Hüsnü Murat Günaydın

Istanbul Technical University · Department of Architecture

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Kamu Restorasyon Projelerinde (PRP) süre ve maliyet yönetimini araştırmak ve analiz ederek başarılarını ölçmek ve geliştirmek için bir yöntem önermektir. Makale, ilgili literatürün kapsamlı bir incelemesini sunmayı, Türkiye'deki mevcut düzenlemeleri değerlendirmeyi ve gelecekteki projeler için bir performans ölçüm aracı önermey...

Quality and time are uncompromisable performance indicators of the physical exhibition production process. Design changes during the installation phase of the process, which arise from poor design representations, cause expensive rework and therefore cost increase. Since non-AEC (architecture/engineering) construction) decision-makers can only part...

The aim of this study which focuses on villages that have taken upon neighborhood status and assesses their unique abovementioned patterns through the concept of “landscape identity” is to reveal the interaction between legal regulations and policies and landscape identity in order to develop a holistic governance model that preserves and improves...

Building fire emergencies are considered a high-risk domain for significant loss of lives and property. Accurate information and Situational Awareness (SA) enable fire responders to make timely decisions and perform safe operations during fire emergencies. Although information technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the Interne...

One of the significant ways of improving productivity in construction projects is creating appropriate project teams by considering personality characteristics as a way of predicting job performance. As such, this paper aims to recognize the appropriate personality types in creating a project management team for sustainable construction projects. F...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been an emerging concept in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry with a vast amount of promising benefits to construction projects. Implementation of BIM, however, requires comprehensive research and strategic planning. Industry-wide and organizational implementation guidelines and standa...

Development of automated building code compliance checking systems requires appropriate representations for building codes. Building codes are complex documents written in natural languages, and the development of computable representations is challenging. This paper presents a new model and an accompanying modeling methodology for the representati...

Proje yönetim performansı, ekip üyelerinin üstlendikleri görevleri etkin ve verimli bir şekilde yapmalarıyla ilişkilidir. Çalışmada, proje yönetim fonksiyonlarında ve süreçlerinde yapılan işlerin ekip üyelerinin kişilik yapılarıyla olan ilişkisi literatürde incelenmiştir. Kişilik tiplerinin tanımlanması için kullanılabilecek araçlardan biri olan “...

Metraj çıkarma ve maliyet hesabı inşaat projelerinde zahmetli bir süreçtir ve pek çok durumda kapsamlı tecrübe gerektirir. Son yıllarda yapı bilgi modelleme (YBM) teknolojilerinin kullanımı ile birlikte bu süreçlerin otomatize edilmesine çalışılmakta ve ölçülebilir sonuçlar, YBM teknolojilerinin kullanımının önemli zaman kazanımları sağlayabildiğin...

Building up knowledge stocks in a firm is achieved through organizational learning, an important activity in a rapidly changing and competitive business environment. This paper investigates the impact of organizational learning on the performance of architectural design firms in Turkey. A questionnaire survey was administered to Turkish architectur...

This paper presents a study in the field of automated compliance checking, concentrating on building code representations. A new model for representing building codes in computable form is developed for use in building automated compliance checking systems. The model adopts Nyman and Fenves's four-level representation paradigm as a theoretical base...

Historical masonry aqueducts have been one of the crucial components of water supply systems throughout history. Although these structures were constructed centuries ago, several masonry aqueducts have still survived all over the world. These historical structures can be classified as cultural heritage and they must be protected with convenient res...

Systems for code compliance checking of building projects require representation of building codes. Building codes are complex, and the development of computer implementable representations is challenging. As a case in point, this paper reports on experiences gained while modeling İzmir Municipality Housing and Zoning Code (IMHZcode). First, IMHZco...

Political tactics in organizations have been the subject of numerous studies. The emergent conclusion from these studies is that political tactics in organizations are an inevitable part of any human-based activity and can have functional or dysfunctional consequences. The construction process is one such human-based activity. Managing political ta...

Proposal: Architectural design companies increasingly recognize that time spent on management is not at the expense of their production and there are always better ways to organize business. Although architects have long placed a traditional emphasis on quality, quality management is still a new concept for the majority of architectural design comp...

A prediction model was developed to determine daylight illuminance for the office buildings by using artificial neural networks (ANNs). Illuminance data were collected for 3 months by applying a field measuring method. Utilizing weather data from the local weather station and building parameters from the architectural drawings, a three-layer ANN mo...

Learning is considered to be a sophisticated process and a source of competitive advantage. Learning is essential in project-based environments. The one-of-a-kind structure of the operations of architectural design firms triggers special learning needs and requires a continuous learning activity. Learning is considered to improve an architectural d...

This paper compares the performance of three different decision-tree-based methods of assigning attribute weights to be used in a case-based reasoning (CBR) prediction model. The generation of the attribute weights is performed by considering the presence, absence, and the positions of the attributes in the decision tree. This process and the devel...

This paper compares the performance of three optimization techniques, namely feature counting, gradient descent, and genetic algorithms (GA) in generating attribute weights that were used in a spreadsheet-based case based reasoning (CBR) prediction model. The generation of the attribute weights by using the three optimization techniques and the dev...

The importance of decision making in cost estimation for building design processes points to a need for an estimation tool for both designers and project managers. This paper investigates the utility of neural network methodology to overcome cost estimation problems in early phases of building design processes. Cost and design data from thirty proj...

A Delphi process and a questionnaire survey are conducted to investigate the differences in the perceptions of entry-level professionals and long-time practitioners with regard to process quality in building projects. The factors that affect process quality in the three phases (design, construction, and operation) of a building project's life cycle...

The factors that affect process quality in the three phases (design, construction, and operation) of the Life cycle of a building project are identified and ranked by degree of importance. The perceptions of longtime practitioners are obtained by means of a questionnaire survey. The findings indicate that management commitment to continuous quality...

There is great potential for quality improvement in the construction process. A study of the literature and of surveys conducted in the USA indicated that management commitment to quality and to continuous quality improvement is very important; construction industry professionals are well aware of the importance of quality training; partnering agre...

Attainment of acceptable levels of quality in the construction industry has long been a problem. Great expenditures of time, money and resources, both human and material, are wasted each year because of inefficient or nonexistent quality management procedures. The manufacturing industry has developed Total Quality Management (TQM) concepts, first a...

The Effects of Transportation Projects on Urban Trends in İzmir The effects of major transportation projects on the urban trends in İzmir were analyzed using the Delphi method. Once the convergence was maintained in the expert opinions, the Delphi results were re-evaluated according to suggested method of total evaluation for obtaining much concise...

Reasonably accurate cost estimation of the structural system is quite desirable at the early stages of the design process of a construction project. However, the numerous interactions among the many cost-variables make the prediction difficult. Artificial neural networks (ANN) and case-based reasoning (CBR) are reported to overcome this difficulty....