Public facility design for sustainability: Participatory action research on household recycling in Hong Kong

Siu, Kin Wai Michael; Xiao, Jia Xin

doi:10.1177/1476750317698027

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“…The contract sum was GBP GBP 294,994, and the final account agreed at GBP GBP 325,118. Participant action research (PAR) was implemented by the lead researcher, who worked as part of the project team for the main contractor [108]. Throughout the project's duration, monthly valuations were compiled in order to track the costs incurred on site, including preliminaries, drawdown, main contract works, and variations.…”

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A Case Study of a Negotiated Tender within a Small-to-Medium Construction Contractor: Modelling Project Cost Variance

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This research explores the failure of competitively tendered projects in the UK construction industry to procure the most suited contractor(s) to conduct the works. Such work may have equal relevance for other developed nations globally. This research seeks to teach clients and their representatives that “lowest price” does not mean “best value”, by presenting a case study of a successfully negotiated tender undertaken by a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) contractor; SME studies are relatively scant in academic literature. By applying the “lessons learnt” principle, this study seeks to improve future practice through the development of a novel alternative procurement option (i.e., negotiation). A mixed philosophical stance combining interpretivism and pragmatism was used—interpretivism to critically review literature in order to form the basis of inductive research to discuss negotiation as a viable procurement route, and pragmatism to analyse perceptions of tendering and procurement. The methods used follow a three-stage waterfall process including: (1) literature review and pilot study; (2) quantitative analysis of case study data; and (3) qualitative data collection via a focus group. Our research underscores the need to advise clients and their representatives of the importance of understanding the scope of works allowed within a tender submission before discounting it based solely on price. In addition, we highlight the failings of competitive tendering, which results in increased costs and project duration once the works commence on site. These findings provide new contemporary insight into procurement and tendering in the construction industry, with emphasis on SME contractors, existing relationships, and open-book negotiation. This research illustrates the adverse effects of early cost estimates produced without first securing a true understanding of project buildability and programming. Our work concludes with a novel insight into an alternative procurement option that involves early SME contractor involvement in an open-book environment, without the need for a third-party cost control.

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A Case Study of a Negotiated Tender within a Small-to-Medium Construction Contractor: Modelling Project Cost Variance

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“…The data collected from the AR process were also supported by focus groups and the statistical analysis of the surveys, similar to other AR projects in environmental education (Siu & Xiao, 2020;Kalungwizi et al, 2018). The following results were compiled concerning the effectiveness of ìSpaces for Dialogueî with homemakers in promoting the recycling of packaging and aluminum packaging.…”

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Promoting Householders' Participation in Household Waste Sorting: A Case for Learning Aluminum Packaging Recycling in Spain

Roger-Loppacher

Buil

Tintoré

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Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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Recycling is a highly relevant issue in environmental behavior. To make it work, it is necessary to involve people. Many efforts have been made to increase people's participation in recycling. This study proposes an informal education to raise awareness among homemakers about recycling, especially aluminum packaging recycling, using workshops and compensating the factors that act as barriers to recycling in Spain. The results are the “Spaces for Dialogue” strategy to increase knowledge, awareness, and recycling intention. The findings present the main barriers to closing the gap between intention to action, and the study highlights the role that mentors play as teachers in facilitating communication and education for sustainable development.

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“…However, the difference is that it is not made on virgin materials but on products that are already used. The 6R methodology aims in the product life cycle to reach a state of constant or permanent flow of materials, which in turn means reducing post-use activities [13,14]. Closed Loop vs. Open Channel Lifecycle Systems.…”

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Design for Sustainability & Product Differentiation An Empirical Study at SALSAL factory for Purified Water

Obeyed¹,

Mahmoud²

2022

Proceedings of 2nd International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Integrated Sciences and Technologies, IMDC-IST 2021, 7-9

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This research aims to analyse and investigate the impact of design for sustainability (D4S( in terms of all three components of sustainability (economy, environment, and society) on product competitiveness in term of cost , quality , flexibility, and delivery . The main questions of this research focus are: how can design for sustainability affect product differentiation? The importance of this research is to focus on the new interest of literatures on sustainability which represent the a critical and strategic challenge for business organizations . Sustainability becomes the most source of competitive advantage in current business environment. method is useful in comparing various competitive products of the same family. This technique uses a visual representation of PSI to give an overview of the product's inherent and built-in sustainability levels in a simple and effective manner. The results of this paper improve our hypotheses related to the interactive roles of (PLS) stages with (PSI) (Social, environmental, and economic) .

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Public facility design for sustainability: Participatory action research on household recycling in Hong Kong

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

A Case Study of a Negotiated Tender within a Small-to-Medium Construction Contractor: Modelling Project Cost Variance

A Case Study of a Negotiated Tender within a Small-to-Medium Construction Contractor: Modelling Project Cost Variance

Promoting Householders' Participation in Household Waste Sorting: A Case for Learning Aluminum Packaging Recycling in Spain

Design for Sustainability & Product Differentiation An Empirical Study at SALSAL factory for Purified Water

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