Mohammed Ali Berawi

Quality revolution: leading the innovation and competitive advantages

Knowledge management (KM) addresses the critical issues of organizational adaptation, survival and competence in a rapidly evolving environment. KM embodies organizational processes that seek a synergistic combination of the data and information processing capabilities of information and communication technologies (ICT), and the creative and innovative capacity of human beings to improve ICT. In that role, knowledge management has the capacity to improve quality management and avoid or minimize losses and weaknesses that result from poor performance as well as increase the competitive level of the company and inability to maximize its survival potential in the global marketplace. To achieve quality, all parties including the clients, company consultants, contractors, entrepreneurs, suppliers, and governing bodies (i.e. all involved stakeholders) must encourage collaboration and commitment to quality. Design‐based organizations have to be quality driven to support healthy growth in todays competitive market. In the march towards globalization (i.e. the one world community) as well as local industries comprising many companies, their design‐based organizations need to have superior quality management and knowledge management capabilities to anticipate changes. Intelligence and knowledge is a form of strategic capital, which can be cultivated, created, stored, managed, retrieved and measured to give competitive advantage. To anticipate the needs of the marketplace, a new system that is called quality value model (QVM) is proposed. QVM is a combination of communication and information technologies (ICT) as well as creative and innovative capabilities of human beings to meet challenges and to develop high‐quality products. Quality is a reflection of the properties in a product that customers use to value and evaluate its economic worth. Furthermore, the mathematical technique within QVM calculates input‐factor changes within the product. This enables companies to be more responsive and aids prediction in respect to change and the management of decision uncertainty.

Premium cost optimization of operational and maintenance of green building in Indonesia using life cycle assessment method

Building has a big impact on the environmental developments. There are three general motives in building, namely the economy, society, and environment. Total completed building construction in Indonesia increased by 116% during 2009 to 2011. It made the energy consumption increased by 11% within the last three years. In fact, 70% of energy consumption is used for electricity needs on commercial buildings which leads to an increase of greenhouse gas emissions by 25%. Green Building cycle costs is known as highly building upfront cost in Indonesia. The purpose of optimization in this research improves building performance with some of green concept alternatives. Research methodology is mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches through questionnaire surveys and case study. Assessing the successful of optimization functions in the existing green building is based on the operational and maintenance phase with the Life Cycle Assessment Method. Choosing optimization results were based on the largest efficiency of building life cycle and the most effective cost to refund.Building has a big impact on the environmental developments. There are three general motives in building, namely the economy, society, and environment. Total completed building construction in Indonesia increased by 116% during 2009 to 2011. It made the energy consumption increased by 11% within the last three years. In fact, 70% of energy consumption is used for electricity needs on commercial buildings which leads to an increase of greenhouse gas emissions by 25%. Green Building cycle costs is known as highly building upfront cost in Indonesia. The purpose of optimization in this research improves building performance with some of green concept alternatives. Research methodology is mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches through questionnaire surveys and case study. Assessing the successful of optimization functions in the existing green building is based on the operational and maintenance phase with the Life Cycle Assessment Method. Choosing optimization results were based on the larges...

Evaluation of green building rating tools based on existing green building achievement in Indonesia using Life Cycle Assessment Method

Total completed building construction value in Indonesia increased 116% during 2009 to 2011. That’s followed by increasing 11% energy consumption in Indonesia in the last three years with 70% energy met to the electricity needs of commercial building. In addition, a few application of green building concept in Indonesia made the greenhouse gas emissions or CO2 amount increased by 25%. Construction, operation, and maintain of building cost consider relatively high. The evaluation in this research is used to improve the building performance with some of green concept alternatives. The research methodology is conducted by combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches through interview and case study. Assessing the successful of optimization functions in the existing green building is based on the operational and maintenance phase with the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method. The result of optimization that is the largest efficiency and effective of building life cycle.

Evaluating port cities development using life cycle cost approach

The concept of port city has been proposed as one of the solutions to increase regional economic development and to improve regional competitiveness. However, further evaluation shall be conducted regarding the financial and economical approach to implement such a concept in construction stage. This research aimed at evaluating the concept by considering the operation and maintenance cost and by taking into account Dumai Port as the case study. A combination of the qualitative and quantitative method is performed through desk study, in-depth interview and life-cycle cost approach. The result shows that the concept may include terminal area, processing industry, residential and supporting infrastructure. The operation is divided into three stages in 2023, 2025 and 2027. In the first stage, 320.64 billion rupiahs is required. It is followed up by 582.42 billion rupiahs for the second stage and 898.80 billion rupiahs for the third stage. Port development has the lowest trend of operation and maintenance cost, about 6% between operational periods, while the rest shows a doubled increase of O&M cost in operational stage.The concept of port city has been proposed as one of the solutions to increase regional economic development and to improve regional competitiveness. However, further evaluation shall be conducted regarding the financial and economical approach to implement such a concept in construction stage. This research aimed at evaluating the concept by considering the operation and maintenance cost and by taking into account Dumai Port as the case study. A combination of the qualitative and quantitative method is performed through desk study, in-depth interview and life-cycle cost approach. The result shows that the concept may include terminal area, processing industry, residential and supporting infrastructure. The operation is divided into three stages in 2023, 2025 and 2027. In the first stage, 320.64 billion rupiahs is required. It is followed up by 582.42 billion rupiahs for the second stage and 898.80 billion rupiahs for the third stage. Port development has the lowest trend of operation and maintenance cost...

