Housing Construction Research Articles

Mechanism of integrated territorial development as a basic resource for promoting regional housing construction

Mechanism of integrated territorial development as a basic resource for promoting regional housing construction

Study of Influence of Product Range on Production Capacity Indicators of Precast Construction Plants

The paper presents the results of research of the influence of product range parameters on the indicators of development of the design capacities of precast construction plants. The quantity and concrete consumption of products in terms of 1 m2 of total area, as well as the circulation of products, have been taken as the analyzed parameters of product range. It is noted that calculations of production capacity and basic technical and economic indicators of production at the stage of technological design are based on the product range of a typical block section of a house series. At the same time, architectural individuality, flexibility of planning and design solutions of prefabricated houses buildings in industrial design require a variety of modifications of block sections, which is inextricably linked with the growth of the range of manufactured products. Expansion of the range of products for modifications of block sections in the production program of plants is an objective regularity that should be taken into account in the technological design of new or reconstruction of existing precast constructions plants and planning production programs for housing construction. Significant fluctuations in the parameters of the product range in the production programs of plants have been recorded. A regression analysis of the parameters of the range products of production programs of precast construction plants has been carried out. The dependence of product range on the share of dotted houses in housing construction programs has been established. The main parameters of houses determining fluctuations in the range of products have been identified, which include the number of storeys and the number of sections in the house configuration. Taking into account the fact of the significant influence of the product range on the production capacity of plants, the dependence of the indicator of compliance of the concrete capacity of products with 1 m2 of total area on the production capacity indicators has been established. The reliability of the obtained mathematical models is confirmed by the results of statistical processing of research results and verification of models in calculations of the current production capacity of plants.

Scaling low-income housing delivery in Kenya and the Philippines: community participation and livelihoods outcomes

The intersection of community participation and livelihoods for the urban poor who move into formalised, low-income housing is the focus of this paper. Drawing on case studies from the Philippines and Kenya, and working with Real Equity for All (Reall) and their partners, we critically examine the dynamic changes to communities moving into new housing funded through the Community-Led Infrastructure Financing Facility (CLIFF) programme of affordable homebuilding. The two contexts contrast different levels of community involvement, savings practices and scales of housing construction. We explore how at-scale construction of low-income housing may mean communities feel more disengaged, whilst noting the challenges of fuller participation. We find that moves to both in situ housing and peri-urban relocation sites have mixed and complex impacts on livelihoods, although livelihood changes are balanced by beneficiaries against quality of life. Construction itself generates work, but direct and indirect community benefits are not straightforward. Our findings fill an important gap in research evidence, addressing how communities and livelihoods change as low-income home builders seek to achieve scale, and how notions of community are generated and reconstituted through savings and homebuilding processes.

An Exploratory Study on Role of Direct Selling Agent towards Bank and Customer with Specific Reference to Home Loan Services in Punjab

DSA (Direct Selling Agent) that agent who involves in the process of grants home loan from the bank or NBFC to the potential customer. DSA’s job outline is create leads, documentation, cross checking. This study explains role and responsibility of DSA towards bank and customers, awareness of DSA services of the different banks and NBFC among the potential customer, challenges faced by the customer for the approval of home loan and challenges faced by the DSA at the time of process home loan application. In this study the researcher has to implement both primary data and secondary data complete this paper. The primary data deals with raw data collected through questionnaire to the respondents related with their level of disbursement of housing loan. The secondary data consists of reports of existing customers from the banks and NBFC. Pass the housing loan by banks and NBFC provides a boost for the growth and development of house construction industries. Now a time lack of knowledge among individuals related with banking products of all types of banks at one time. In case home loan customer wants to take loan according to their requirements for example lower rate of interest, Type of banks, credit score for transparency and clarity of about loan terms. There are many problems discussed already in previous studies such as different cost of borrowing, collateral security, processing time, proof of income, documentation and margin money. These problems studied by the previous researcher described in the section of the literature review. In view of the above things, it is necessary to conduct a research study to fill these gaps that have been depicted as research problem. The respondents for this research who belong to upper class, middle class or lower-class groups and lived in Patiala city or zones of Patiala. Keywords satisfaction level of customer, Responsibility of Direct selling agent, Challenges faced by DSA

Socialization of Earthquake Friendly House Planning with a Theme "Nagari is Resilient to Earthquake Disasters" in Nagari Kajai, West Pasaman Regency

