Essa, R A (2008) A framework for the pre-construction evaluation of sustainable housing projects in the UK. PhD thesis, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Abstract
Considering sustainability during the cost estimating process is vital for the successful integration of sustainable features within a construction project. The UK Government has adopted the principles of sustainable development, and social housing projects now have to achieve the EcoHomes 'very good' rating as a prerequisite to Government grants funding. A gap was identified in the literature reviewed between policy and practice in the delivery of sustainable social housing projects. This gap revealed differing ways in which sustainable factors are prioritised by practitioners at the early stage of the project price forecasting processes. As a result it was resolved to develop an aid for practitioners to use when involved m the early stage evaluation of sustainable social housing projects.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Carter, K and Kaka, A |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cost estimating; forecasting; funding; government; housing projects; integration; policy; sustainable development; UK |
| Index terms: | sustainable housing, cost estimating, forecasting, funding, sustainable development, housing project, construction project, practitioner, social housing, integration, pre-construction |
| Subjects: | economic analysis, prediction and forecasting, financial and cost management, health safety and environment, production management, project delivery, organizational analysis, practitioner, housing and residential development |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Urban Studies, Project Management, Cost Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Organizational Design, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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