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1、Sustainability in the construction industry: A review of recent developments based on LCAReview ArticleConstruction and Building MaterialsWeb-based construction project management systems: how to make them successful?Original Research ArticleAutomation in ConstructionThe bureaucratization of the pro

2、ject manager function: The case of the construction industryOriginal Research ArticleInternational Journal of Project ManagementThis review brings together research on life cycle assessment (LCA) applied within the building sector. More than ever, the construction industry is concerned with improvin

3、g the social, economic and environmental indicators of sustainability. By applying LCA it is possible to optimise these aspects, from the extraction of raw materials to the final disposal of waste building materials. Firstly, this review details LCA concepts and focuses on the LCA methodology and to

4、ols employed in the built environment. Secondly, this paper outlines and discusses the differences between the LCA of building materials and components combinations versus the LCA of the full building life cycle. Finally, this work can be used by stakeholders as an important reference on LCA includi

5、ng up to date literature on approaches and methodologies to preserve the environment and therefore achieve sustainable development in both developed and developing countries. The present review has tried to compile and reflect the key milestones accomplished in LCA over the last 7 years, from 2000 t

6、o 2007 within the building sector. In summary, it can be stated that the application of LCA is fundamental to sustainability and improvement in building and construction. For industrial activities, SMEs must understand the application of LCA, not only to meet consumer demands for environmentally fri

7、endly products, but also to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the green construction markets. For this reason, this review looks at LCA because of its broad international acceptance as a means to improve environmental processes and services, and also for creating goals to prevent adve

8、rse environmental impacts, consequently enhancing quality of life and allowing people to live in a healthy environment.The interpretation of copular constructions in Chinese: Semantic underspecification and pragmatic enrichmentOriginal Research ArticleLinguaArticle Outline1. Introduction2. Conceptua

9、l basis of life cycle assessment (LCA)3. Method: state of the art of LCA of building materials and component combinations (BMCC) versus LCA of the whole process of the construction (WPC) 3.1. Building material and component combinations (BMCC)3.2. Whole process of the construction (WPC) 3.2.1. LCA f

10、or dwellings3.2.2. LCA for commercial constructions3.2.3. LCA for civil engineering constructions4. Evaluation of the scenarios analysis5. Discussion of perceived advantages and limitations of LCA6. SMEs: methodologies applied within the construction industry and perspectives in developing countries

11、7. Outlook and challenges for ongoing research in LCA8. ConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferencesThis paper presents an account of a range of grammatical constructions formed by the Chinese copula shi be, such as predicative, emphatic and elliptical constructions. It is argued that (i) the fact that the

12、 interpretation of a copular clause may vary according to the post- or pre-shi expression indicates that the copular morpheme is crucially dependent on the local linguistic context for its meaning; (ii) the copular morpheme, which is historically a demonstrative pronoun meaning this, is employed as

13、an anaphoric expression with underspecified content, precisely a predicate pro-form. Within the framework of Dynamic Syntax (Kempson et al., 2001 and Cann et al., 2005), shi is analyzed uniformly as projecting a metavariable whose actual value is derived pragmatically from the context in which the c

14、opular clause is uttered, precisely through inference over the properties of the copulas associate. It is thus shown that syntactic and pragmatic processes interact to determine the different readings of the copular constructions. The dynamic analysis proposed not only provides a formal characteriza

15、tion of a range of copular constructions without any stipulations, but a straightforward explanation of their communicative functions, in particular the affirmative function of the emphatic construction.results 101 - 125 Font Size: = Full-text available = Abstract onlySearch within resultsRefine res

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