, languages and approaches of the actors involved and the lack of structured communication between them (Riazi, Zainuddin, Nawi, Musa, & Lee, 2020). BIM provides a means for standardized information and communication among these actors. Architects use BIM to develop conceptual and detail designs. Using BIM, contractors perform constructability analyses and improve project scheduling and planning (Latiffi, Brahim, & Fathi, 2015). Based on detailed BIM information regarding building components used, suppliers can plan manufacturing and delivery to site.
Performative design processes in architectural practices in Turkey: architects’ perception
Published in Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2022
The basic definitions and responsibilities of direct stakeholders mentioned during the interviews are as follow: The clients employ the architectural practices to design the project and provide them the necessary budget to realize it.Architects are the qualified professionals that design the project and supervise the construction.Project managers are mostly the architects working in the practices as well, who lead the project, manage the resources, and coordinate the team members.The contractors are the practices themselves in all the cases in this research, who accept to complete the project according to the client’s requirements.The project consultants are direct stakeholders, who are commonly involved as external supports and consist of structural engineers, mechanical engineers, feasibility consultants, building performance experts, and sustainable design consultants.
Redefining the territory and competency of architectural practitioners within a BIM-based environment: a systematic review
Published in Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2021
Syafizal Shahruddin, Mohd Zairul, Ahmad Tarmizi Haron
The literature also indicates that an architect’s performance in delivering BIM related activities is highly anticipated by how he or she behaves, reacts, and responds consistently in work-related situations. In regard to personal competence, architects are expected to demonstrate four abilities: communication; leadership; management and analytical. Significant emphasis has been placed on developing and demonstrating the analytical, communication, and management set of personal competencies in order for an architect to work effectively in a BIM-based environment (Table 9). It is also observed that some of the unit of competences overlap with the associated performance criteria within each of the personal competencies.