Design
Guide
What to look for when choosing a well-designed house or apartment
Here are ten, easy-to-follow principles of good design to use when buying or renting your next house or apartment.
Journal article
Sustainable construction supply chains through synchronized production planning and control in engineer-to-order enterprises
This research article focuses on construction supply chains (CSCs) in the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) industry, where every product is almost unique based on specific customer needs and requirements.
Journal article
Analytical tools for functional assessment of architectural layouts
Functional layout of the building, understood as a layout or set of the facility rooms (or groups of rooms) with a system of internal communication, creates an environment and a place of mutual relations between the occupants of the object. Achieving optimal (from the occupants' point of view) spatial arrangement is possible through activities that...
Conference paper
Mapping waste in the structural design process in South African projects
This paper reports on an on-going action research study on waste in the structural design process (SDP). To understand the waste types and their effects, the lean tool, value stream mapping (VSM), has been deployed in the doctoral study.
Guide
Apartment design guidelines for Victoria
This guide has been released to assist applicants, architects, building designers and planners when designing and assessing apartment developments in Victoria.