Program overview | Projects

Delivering a Re-Life Project [Yang, QUT] 2003-026-C

Project participants and team members

 

Jay Yang
John Holland Bruce Carlyle

Rider Hunt

Michael Gilligan, John Oliver

Qld Dept of Public WorksSelwyn Clark, Sujeeva Setunge,
Queensland University of TechnologyMatthew Humphreys, Jay Yang, Guomin (Kevin) Zhang
RMITArun Kumar, Tom Molyneuax, Cintha Perera, Ashish Shah
University of Western SydneyMary Hardie, Graham Miller

Project description

The project objectives are to investigate the characteristics of re-life projects that impact upon the effective management of the construction process, such as the identification and mitigation of risks, issues of decanting and existing tenants, identification of existing structure and services, work scheduling, occupational health and safety issues for construction personnel and tenants, demolition, waste and recycling, issues of quality and workmanship, cost planning and cost modelling methodologies.

Specific issues are:
Identify and document the issues that impact on re-life projects, design, engineering and procurement, and issues of decanting and sustainability
Develop methodologies for assessing the condition of the existing building structure, the residual service life, and modelling of operating & maintenance costs, and the utility and productivity expected from the refurbished building this will include investigation of the potential applications for new remediation processes such as fibre reinforced composites (FRC)
Develop additional paper based module for the Value Alignment Decision Support tool that will provide particular advice for re-life projects, and appropriate pre qualification criteria for consultants and contractors
Identify the opportunities for designing out waste, waste avoidance, reduction, reuse & recycling, and construction programming to minimise waste generation.
 
Delivering a re-life project (Brochure)
Delivering a re-life project (Literature review)
 
Building infrastructure asset management: Australian practices (Refereed conference paper)
Optimisation of expenditure for buildings: refurbish or demolish? (Refereed conference paper)
Structural strengthening for optimizing floor space during retrofitting of high-rise office buildings (Refereed conference paper)
Benchmarks for recycling practices in commercial office building refurbishments: Data collection challenges (Refereed conference paper)
Re-life of buildings - Decision support tools for maximising project efficiency (Refereed conference paper)
An integrated approach to the "relife" of office buildings (Refereed conference paper)
 
Challenges in residual service life assessment for refurbishment projects (Refereed conference paper)
Evaluation of residual service life methodologies using refurbishment projects as case studies (Refereed conference paper)
 
Waste minimisation in office refurbishment projects: An Australian perspective (Journal article)
The efficacy of waste management plans in Australian commercial construction refurbishment projects (Journal article)