Assessing safety measures in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia

The incidence rate of fire in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia accounts for 69% of all building fires. A field assessment of current safety issues for residential buildings in Saudi Arabia is used to identify common safety deficiencies. The survey showed that most residents are ignorant many safety aspects in their homes. A safety audit checklist for assessing the effectiveness of safety measures in existing residential buildings is also presented. Based on these findings, a number of strategies for designers, local authorities, building owners and residents is suggested.     

Safety design practices in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia

A survey of current safety practices in the design of residential buildings in Saudi Arabia identified deficiencies in governance and design procedures. A systematic safety compliance checklist was developed to address these deficiencies incorporating existing local safety instructions and international safety codes and standards. Checklist use is intended to ensure compliance with minimal safety requirements in the design of residential buildings.     

Assessing safety measures in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia

The incidence rate of fire in residential buildings in Saudi Arabia accounts for 69% of all building fires. A field assessment of current safety issues for residential buildings in Saudi Arabia is used to identify common safety deficiencies. The survey showed that most residents are ignorant many safety aspects in their homes. A safety audit checklist for assessing the effectiveness of safety measures in existing residential buildings is also presented. Based on these findings, a number of strategies for designers, local authorities, building owners and residents is suggested.     

Safety management in the construction industry in Saudi Arabia

Safety programmes of sixteen construction companies in the Eastern Province were evaluated and it was found that larger firms had more formal safety training which resulted in higher standards of overall safety.     

居住建筑设计原理课程改革初探

目前居住建筑设计教学相对滞后,课程内容、教学方法、考核策略都需要与时俱进,紧跟住宅建设的发展需求。文章以苏州科技学院建筑与城市规划学院居住建筑设计原理课程为例,以理清逻辑、突出重点、紧跟前沿、激发自主的思路,对原教学大纲和教材进行改革,合并、删减、增补了教学内容,重新分配了课程授课时间,并调整了考核方式。改革后,居住建筑设计教学逻辑更加清晰,教学重点更加突出,教学内容更加生动,考核方式更加灵活,从而更好与设计市场对接。     

住宅建筑的一些细部设计

为使居住空间更加优美、舒适,在实际工作中,应当重视细部设计。从门窗、厨房和卫生间、太阳能热水器管井、空调机搁板等方面进行了阐述,满足了住宅的节能与舒适性要求,保持了室内良好的环境,节约了面积和空间,提高了居住区的环境质量,给居民创造了更方便的条件。     

Factors affecting construction practices in Makkah Al-Mukkaramah, Saudi Arabia

Each year the Hajj attracts over one million pilgrims to Makkah with all the enormous administrative, social and economic implications this signifies. The authors conclude that there are unique factors affecting construction practice in Makkah and it is apparent that early action is always needed to correct aspects of construction, less costly overruns are an inevitable consequence.     

住宅建筑节能优化设计

从屋顶保温隔热的节能设计、外墙节能设计、门窗节能设计、户型空间节能设计四个方面探讨了住宅建筑设计技巧,指出建筑节能是缓解能源紧缺矛盾,减轻环境污染,促进经济持续发展的最直接最廉价的措施,有利于推广建筑节能技术在工程设计中的应用。     

Public owners' satisfaction with consultancy practices in Saudi Arabia

Between 1970 and 1985 the public expenditure on three development plans in Saudi Arabia amounted to 1940 billion Saudi Riyals. This paper addresses the professional relationship between the public owners and the local architectural and engineering practices which has been measured in the form of overall satisfaction under a five-point scale ranging from excellent to poor, a second aspect identified satisfaction related to the design service and finally, a measure of satisfaction was gained from owners' response to their professional relationship with the practices.     

Professional architectural/engineering consultancy practices in Saudi Arabia

The local architectural engineering firm in Saudi Arabia is handling projects up to 175m SR a year on average. It will have been in practice 13 years, employing 91 people, most holding a B.Sc. degree. Practices are mainly selected by competitive bidding and paid under a fixed fee arrangement. The authors found that the public authorities are the major employers of local A/E design services.     

