Bouwkosten van transformatieprojecten: Modelmatig inzicht in kostengeneratoren

Kantoortypologie. Er kunnen geen verschillende typen kantoorgebouw worden onderscheiden, maar wel een aantal typologische eigenschappen, die kenmerkend zijn voor kantoorgebouwen die gebouwd zijn in de periode 1965-1985. Als de constante eigenschappen worden weggelaten, blijven er 19 variabelen over die het kantoorgebouw beschrijven en 18...

A second chance for old buildings

In the Netherlands, both the office market and housing market show a mismatch between supply and demand, quantitatively and qualitatively. In 2007 almost 14% of all offices are vacant, i.e. 5.9 million square meters. At the same time we see a shortage of about 1 million dwellings. A building must be able to be changed over its life cycle to...

Transformable building structures: Design for dissassembly as a way to introduce sustainable engineering to building design & construction

A new life: Transformation of vacant office buildings into housing

Office buildings are experiencing vacancy. This leads to financial problems for the owners and social problems for the community, e.g. vandalism and deterioration. A solution may be found in transformation of vacant buildings and changing the buildings’ program. In the Dutch situation, housing is a valid function, given the tight market. Housing...

Kinetics of the β-AlFeSi to α-Al(FeMn)Si transformation in Al-Mg-Si alloys

Among all the process steps of the production of aluminium extrusion products, the homogenisation of Al-Mg-Si aluminium billets is a very important one, since it gives significant changes in the microstructure of the alloy, leading to an improved extrudability of the material and improved properties of the final extruded product. During this...

Good buildings drive out bad buildings

In the study 'Offices for Living in', published in CIB W104 Open Building Implementation, Mexico 2002, an instrument was developed for measuring the potential of transforming (soon-to-be) empty office premises into homes. As a follow-up, this survey 'Good Buildings Drive out Bad Buildings' looks explicitly at the lower end of the office premises...

Improving ICT Management in Public Universities in Kenya

With the rapid infusion of information and communication technology (ICT) in Kenya in the recent past, organizations are now realizing the critical role that management, control and maintenance of ICT play in providing and improving ICT services to the user communities. Public universities as agents of technological transfer in the developing...

Motion characteristics of floating vessels. Motion transfer function specification, diagnostics and tranformation