West Pasaman Regency is an area that has a fairly large threat of earthquake and tsunami disasters. The 6.2 Mw West Pasaman earthquake that occurred on February 25 2022 was quite large and resulted in 25 people dying, 465 people being injured and at least 16,000 people being displaced. This earthquake was located on the slopes of Mount Talamau at a depth of 10 km which was triggered by the activity of the Semangko fault fault, precisely in the unmapped Talamau segment. Apart from the loss of life, another impact caused by this earthquake disaster was the large number of collapses in people's houses. People's houses that have simple construction have a greater potential for collapse compared to other buildings whose designs comply with existing regulatory standards. In general, people's houses are only built by builders who do not know the technicalities of building earthquake-friendly houses. Builders are the main key to the quality of housing construction in society, so more attention is needed from people who are experts in their field because it is in their hands that the structural strength of a house is built. The community service organized by the Institute for Research and Community Service (LP2M) Padang State University together with several Civil Engineering lecturers aims to channel their knowledge to the community, especially to builders to increase knowledge in building earthquake-friendly houses. This activity is also expected to reduce damage in the future if an earthquake occurs, which has been designed according to standards applicable in Indonesia. From the results of interviews with several builders and local residents, it turns out that their knowledge of the basic techniques for building earthquake-friendly houses is still limited. So that this outreach can provide a useful contribution to builders' knowledge of the basics of earthquake-friendly house construction.

The impact of window opening behavior on the indoor thermal environment and coping strategies in passive houses

China is actively developing passive houses to improve energy efficiency and reduce primary energy use. These buildings have low actual load characteristics, resulting in a smaller air conditioning terminal heating capacity. However, owing to this limited heating capacity, the air conditioning terminal provides modest indoor air regulation. In practice, occupants of passive houses often open windows for ventilation in winter, resulting in an indoor temperature that is lower than the set value, and it takes a long time for the temperature to return to the desired level. There are few studies that have investigated this issue. Two possible solutions to this issue are proposed: first, altering the external wall structure can enhance the thermal response rate, reducing the time needed for temperature recovery. Secondly, limiting the window-opening area can minimize heat loss during ventilation, thereby maintaining a reasonable indoor temperature. Notably, this may inconvenience occupants. Taking a passive house in Qinghai as a case study, this study discusses the influence of window-opening behavior on the indoor thermal environment. Simulations were conducted to study the window-opening behavior considering different window-opening areas and wall structures. Three different wall structures were considered: internal insulation combined with external insulation (IAE), sandwich insulation combined with external insulation (SAE), and external insulation structures. The results indicate that the IAE and SAE structures cannot effectively improve the indoor thermal environment after opening a window. Overall, changing the wall structure does not reduce the time required to restore room temperature. However, by limiting the opening area of the window, the room temperature can be effectively controlled. Under the given window opening ratio, the room temperature can be stabilized above 18 ℃. This study offers a practical method for controlling and enhancing the indoor thermal environment, which is applicable to the construction and development of passive houses.

The second life of the Rîșleacov mansion in Soldanesti

The Rîsleacov family was part of the category of Bessarabian nobles, Dvoreni of Ukrainian origin on the paternal line, ranked among the local nobility and recorded, in 1824, in the 3rd part of the Genealogical Book from Bessarabia. Both archival documents and oral history testify that the nobles of the Risleacov lineage contributed to the development of the locality, serving in state offices, being founders of the village church and local philanthropists. Being large landowners, the members of the Risleacov family built on their estate mills, a small brick factory, other small agrarian industrial units. The house and auxiliary constructions of the mansion, which initially covered an imposing area of 5 ha, have been preserved until now, and the documentary heritage with reference to this theme, offers the possibility of reconstructing the forgotten pages of the history of Bessarabia from the second half of the 19th century-20s of the 20th century. Currently, the Rîsleacov mansion is being brought back to life by the Soldanesti History and Ethnography Museum, finding its headquarters here which, unfortunately, is not included in the Register of state-protected monuments in the Republic of Moldova.

중국 공공임대주택의 주요 내용과 개선방안

China plans to build 6.5 million units of affordable housing in 40 cities from 2023 to 2025 to address housing issues, and local governments in cities such as Beijing and Chengdu are also announcing large-scale housing construction plans in line with the government’s public rental housing policy. As the Chinese government pushes forward with the construction of affordable housing, particularly public rental housing, related legal systems are being established and revised. This paper examines the newly introduced or revised legal systems related to public rental housing, to consider the main aspects of China’s public rental housing. For this discussion, we will first look at the significance of affordable rental housing and the meaning of public rental housing in turn, and then analyze the core contents of public rental housing that are currently being discussed. Additionally, through this, we aim to identify problems related to China’s public rental housing and suggest improvements.

