New Technologies, Development and Application II, 2019
Motivation of engineers in the construction industry is the subject of many researches, due to th... more Motivation of engineers in the construction industry is the subject of many researches, due to the effect of lack of motivation on the work delays, and the tendency to not remain in one company longer than few years. This paper investigates what motivation factors are significant for engineers in construction Industry in Bosnia and Hercegovina. Quantitative research methods based on a sample of 252 engineers filling the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS) were used. Results are analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21 and IBM SPSS Amos 22. Selected target population included different profiles of Engineers regarding the age, gender, family status, level of education, professional experience, residential status, and bank credit status. Results proved that identified regulations has significant impact on the motivation of engineers with higher level of education. This paper found also that external regulations are significantly affecting the motivation of engineers with unsolved residential status. Lastly, results showed that number of family members has significant impact on the introjected and identified regulations. This paper concluded that new motivation model that will include dynamic following of engineers working in B&H construction industry regarding their private, financial, and professional development should be developed and used in order to ensure higher level of job satisfaction of engineers and increase the willingness to remain longer at their workplaces.
This paper traces the rules that are governing the use of living spaces in the cases when two or ... more This paper traces the rules that are governing the use of living spaces in the cases when two or more users – inhabitants are reduced to share the space and live together. As such, this research is aims to present the minimum living requirements of one human individual – user that are supposed to be satisfied within the process of planning of configuration of spaces that are expected to accommodate the users and to expose the principles and rules that should be followed through the process of architectural planning and design. This research is based on observations made within the qualitative analysis method, in the frame of which the selected examples and illustrations will be evaluated and properly compared according to the standards and architectural planning principles related to the rules of configuration of living spaces. This study gives the better insight into the principles of configuration of living spaces that are planned to govern the shearing of one living space and eva...
This paper focused on determining the effect of the design phase on the construction project succ... more This paper focused on determining the effect of the design phase on the construction project success and to investigate the awareness of construction project participants about the values and benefits gained by using green materials and buildings. Results gained by using qualitative research method demonstrated that the design has a significant impact on different phases of the construction project. It has been concluded that the design has a direct effect on the cost, technology, scope, and schedule of the project.
Virtual Reality has been acquired in certain fields where the interaction is important such as th... more Virtual Reality has been acquired in certain fields where the interaction is important such as the Architectural-Engineering-Construction field. This paper aimed to investigate the impact of using Virtual reality in Designing Process on improving the communication between Designers and Users. Using Qualitative research methodology, the findings agree that the major disadvantage is difficult software workflow for specific industries. It has been concluded that the increased interest in VR and immersive environments is allowing better understanding and identification of problems and is offering more accurate visualization and better project communication.
In the contemporary world the lack of living spaces – environments of dormitory facilities and pr... more In the contemporary world the lack of living spaces – environments of dormitory facilities and proper accommodation for students is more than evident. Worldwide migrations of university students is triggering a huge market that is offering various opportunities of accommodations, and it is more than often that the offered accommodation is not satisfying the living requirements of students as individuals, which is directly influencing their success in educational process. One of potential reasons for unsuccessful accommodation condition lies in the fact that in most of the countries the dormitory facilities are not the buildings originally designed with the function of dormitories, but they are adaptation of the buildings that were constructed with other primary functions and purposes. Another reason might be hidden in the sorrow reality that architects in the planning and configuration approach might be making some intentional (omissions that are justified by market demands) an unin...
Architecture design today has become far more challenging then it traditionally used to be. On to... more Architecture design today has become far more challenging then it traditionally used to be. On top of accustomed thermal insulation thickness and heating demand, architects need to design new or renovate existing structures in compliance with the primary energy demand, CO2 reductions, as well as ecological properties of the building materials. These properties are essential for a holistic assessment. Researches and demand for ecological building materials have been growing dramatically, particularly for insulating materials from renewable resources. Conventional design, constructions and conventional materials are still predominantly used in the world, particularly in BiH and Turkey. The aim of this paper is to present a comparison between the use of conventional methods, constructions and materials against alternative solutions of renewable insulations materials application in the wall constructions. The conventional walls are predominantly made of cement, bricks, Styrofoam, plaster and paint. For the innovative walls, materials used for a wall 1 are: brick, wood fibre insulation, plaster, coat render, and for wall 2: timber, sheep’s wool insulation, brick, OSB board and plaster. The tests results indicate the amount of primary energy and CO2 emission which could be saved if renewable materials are used not only for insulation but for the construction as well. Findings also show great demand for a new clean technology in brick production that will save energy and CO2 emission. Additionally, renewable materials have more ecological and fewer health damaging aspects. Keywords: wall construction, natural insulation materials, primary energy, global warming potential, health
This paper is based on the premise that it is not the building as a structure that truly matters,... more This paper is based on the premise that it is not the building as a structure that truly matters, but the spaces within the structure. Consequently, this paper takes into consideration usable space as its main substance and, by analysis and description of dwelling unit concepts in Sarajevo, it evaluates 116 apartments in 16 multi-storey residential buildings built between 2008 and 2018. All the data related to the apartments in Sarajevo is primary data, collected by means of observations and measurements, evaluated through qualitative and quantitative analysis, and set in the frame of an explanatory and comparative multiple case study. The results indicate that, in terms of their functional configuration, the apartments are mostly configured as atypical and unstandardized. The areas of use within the apartments were planned to be interrelated without any clear intentions, which has resulted in static plan types with no or only minor potential for variation in the spatial adaptabilit...
