Outputs (441)

A daylighting evaluation in offices under clear sunny skies. (2003)
Presentation / Conference
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2003. A daylighting evaluation in offices under clear sunny skies. Presented at the 20th Passive and low energy architecture conference 2003 (PLEA 2003): rethinking development: are we producing a people-oriented habitat? 9-12 November 2003, Santiago, Chile.

Various research works revealed that occupant’s behaviour and preferences in terms of daylight are of a great importance to these purposes success. The POE method was used to assess the daylighting quality in South Algerian contemporary buildings whe... Read More about A daylighting evaluation in offices under clear sunny skies..

Fiduciary content in joint ventures and partnering contracts in the construction industry. (2003)
Journal Article
BEGG, P.D. 2003. Fiduciary content in joint ventures and partnering contracts in the construction industry. Scottish law and practice quarterly, 8(4), pages 272-288.

Partnering is a co-operative arrangement in the construction industry which is commonly based on general expressions of trust, co-operation and good faith. However it seems that partnering parties can have negligible expectations that such general ex... Read More about Fiduciary content in joint ventures and partnering contracts in the construction industry..

The legal content of partnering arrangements in the construction industry. (2003)
Journal Article
BEGG, P.D. 2003. The legal content of partnering arrangements in the construction industry. Scottish law and practice quarterly, 8(3), pages 179-196.

Successive reports into the construction industry have increasingly emphasised the importance of developing relationships based on trust between the contracting parties. This has led to the development of the co-operative arrangement called partnerin... Read More about The legal content of partnering arrangements in the construction industry..

Towards effective consideration of non-financial factors in the design and management of construction assets. (2002)
Journal Article
KISHK, M. 2002. Towards effective consideration of non-financial factors in the design and management of construction assets. Journal of financial management of property and construction, 7(3), pages 163-173.

The decisive role of non-financial factors in the design and management of construction assets is highlighted and existing techniques used to include these factors in the decision-making process are critically reviewed. An effective algorithm has bee... Read More about Towards effective consideration of non-financial factors in the design and management of construction assets..

An innovative integrated approach to whole life costing. (2002)
Journal Article
KISHK, M., Al-HAJJ, A. and POLLOCK, R. 2002. An innovative integrated approach to whole life costing. Journal of financial management of property and construction, 7(1), pages 31-40.

A number of recently developed algorithms are combined to build an innovative integrated whole life costing approach. The integration process is based on the simple idea of breaking the decision-making process into a logical series of activities. The... Read More about An innovative integrated approach to whole life costing..

Sunlight and dwellers' emotions towards home: a phenomenological approach. (2002)
Conference Proceeding
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2002. Sunlight and dwellers' emotions towards home: a phenomenological approach. In Proceedings of the 2002 Light and lighting conference: comfort and efficiency within interior and exterior lighting systems, 28-30 November 2002, Bucharest, Romania. Bucharest: Comitetul National Roman de Iluminat (CNRI), pages 35-42.

This paper aims to study the impact of sunlight and daylight on the affective emotions of the dwellers towards their homes. The approach used for this purpose is phenomenological and is based on three concepts : homeliness or familarity, appropriatio... Read More about Sunlight and dwellers' emotions towards home: a phenomenological approach..

Handling uncertain information in whole-life costing: a comparative study. (2002)
Journal Article
KISHK, M., AL-HAJJ, A. and POLLOCK, R. 2002. Handling uncertain information in whole-life costing: a comparative study. Risk management [online], 4(3), pages 59-70. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.rm.8240126

A number of recently developed algorithms to handle uncertain information in whole life costing (WLC) are explained and validated in the context of two example applications. In the first example application, the proposed methodology is compared to th... Read More about Handling uncertain information in whole-life costing: a comparative study..

Sunlight in the traditional dwellings of Algeria. (2001)
Conference Proceeding
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2001. Sunlight in the traditional dwellings of Algeria. In Ünver, R., Öztürk, L.D. and Yener, A.K. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2001 International lighting congress, 12-14 September 2001, Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul: Turkish National Committee on Illumination (ATMK), volume 1, pages 118-125.

This paper aims to study the impact of sunlight and daylight on the dwelling's design in Algeria. The approach used for this purpose is the theory of structuration. In this work, the home is considered as the behavioural setting and five case studies... Read More about Sunlight in the traditional dwellings of Algeria..

Engineering assessment of building design option at sketch design stage 'Energysave'. (2001)
Conference Proceeding
BENNADJI, A., BOUCHLAGHEM, N.M., LOVEDAY, D.L., HOLMES, M., MITCHELL, K.T. and VAN ZYL, R. 2001. Engineering assessment of building design option at sketch design stage. In Ruttkay Pereira, F.O. (ed.) Renewable energy for a sustainable development of the built environment: proceedings of the 18th International conference on passive and low energy architecture 2001 (PLEA 2001), 7-9 November 2001, Florianópolis, Brazil. Florianópolis: PLEA International, pages 931-937.

During the early design stages of a building, different options are assessed using simple tools, that contain a large number of assumptions the very nature of which can bias choice or possibly lead to an inappropriate solution. Many designers are of... Read More about Engineering assessment of building design option at sketch design stage 'Energysave'..

A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making. (2000)
Journal Article
KISHK, M. and AL-HAJJ, A. 2000. A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making. Journal of financial management of property and construction, 5(1-2), pages 93-104.

A life cycle costing (LCC) algorithm that can effectively deal with judgmental assessments of input parameters is proposed. This algorithm is based on the fuzzy set theory and interval mathematics. The development of the algorithm is motivated by the... Read More about A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making..