미국의 사회주택 공급을 위한 입법 동향에 대한 소고

Recently, as damage from rental fraud has emerged as a serious social problem, there are growing voices calling for a stronger housing security net. As an alternative, we are seeking ways to expand the supply of public rental housing, and establishing a systematic legal system to support the construction of public rental housing is a very important issue. Social housing is defined as residential rental housing allocated to achieve a purpose according to certain rules and provided below market price. It is a concept commonly used in most European countries, but recently, countries around the world are preparing different laws to provide social housing that suits their own circumstances. The United States has implemented laws to support the supply of public housing at the federal level. Recently, some state and local governments have introduced the concept of social housing and are enacting laws or ordinances to increase it as they experience rapid increases in real estate prices and serious housing shortages. The latest legislation in the United States can serve as a legislative reference in that it establishes a legal system consisting of the following four aspects on the supply side. First, a limited for-profit housing company is being established as a corporation that pursues limited profit suitable for the supply of social housing. Second, separate from the existing public housing agency, an independent agency dedicated to the provision of social housing will be established. Third, related organizations operate a revolving loan fund to raise the funds necessary for public developers to build social housing. Fourth, public developers are required to deposit a portion of the profits generated from social housing operations into a revolving loan fund and reinvest the remaining profits in social housing construction. In addition, on the demand side, beneficiaries of social housing are not limited to low-income groups but also include the middle-class.

Konflik dan wacana media dalam pembangunan gereja di Palembang: analisis jaringan diskursus

Religious community relations in Indonesia require much attention as religious identity is frequently used to gain political power. One of the issues that is frequently politicised is the establishment of places of worship. The interrelationships of various groups that unite their power to become a force in legitimising the rejection of the establishment of places of worship must be investigated further. This study employed the Discourse Network Analysis technique to describe the discourse in the news reporting on establishing a church in Palembang. Twenty-five news stories from thirteen Palembang news portals were investigated, analysed using DNA and visualised using Visone. The findings show that various groups are involved, including church-building committees, community organisations, religious organisations, cultural organisations, political parties, and government institutions. The common argument is that the construction of houses of worship must be halted because it does not follow procedures. Political parties are central to this network. This implies that the relevant stakeholders could not keep the conflict out of politics. Meanwhile, the absence of parties who should have been present to maintain tolerance is an important entry point to ensure this does not happen again.

Socialization of the Sustainable Construction Management Budget through Community Service in the Mekarsari Boarding House Construction Project

Sustainable construction management has become an important issue in this modern era due to limited natural resources, climate change and environmental problems. One construction sector that has great potential for implementing sustainable development principles is boarding houses. The demand for affordable and comfortable boarding houses continues to increase along with population growth and urbanization. However, unsustainable boarding house construction can have a negative impact on the environment and public health. Socialization of the sustainable construction management budget for the Mekarsari boarding house construction project through community service aims to introduce sustainable practices to relevant stakeholders. In the implementation method, identifying weaknesses, training, community formation, evaluation, and knowledge dissemination are key steps. The results of this community service include increasing the knowledge of project partners, forming a community that cares about sustainable development, and implementing sustainable practices in boarding house construction projects. Even though there are challenges, such as paradigm changes and regulatory complexity, this community service has great potential to become an inspiring example in the construction industry. The importance of continuing support for sustainable practices, increasing knowledge dissemination, realizing regulations, integrating technological innovation, and promoting cross-sector collaboration. By following these suggestions, this project can have a greater impact in driving positive change in the construction industry towards more sustainable development.

ARCHITECTURE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN ASTANA 30-s-50s XX CENTURY

The study of the architecture of residential buildings is of great scientific interest, and the topic of housing always remains one of the most relevant in the development of society. The article analyzes the features of the formation of the architecture of residential buildings in Astana in the period from 1936 to 1954, which developed under the influence of socio-economic factors, political decisions, architectural and urban planning tasks of the first half of the 20th century. The study involves the use of a method of analysis, study and field survey of residential buildings in Astana of the 1930s-1950s. The article is based on documents collected by the author in 2014-2015 from the funds of the National Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Archive of the city of Astana, the archive of the real estate center in the city of Astana, as well as materials from field surveys and photographic recordings of residential buildings. The theoretical foundation for the study was the works of Kazakh scientists: B.A. Glaudinova, M.G. Seydalina, A.S. Karpykova, T.K. Basenova, B.U. Kuspangalieva, K.I. Samoilova, K.G. Tokzhumanova, etc. As a result of the study, three periods of formation and development of the architecture of residential buildings in Astana were identified: pre-war (1936-1940s); war period (1941-1945); post-war period (1946-1953). Within the established periods, the characteristic features of the architecture of residential buildings in the city are determined: urban planning solutions for residential development, typological methods of housing construction and architectural style.

