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Framework for improving the constructability of raised floor systems in Australian office buildings

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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by G Zhang, Xiaohua Jin
Despite the great benefits that it can potentially contribute to modern workplace environment, raised floor system (RFS) encountered many barriers in the process of its applications for the fitout of office buildings in the Australian construction industry. Through a set of comprehensive research activities, the significant influence factors (SIFs) and problems associated with the RFS fitout implementation are identified. Further discussion of these SIFs and problems unearths a range of project level critical factors (PLCFs) pertaining to the RFS fitout design, construction, operation and maintenance, which presents firsthand checklists for the project team to review in the project delivery process. These factors need to be accommodated appropriately in order to enhance the implementation of the RFS fitout in Australian office buildings. Following a constructability study, a framework was developed by integrating these SIFs and PLCFs into the delivery of the RFS fitout in an aim to enhance the project constructability and minimize problems in the RFS service performance.

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Journal

International journal of the constructed environment

Volume

1

Issue

1

Pagination

141 - 160

Publisher

Common Ground Publishing

Location

Champaign, Il.

ISSN

2154-8587

eISSN

2154-8595

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2011, Common Ground

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