多层钢结构住宅的结构设计要点

钢结构在多层住宅中的推广应用是非常有意义的,其设计问题是发展中的薄弱环节之一。文章对多层钢结构住宅结构设计特点和过程进行介绍,针对多层钢结构住宅结构设计中应注意的若干问题进行讨论和分析,得出了一些对设计有实用价值的结论,以供设计及施工人员参考。     

谈住宅建筑给水排水节能设计

从节能环保角度入手,探析了住宅建筑给排水节能设计的主要措施,分别从用水器具选用、管网布置、可再生能源利用、管材选择等方面引起重视,以期在满足使用功能的同时实现节能环保的目标。     

锦州市旧住宅改造设计探索

(目的)目前,锦州市大量存在20世纪80 ～ 90年代建造的落后、陈旧、老化旧住宅,已不能满足居民日益提高的现代物质和精神生活的需求,为了探讨适宜的旧住宅改造技术,(方法)通过实态调查(案例分析、访谈、实地调查),(结果)在分析旧住宅与居住需求矛盾的基础上,提出了有针对性的改造设计方法,并结合典型旧住宅实例进行了改造设计探索与研究.(结论)希望能够抛砖引玉,使越来越多的人关注和深入地进行此项研究,为锦州市旧住宅的改造设计工作提供一些理论依据.     

住宅建筑设计的常见问题

指出住宅设计应当贯彻“适用、经济、安全、美观”的建设方针和“以人为本”的指导思想,分析了住宅建筑设计中的常见问题,以更新住宅设计观念,提高住宅设计水平,设计出更适合消费者的住宅;     

异形柱框架结构在多层住宅设计中的应用

通过在住宅设计中采用异形柱框架结构的实践,探讨了异形柱的结构设计和计算等问题,指出纵横墙交接处布置采用"L"形,"十"形,"T"形等异形柱,可以完全消除室内框架柱凸角,提高有效使用面积,从而更好地满足人们的使用要求.     

Urban development in Saudi Arabia: Building and subdivision codes

Saudi Arabia is experiencing an extremely rapid urbanization. Large numbers of people from rural and nomadic habitats, as well as foreign immigrants, are moving into the country's urban areas. The rapid growth in population and urban land use has been greater than the nation's capacity to plan and absorb population in a systematic manner. Policies to guide urban development which are environmentally compatible with the landscape and climate of Saudi Arabia must be created and adapted. These policies must also be consistent with the cultural orientation of the society. In this article a modern building and subdivision code is proposed which takes into consideration these environmental and cultural conditions.     

Value engineering in public construction projects in Saudi Arabia

It was found that value engineering was in limited use since it has been introduced in 1981. The main reason for the lack of adoption being unfamiliarity with the concept among public sector organizations, as well as local architectural/engineering firms in the Kingdom.     

Design — Construction interface problems in Saudi Arabia

During the last decade the construction industry in Saudi Arabia employed 15% of the total labour force and used 19% of energy consumed in the country. Abdulmohsen Al-Hammad and Sadi Assaf discuss the results of a survey which identified the interface problems in design and construction, and document the lessons to be learned from that boom period     

谈居住建筑的阳台设计

结合阳台设计的发展演变,对居住建筑的阳台设计的发展及分类作了探讨,从生活阳台、服务阳台、阳台的栏板、阳台的进深、阳台设计与立面造型六个方面对阳台设计进行了分析,以指导实践。     

浅议住宅建筑节能设计

对住宅区规划设计、住宅户型空间设计、住宅施工图设计阶段建筑外围护结构的热工设计等方面提出了住宅建筑节能设计建议，并着重对建筑单体节能设计应采取的措施进行了阐述，以降低建筑能耗，改善住宅建筑热环境质量，达到建筑节能的目的。