A systems engineering approach for realizing sustainability in infrastructure projects
Joint Authors
Uthman, Hisham
Georgy, Majid
al-Said, Muhib
Matar, Muhammad
Abu Zayd, Azzah
Source
Housing and Building National Research Center Journal
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 2 (31 Aug. 2017), pp.190-201, 12 p.
Publisher
Housing and Building National Research Center
Publication Date
2017-08-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Sustainability is very quickly becoming a fundamental requirement of the construction industry as it delivers its projects; whether buildings or infrastructures.
Throughout more than two decades, a plethora of modeling schemes, evaluation tools and rating systems have been introduced en route to realizing sustainable construction.
Many of these, however, lack consensus on evaluation criteria, a robust scientific model that captures the logic behind their sustainability performance evaluation, and therefore experience discrepancies between rated results and actual performance.
Moreover, very few of the evaluation tools available satisfactorily address infrastructure projects.
This paper introduces a systems model that abstracts the environment, the construction product, and its production system as three interacting systems that basically exchange materials, energy and information.
The model utilizes this setup to capture and quantify essential flows exchanged between such three systems, with the objective of evaluating sustainability.
The paper walks through the development of a generic case of the model, and then demonstrates its utility in evaluating the sustainability performance of civil infrastructure projects using a typical water pipeline installation project that uses horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology as a trenchless installation method.
The developed model addresses an identified gap within the current body of knowledge by considering infrastructure projects.
Through the ability to simulate different scenarios, the model enables identifying which activities, products, and processes impact the environment more, and hence potential areas for optimization and improvement
American Psychological Association (APA)
Matar, Muhammad& Uthman, Hisham& Georgy, Majid& Abu Zayd, Azzah& al-Said, Muhib. 2017. A systems engineering approach for realizing sustainability in infrastructure projects. Housing and Building National Research Center Journal،Vol. 13, no. 2, pp.190-201.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Matar, Muhammad…[et al.]. A systems engineering approach for realizing sustainability in infrastructure projects. Housing and Building National Research Center Journal Vol. 13, no. 2 (Aug. 2017), pp.190-201.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-777459
American Medical Association (AMA)
Matar, Muhammad& Uthman, Hisham& Georgy, Majid& Abu Zayd, Azzah& al-Said, Muhib. A systems engineering approach for realizing sustainability in infrastructure projects. Housing and Building National Research Center Journal. 2017. Vol. 13, no. 2, pp.190-201.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-777459
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 201
Record ID
BIM-777459