Very much like Tokyo, Hong Kong is a densely populated city. Over 70% of gross floor area on non domestic buildings whether new built or alteration work in Hong Kong are for commercial purpose (Building Department 2007). The demand is continue to grow. Acoustics issues such as noise in the office remains one of the most prevalence annoying source in office whether in enclosed or in open plan of...

In recent times, energy performance assessment has gained a legislative imperative in that it constitutes an indispensable criterion for preparing Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). Accordingly, production of EPC which is heralded by energy audits and simulations using BIM software programs heavily depends on data accuracy. Whereas, there have been several studies on Building Information M...

With the labour cost contribution of 30%- 50% to total construction a typical building, is recognized as labour-intensive industry. The extant literature evidenced that there exists scarcity in many trades, which has caused several negative effects. Hence, assessment requirements prior commencement building would help mitigate effects due shortages at organization and project level. This resear...

This study describes the environmental impact of the material production, transportation, and construction phases from the construction site perspective. CO2 emissions for each process were determined using the Korea Life Cycle Inventory Database (LCI DB) in the material production phase, and the actual amounts of oil consumption for transportation equipment were identified in the material tran...