A Research on Evaluation Index System of High Quality Housing

After decades of rapid development, China's real estate industry is transforming from large-scale to high-quality development. The outline of the national 14th Five-Year Plan and the introduction of macro-control policies such as "three red lines" and "centralized land supply" have formed a consensus on improving the quality of housing in a wider range, which all point to the same direction, that is, real estate should return to the property of people's livelihood and pay attention to people-oriented and high-quality development. Residents' housing concept has undergone a major change, putting forward higher requirements for residence satisfaction, and the demand for housing has also shifted from quantity to quality. High-quality housing has become an inevitable trend in the development of residential construction. According to the requirements of high-quality development of housing construction, this paper explores and studies the evaluation index system of high-quality housing from the perspective of residents' feelings to help improve the overall happiness index of residents.

Мethods of increasing the input capacity of industrial housing construction enterprises

Входная мощность предприятия индустриального домостроения (ДСК) отражает максимальный объем готовой строительной продукции, который предприятие способно произвести за определенный период времени. Повышать входную мощность ДСК целесообразно путем интенсификации работы его ПС. Интенсификация производства ДСК — планомерное внедрение в его практику достижений научно-технического прогресса, обуславливающее лучшее использование производственных ресурсов и рост эффективности производства. Она становится возможна при глубоком понимании работы его производственной системы (ПС) и учете ее особенностей: во-первых, из-за сложности формулирования и решения в аналитическом виде задачи принятия оптимального решения в рамках управления производством целесообразно прибегать к вариантному подходу. Данный подход предполагает использование различных стратегий и тактик управления в зависимости от конкретной ситуации, условий деятельности и целей предприятия; во-вторых, технологии производства и его материально-техническая база постоянно обновляются вслед за поступательным развитием научно-технического прогресса. Вследствие этого наблюдается появление все более совершенных форм организации и управления процессами производства, а также изменяются методы планирования бизнес-процессов предприятия; в-третьих, производственную систему ДСК необходимо анализировать системно. Системный подход к анализу производства — это методология, которая позволяет анализировать производственные процессы как единую взаимосвязанную систему, а не как набор отдельных элементов или операций. В рамках системного подхода каждый элемент производственного процесса рассматривается не сам по себе, а в контексте того, как он влияет на другие элементы и на систему в целом. Рост входной мощности при интенсификации производства ДСК различными методами, в том числе за счет повышения производительности труда, адаптирования средств труда и правильной наладки производственных потоков, в которых достигаются специализация, пропорциональность, параллельность, прямоточность, непрерывность ритмичность и автоматизация. Это в свою очередь повышает входную мощность предприятия.

To the Jubilee of the Honored Researcher of the Russian Federation, Professor A.V. Vardanyan

The article is devoted to the creative and scientific contribution of the Honored Researcher of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Law, Professor, Akop Varazdatovich Vardanyan to the development of criminalistic theory and the improvement of the law enforcement practice of crime counteraction. The author analyzes his key works and evaluates his research findings in the sphere of the general theory of criminalistics and special criminalistic methodologies of investigating specific types and groups of crime — those in the sphere of housing construction and land legal relations, economic and foreign trade activities, insurance, shadow trade in pharmaceuticals, extremism and terrorism, illegal migration. His personal contribution to the development of criminalistic didactics, creation of the school of research, establishment and work of the dissertation council are also stressed.

Институциональные факторы развития рынка жилой недвижимости Российской Федерации

The authors formulated the fundamental postulates of the institutional approach to the study of the patterns of development of the real estate market, investigated the main stages of the functioning of the Russian Federation’s residential real estate market, which identified specific trends and analyzed the causes of crisis conditions. For each period of market development under consideration, the spheres of influence of the main institutional participants have been established. As a result, a generalized classification of residential real estate market institutions is proposed based on the experience of foreign traditional and neoclassical economic schools, as well as the works of domestic authors in the field of institutional economics. As a result of the performed research, the authors identified the key institutional factors specifying the formation and state of the modern housing construction market, which are systematized by the source of their impact on individual indicators of the real estate market or the behavior of its participants.