New Technologies, Development and Application II, 2019
Motivation of engineers in the construction industry is the subject of many researches, due to th... more Motivation of engineers in the construction industry is the subject of many researches, due to the effect of lack of motivation on the work delays, and the tendency to not remain in one company longer than few years. This paper investigates what motivation factors are significant for engineers in construction Industry in Bosnia and Hercegovina. Quantitative research methods based on a sample of 252 engineers filling the Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale (MWMS) were used. Results are analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 21 and IBM SPSS Amos 22. Selected target population included different profiles of Engineers regarding the age, gender, family status, level of education, professional experience, residential status, and bank credit status. Results proved that identified regulations has significant impact on the motivation of engineers with higher level of education. This paper found also that external regulations are significantly affecting the motivation of engineers with unsolved residential status. Lastly, results showed that number of family members has significant impact on the introjected and identified regulations. This paper concluded that new motivation model that will include dynamic following of engineers working in B&H construction industry regarding their private, financial, and professional development should be developed and used in order to ensure higher level of job satisfaction of engineers and increase the willingness to remain longer at their workplaces.
This paper traces the rules that are governing the use of living spaces in the cases when two or ... more This paper traces the rules that are governing the use of living spaces in the cases when two or more users – inhabitants are reduced to share the space and live together. As such, this research is aims to present the minimum living requirements of one human individual – user that are supposed to be satisfied within the process of planning of configuration of spaces that are expected to accommodate the users and to expose the principles and rules that should be followed through the process of architectural planning and design. This research is based on observations made within the qualitative analysis method, in the frame of which the selected examples and illustrations will be evaluated and properly compared according to the standards and architectural planning principles related to the rules of configuration of living spaces. This study gives the better insight into the principles of configuration of living spaces that are planned to govern the shearing of one living space and eva...
This paper focused on determining the effect of the design phase on the construction project succ... more This paper focused on determining the effect of the design phase on the construction project success and to investigate the awareness of construction project participants about the values and benefits gained by using green materials and buildings. Results gained by using qualitative research method demonstrated that the design has a significant impact on different phases of the construction project. It has been concluded that the design has a direct effect on the cost, technology, scope, and schedule of the project.
Virtual Reality has been acquired in certain fields where the interaction is important such as th... more Virtual Reality has been acquired in certain fields where the interaction is important such as the Architectural-Engineering-Construction field. This paper aimed to investigate the impact of using Virtual reality in Designing Process on improving the communication between Designers and Users. Using Qualitative research methodology, the findings agree that the major disadvantage is difficult software workflow for specific industries. It has been concluded that the increased interest in VR and immersive environments is allowing better understanding and identification of problems and is offering more accurate visualization and better project communication.
In the contemporary world the lack of living spaces – environments of dormitory facilities and pr... more In the contemporary world the lack of living spaces – environments of dormitory facilities and proper accommodation for students is more than evident. Worldwide migrations of university students is triggering a huge market that is offering various opportunities of accommodations, and it is more than often that the offered accommodation is not satisfying the living requirements of students as individuals, which is directly influencing their success in educational process. One of potential reasons for unsuccessful accommodation condition lies in the fact that in most of the countries the dormitory facilities are not the buildings originally designed with the function of dormitories, but they are adaptation of the buildings that were constructed with other primary functions and purposes. Another reason might be hidden in the sorrow reality that architects in the planning and configuration approach might be making some intentional (omissions that are justified by market demands) an unin...
Architecture design today has become far more challenging then it traditionally used to be. On to... more Architecture design today has become far more challenging then it traditionally used to be. On top of accustomed thermal insulation thickness and heating demand, architects need to design new or renovate existing structures in compliance with the primary energy demand, CO2 reductions, as well as ecological properties of the building materials. These properties are essential for a holistic assessment. Researches and demand for ecological building materials have been growing dramatically, particularly for insulating materials from renewable resources. Conventional design, constructions and conventional materials are still predominantly used in the world, particularly in BiH and Turkey. The aim of this paper is to present a comparison between the use of conventional methods, constructions and materials against alternative solutions of renewable insulations materials application in the wall constructions. The conventional walls are predominantly made of cement, bricks, Styrofoam, plaster and paint. For the innovative walls, materials used for a wall 1 are: brick, wood fibre insulation, plaster, coat render, and for wall 2: timber, sheep’s wool insulation, brick, OSB board and plaster. The tests results indicate the amount of primary energy and CO2 emission which could be saved if renewable materials are used not only for insulation but for the construction as well. Findings also show great demand for a new clean technology in brick production that will save energy and CO2 emission. Additionally, renewable materials have more ecological and fewer health damaging aspects. Keywords: wall construction, natural insulation materials, primary energy, global warming potential, health
This paper is based on the premise that it is not the building as a structure that truly matters,... more This paper is based on the premise that it is not the building as a structure that truly matters, but the spaces within the structure. Consequently, this paper takes into consideration usable space as its main substance and, by analysis and description of dwelling unit concepts in Sarajevo, it evaluates 116 apartments in 16 multi-storey residential buildings built between 2008 and 2018. All the data related to the apartments in Sarajevo is primary data, collected by means of observations and measurements, evaluated through qualitative and quantitative analysis, and set in the frame of an explanatory and comparative multiple case study. The results indicate that, in terms of their functional configuration, the apartments are mostly configured as atypical and unstandardized. The areas of use within the apartments were planned to be interrelated without any clear intentions, which has resulted in static plan types with no or only minor potential for variation in the spatial adaptabilit...
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