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View article: The wellbeing implications of household home repair and renovation expenditure
The wellbeing implications of household home repair and renovation expenditure Open
Home repair, maintenance and renovation expenditures continue to grow relative to the costs of new construction. However, while an established literature has examined the impact of homeownership on wellbeing, we know virtually nothing on h…
View article: Seismic performance of a brick veneer steel-framed house
Seismic performance of a brick veneer steel-framed house Open
The use of high-strength, cold-formed steel frames in residential construction is steadily increasing in both Australia and New Zealand. One common form of this construction uses brick veneer as a cladding, where non-structural brick walls…
View article: Shaking table tests on strength degradation behaviour
Shaking table tests on strength degradation behaviour Open
Structures such as unreinforced masonry walls, soft-storey buildings, gravity structures and components which include free-standing objects are well known to be non-ductile and yet they are commonly found in regions of low-moderate seismic…
View article: Trends in Residential Building Materials in the State of Victoria
Trends in Residential Building Materials in the State of Victoria Open
As the population in Victoria continues to grow, there has been a corresponding increase in building approvals across the State. Houses characterised as low-rise residential buildings often take the largest share of these approvals, with i…
View article: An investigation of difficulties in information management for delay and disruption claims
An investigation of difficulties in information management for delay and disruption claims Open
Information is important for making successful delay and disruption claims in construction projects. Without the required and complete information, it becomes challenging to provide supporting evidence for the damages incurred due to vario…
View article: Human Rights, Disability, and Construction: How responsive are building regulations to changing community attitudes towards housing for people with a disability?
Human Rights, Disability, and Construction: How responsive are building regulations to changing community attitudes towards housing for people with a disability? Open
Responsibility for housing people with a disability has rested with government and the charity-medical model of disability encouraged institutionalized accommodation. However, since the mid-2000s, the introduction of a person-centred appro…
View article: Trends in residential sustainability measures in the state of Victoria
Trends in residential sustainability measures in the state of Victoria Open
Buildings require a significant quantity of energy and water during their operation. Solar water heaters and rainwater tanks have become increasingly common to reduce the demand for fossil-fuel based energy and mains water within buildings…
View article: Review of domestic building contracts acts for construction of low-rise residential buildings
Review of domestic building contracts acts for construction of low-rise residential buildings Open
Erstwhile studies related to defects associated with newly constructed low-rise domestic\nbuildings in the state of Victoria, Australia indicates that defects per house in detached\nresidential houses have increased. Over the last three de…
View article: QUASI-STATIC ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE SLAB
QUASI-STATIC ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE SLAB Open
This paper presents a method for modeling and analyzing steel deck-concrete composite slabs to obtain quasi-static response using non-linear dynamic finite element analysis. A three-dimensional finite element model of steel-concrete compos…
View article: Understanding the Benefits of Constructing a Residential House with a Heart of Cold-Formed Steel
Understanding the Benefits of Constructing a Residential House with a Heart of Cold-Formed Steel Open
Constructing residential houses with cold-formed steel in Australia dates back to the 1940’s when there was a shortage of timber for use in the industry. Subsequently, this led to the formation of the National Association of Steel-Framed H…