Assessment of the mechanical and physical characteristics of PET bricks with different aggregates

Construction and demolition waste, along with discarded PET plastic bottles, have evolved into a widespread global resource. However, their current disposal in landfills poses a significant environmental pollution challenge. This research is centered on evaluating the performance of cement mortar composed by larger PET particles in conjunction with sand, construction and demolition waste, and lightweight expanded polystyrene aggregates. The primary objective of this study is to formulate a blend suitable for non-structural elements that can be easily manufactured for social housing construction. This modified blend extends upon the original certified mixture employed at CEVE for brick production, which encompasses cement and 3 mm-long PET particles. The experimental analysis revealed that blend containing 8 mm-long PET particles, in combination with fine aggregates of construction and demolition waste, attained a required mechanical strength of 2 MPa, while preserving the bulk density and hydric properties of the initial PET bricks developed at CEVE in Argentina.

Anthropometric analysis of wooden architectural heritage based on a historical system of measures

The paper examines the historical Russian system of measures and its significance for the study of monuments of Russian wooden architecture. The basis of the research is the work of Russian scientists on metrology in construction, as well as research in the field of anthropometry. Continuing the idea of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man,” this study formulates the hypothesis of a person’s “personal space” in Russian folk architecture. A conclusion is drawn about the modular structure of “spheres of comfort”, which are based on values associated with human growth. “Spheres of Comfort” are used to analyze the plan and facade structures of an archaic peasant building in the Sverdlovsk region. The arrangement of the spheres demonstrates a logical, “organic” composition of the modules. At the same time, numerical analysis of the plan and facade in vershok units is used. Analysis of numerical chains shows that the basis of a series of increasing quantities is the ratio of the diagonal of the square to its side (i.e. √2). The conclusion states the general and specific features of Russian house construction inherent in each specific building. The question is raised about the need for further statistical research and the compilation of regional tables based on anthropometry.

Economic essence of "investments" and their classification

The paper considers the economic essence of investments and their classification. The author studies the theoretical aspect of the concept of "investment" in accordance with its main characteristics, namely, as an object of economic management, as an alternative opportunity to invest capital in economic activities, as a form of attracting accumulated capital into the economic process. The author identifies common and distinctive features of the concepts of "investment" and "capital investment", in particular, by the following characteristics: purpose of implementation, term of implementation, form of implementation, scope of implementation, risk of capital loss, purpose and source of proceeds. The author identifies the role of investments for business entities, namely, ensuring the competitiveness of products and improving their quality, structural reorganization of production, creation of the necessary raw material base for the efficient functioning of enterprises, and solving social problems. The author classifies investments at an enterprise according to their division into real and portfolio investments. The former includes investments for enterprise development, in particular, for reconstruction and technical re-equipment, for expansion of the enterprise, for production of new products and for modernization of products and development of new resources, and investments for development of the non-industrial sphere, namely, for housing construction, for construction of sports and recreational facilities, and for improvement of working conditions and safety. As for portfolio investments, they are divided into the following two groups: acquisition of securities, in particular, acquisition of shares in other commercial organizations, acquisition of bonds and acquisition of other securities, and investments in assets of other enterprises, namely investments in assets of other manufacturing enterprises and in assets of financial and credit institutions, and investments in assets of other commercial organizations.

Exploration of Clean Water Provision Endeavors in Residential Facilities for Construction Workers within the National Capital Development Area (IKN), Indonesia

Clean water is one of the basic needs to support human life. As the population grows, the need for clean water also increases. In the development of the National Capital area in North Penajam Paser, a lot of clean water will be needed. The study aims to find out alternative steps that will be taken to increase the fulfillment of clean water needs in the construction area of flats housing construction workers (HPK) in the National Capital Region (IKN) North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The study was carried out in the construction area of flats housing construction workers in the National Capital Region, North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The data collected is in the form of qualitative data, namely a description of the study location in general, and quantitative data: number of residents, water needs per person, number of flats for worker housing, and rain conditions in the study area. The techniques used to collect data that are appropriate to the object of study are observation, interviews, institutional visits, and literature review. The analytical methods used are: (1) a qualitative approach using descriptive analysis which describes the existing conditions of the study area, (2) analysis of population projections and (3) analysis of clean water supply. The study results in a show that efforts to provide clean water in HPK IKN can be done other than dams and reservoirs, namely by harvesting rainwater through infiltration wells, rainwater collection ponds, bio pore absorption holes, rain gardens, porous paving blocks, and storage reservoirs.