Improving toll road feasibility: Route development and cost estimation

Infrastructure is a significant element in an effort to improve nation’s competitiveness at the global scale. As a developing country, Indonesia currently attempts to improve the quality and expand the quantity of its infrastructure by initiating mega project infrastructure, e.g. Trans–Sumatera Toll Road. The project located in the western part of Indonesia, in Sumatera Island. It connects Lampung province to Aceh province for about 2,788 km. Although the project will substantially increase the economic activities of people, the amount of investment is relatively huge. It requires approximately 340 trillion rupiahs or equal to US

Near Zero Energy House (NZEH) Design Optimization to Improve Life Cycle Cost Performance Using Genetic Algorithm

24.29 billion only for the construction. Thus, route planning in the initial stage shall be comprehensively investigated to produce higher benefits over cost. The purpose of this research is to develop alternative route planning for Trans–Sumatera Toll Road by taking into account the southern part of Sumatera as the case study. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were to achieve project objectives through in-depth interview and financial analysis. This findings show that the southern part of Sumatera has potential contribution to the regional economic activities and national growth. The result also generates potential featured sectors for each province such as mining and quarrying, agriculture, fishery, and so on. Initial cost for the alternative route in the southern part of Sumatera is estimated about 120.85 trillion rupiahs or equal to US

Improving building performance using smart building concept: Benefit cost ratio comparison

8.95 billion.Infrastructure is a significant element in an effort to improve nation’s competitiveness at the global scale. As a developing country, Indonesia currently attempts to improve the quality and expand the quantity of its infrastructure by initiating mega project infrastructure, e.g. Trans–Sumatera Toll Road. The project located in the western part of Indonesia, in Sumatera Island. It connects Lampung province to Aceh province for about 2,788 km. Although the project will substantially increase the economic activities of people, the amount of investment is relatively huge. It requires approximately 340 trillion rupiahs or equal to US

Modeling track access charge to enhance railway industry performance

24.29 billion only for the construction. Thus, route planning in the initial stage shall be comprehensively investigated to produce higher benefits over cost. The purpose of this research is to develop alternative route planning for Trans–Sumatera Toll Road by taking into account the southern part of Sumatera as the case study. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were to ach...

Construction Performance Optimization toward Green Building Premium Cost Based on Greenship Rating Tools Assessment with Value Engineering Method

Near Zero Energy House (NZEH) is a housing building that provides energy efficiency by using renewable energy technologies and passive house design. Currently, the costs for NZEH are quite expensive due to the high costs of the equipment and materials for solar panel, insulation, fenestration and other renewable energy technology. Therefore, a study to obtain the optimum design of a NZEH is necessary. The aim of the optimum design is achieving an economical life cycle cost performance of the NZEH. One of the optimization methods that could be utilized is Genetic Algorithm. It provides the method to obtain the optimum design based on the combinations of NZEH variable designs. This paper discusses the study to identify the optimum design of a NZEH that provides an optimum life cycle cost performance using Genetic Algorithm. In this study, an experiment through extensive design simulations of a one-level house model was conducted. As a result, the study provide the optimum design from combinations of NZEH variable designs, which are building orientation, window to wall ratio, and glazing types that would maximize the energy generated by photovoltaic panel. Hence, the design would support an optimum life cycle cost performance of the house.

Fostering Partnership and Strategic Alliances in Sustainable Infrastructure Development

Smart building concept is an implementation of technology developed in the construction industry throughout the world. However, the implementation of this concept is still below expectations due to various obstacles such as higher initial cost than a conventional concept and existing regulation siding with the lowest cost in the tender process. This research aims to develop intelligent building concept using value engineering approach to obtain added value regarding quality, efficiency, and innovation. The research combined quantitative and qualitative approach using questionnaire survey and value engineering method to achieve the research objectives. The research output will show additional functions regarding technology innovation that may increase the value of a building. This study shows that smart building concept requires higher initial cost, but produces lower operational and maintenance costs. Furthermore, it also confirms that benefit-cost ratio on the smart building was much higher than a conventional building, that is 1.99 to 0.88.Smart building concept is an implementation of technology developed in the construction industry throughout the world. However, the implementation of this concept is still below expectations due to various obstacles such as higher initial cost than a conventional concept and existing regulation siding with the lowest cost in the tender process. This research aims to develop intelligent building concept using value engineering approach to obtain added value regarding quality, efficiency, and innovation. The research combined quantitative and qualitative approach using questionnaire survey and value engineering method to achieve the research objectives. The research output will show additional functions regarding technology innovation that may increase the value of a building. This study shows that smart building concept requires higher initial cost, but produces lower operational and maintenance costs. Furthermore, it also confirms that benefit-cost ratio on the smart building was much higher than a conven...