Executive Summary: Changing industry needs have take big leaps in the past two decades. Design and construction practices and project delivery systems have moved into the direction of integration. This has strongly encouraged many practitioners to consider design processes and construction processes concurrently in consecutive phases. By narrowing the gap between design and construction, thru i...

The design, construction and commissioning of a modern third-generation synchrotron light source facility is a major project, costing hundreds of millions of dollars. The delivery of these new facilities, usually on a fixed budget and schedule, requires an effective working relationship with all suppliers providing equipment and services to the project. This paper will examine some of the key i...

In 1987, the Health Care Financing Administration proposed adding capital cost reimbursement to the prospective payment system. A data base was developed from which an index was calculated to adjust for geographic variation in construction cost. Findings from the data base, along with a description of trends in health care facility construction from 1970 through 1986, are presented. Spending (i...

GeneMill officially launched on 4th February 2016 and is an open access academic facility located at The University of Liverpool that has been established for the high-throughput construction and testing of synthetic DNA constructs. GeneMill provides end-to-end design, construction and phenotypic characterization of small to large gene constructs or genetic circuits/pathways for academic and in...

An accelerator-based BNCT (Boron Neutron Capture Therapy) facility is now under construction and the entire system including the patient treatment system will be installed in the Ibaraki Medical Center for Advanced Neutron Therapy (tentative name). Investigation of an 8-MeV proton linac and of a beryllium-based neutron production target for the BNCT is progressing. We are aiming at the design a...

Because of limited space, the siting and construction of a new SWM facility is a big challenge in Japan. An SWM facility should be socially accepted as well as environmentally and economically sound. This study aimed to investigate people's concerns about SWM facilities and their attitudes towards such facilities. A questionnaire was designed based on literature reviews and was sent to resident...

With the growth of information technologies in the field of construction industry over the last years, numerical building information modeling and process simulation has evolved to a fully accepted and widely used tool for project life circle management. A growing diversity between disciplines, participants, tasks, tools and events while project management in design and construction stages, the...

BACKGROUND A properly planned dental office can contribute directly to the success of your practice. Critical steps in creating a successful dental office environment are developing a design program, determining the size and cost of your facility, selecting a location and assembling the appropriate professionals to help with planning and construction. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Planning a dental o...

REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN ENVELOPE FOR A VOLUMETRIC NEUTRON SOURCE (VNS) FUSION FACILITY FOR FUSION NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. The paper shows that timely development of fusion nuclear technology (FNT) components, e.g. blanket, for DEMO requires the construction and operation of a fusion facility parallel to ITER. This facility, called VNS, will be dedicated to testing, developing and qualif...