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Building condition assessment: a performance evaluation tool towards sustainable asset management

Author: Abbott, GR ; McDuling, JJ ; Parsons, SA ; Schoeman, JC Date: May 2007 This paper proposes a condition assessment system and process with examples of value addition towards sustainable construction. Most condition assessments are mere snapshots in time that end up gathering dust on a shelf because the value of ... Read more
Health: looking after the Nation's health

Author: Abbott, GR ; De Jager, Peta ; Gasa, N Date: Nov 2008 Health infrastructure is essential to the successful delivery of health services. With a normal planned lifespan of over 50 years, such capital investment endures for extended periods and major changes in the estate take a long time to achieve. ... Read more
Hospital design to accommodate multi- and extensively drug-resistant TB patients

Author: Parsons, SA ; Hussey, R ; Abbott, GR ; De Jager, Peta Date: Oct 2008 This paper provides an overview of hospital design solutions to accommodate M(X)DR-TB patients and methodologies adopted to fast track the provision of much needed beds in the various high burden provinces in South Africa Read more
Integration of IAM and GIS technologies to support decision making in the planning and procurement of physical infrastructure for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

Author: Abbott, GR ; Parsons, SA ; Maritz, Johan ; Badenhorst, W ; De Jager, Peta Date: Oct 2008 While positive progress was being made in the latter half of last century in the treatment of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) epidemic across the world, the emergence of new drug resistant forms – multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and ... Read more
MDR and XDR-TB: Revolutionising our approach to facility design for long-term care facilities improved infrastructure and services for South Africa

Author: Parsons, SA ; Abbott, GR ; De Jager, Peta Date: Nov 2008 South Africa has a high and increasing burden of tuberculosis, both drug-susceptible and drug resistant strains. In 2005 at the WHO-AFRO Regional Committee meeting held in Maputo, 46 Ministers of Health unanimously declared TB an emergency ... Read more
A new generation of healthcare buildings in South Africa: complexities and opportunities for greening

Author: De Jager, Peta ; Abbott, GR Date: Jul 2012 The hospital building type is widely recognised to have complex design and engineering requirements. It might be argued that the unique functional constraints and operational demands placed upon the hospital building may trump greening ... Read more
Service life and sustainable design methods: a case study

Author: Mc Duling, J ; Abbott, GR Date: May 2008 The design life of hospitals normally varies between 50 to 60 years. This paper presents a case study of a major academic hospital that reached the end of its service life only 30 years after commissioning due to a combination of unsustainable ... Read more
Towards appropriate design solutions for drug-resistant TB facilities in SA

Author: Parsons, SA ; Abbott, GR ; Conradie, Dirk CU ; De Jager, Peta ; Bole, Sheldon ; Motsatsi, L Date: Jul 2010 South Africa has a high and increasing burden of both drugs-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis. This disease has been declared an emergency in Africa. South Africa has committed itself to addressing this national crises by designing ... Read more

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