A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Nsobya, C., Moncaster, A., Potter, K., Mabon, L., & Ramsay, J. (2024). A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1363/1/012078

Flooding, an already prevalent global hazard, is predicted to worsen in frequency and intensity. Flood Risk Governance has evolved from exclusively combating flooding to now also coexisting with it, aiming to enhance resilience comprehensively and ov... Read More about A conceptual framework for understanding community resilience to flooding.

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Brooks, I., Harrison, L., Reeves, M., Simpson, M., & Wallis, R. (in press). History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

his research explores the use of History to enhance education in the field of ICT For Sustainability (ICT4S) in response to a challenge from the ICT4S 2023 conference. No previous studies were found in ICT4S but the literature on History and Educatio... Read More about History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students.

Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Nikolaidou, A., & Jorgensen, T. (in press). Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring.

In the light of an unprecedented climate emergency, there is an urgent need to reconsider the materials we use for the construction of our buildings and to explore alternative material systems that are abundant, easy to source, and exhibit increased... Read More about Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring.

Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry?. In A. Tutesigensi, & C. J. Neilson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual ARCOM Conference (14-23)

Adversarialism within the UK construction industry fosters poor payment practices. Thus, stakeholders down the supply chain consistently suffer cashflow issues which can cause insolvencies. This study consisted of a critical review of literature and... Read More about Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry?.

Unsettling in Norrland (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Carless, T. (2023). Unsettling in Norrland. In 8TH SOPHIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Book of Abstracts

Short abstract from conference proceedings of the 8th Sophia International Conference Landscapes of care, photography, film, Modern Architecture and Landscape Heritage

Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Elshanshoury, W., Lila, A., Lavaf-Pour, Y., Lamond, J., & Marco, E. (2023). Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review. In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2023: 18th Conference of IBPSA (2627 - 2634). https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2023.1382

Global warming is having a significant impact on urban living conditions and putting pressure on finite resources. The built environment, particularly in urban areas, is a major contributor to this problem, highlighting the need for sustainable urban... Read More about Urban building energy modelling and generative design - an integration for energy-optimised urban design: A systematic review.

Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Berridge, S., McEwen, L., & Chun, K. (2023). Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK.

Flood-prone places and people often face conflicting interests that hinder their ability to cope with, and adapt to, wider water security issues. To enhance capacities of these places and people, interdisciplinary researchers (UWE, Bristol) and Acta... Read More about Co-developing participatory dramabased methods to gather diverse community voices on water relationships in the riverside town of Tewkesbury, UK.

Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Aderibigbe, A., Umeokafor, N., & Umar, T. (2023). Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?. In Proceedings of the 11th World Construction Symposium (634-644). https://doi.org/10.31705/WCS.2023.52

Adversarialism is an endemic feature of the construction industry, resulting in devasting effects on productivity, cost, performance and client satisfaction within the industry. This can be explained by various factors of which adversarial ‘tradition... Read More about Is integrated project delivery sufficient to reduce adversarialism in the UK construction industry?.

Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Watts, G., & Zhao, J. (in press). Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.

The construction industry is facing numerous demands. For example, a contractor will have to ensure they achieve their cost targets and time and quality contractual obligations whilst also meeting any social value and environmental expectations. Soci... Read More about Creating social value by building extreme low carbon homes.

Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Jones, M. (2023). Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

This paper reflects on collaborative live architectural design projects between Birmingham School of Architecture and Design (BSoAD) students and social lab, CoLab Dudley in Dudley, UK. CoLab Dudley is an experimental form of social and imagination i... Read More about Next (re)generation architectural education: Disrupting design pedagogy through social lab processes.

The implications of interim payment certificate in UK: A literature review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Tawfik, A. (2023). The implications of interim payment certificate in UK: A literature review. In S. M. Ahmed, S. Azhar, A. D. Saul, K. L. Mahaffy, & R. U. Farooqui (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC 13) (440-447)

The appropriate measurement and valuation of construction works is between the crucial aspects of successful project management. This takes place following traditional surveying methods and inspection techniques, however, both clients and contractors... Read More about The implications of interim payment certificate in UK: A literature review.

The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Bozorgzadeh, A. (2023). The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review. In S. M. Ahmed, S. Azhar, A. Saul, K. Mahaffy, & R. Farooqui (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC 13) (738-748)

A critical concern with the UK’s construction project progress monitoring and control techniques is their dependency on data collection, which is time-consuming and unproductive and may lead to various circumstances in managing projects. However, col... Read More about The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review.

Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Archila, H. F., Zea-Escamilla, E., & Harries, K. (2023). Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT. In S. Amziane, I. Merta, & J. Page (Eds.), Bio-Based Building Materials (937-945). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33465-8_72

Densified lamellas of bamboo Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) were arranged orthogonally and glued together to form three- and five-layer cross laminated (XLam) panels with symmetrical compositions, which are refereed as G-XLam3 & G-XLam5, respecti... Read More about Structural analysis of cross-laminated Guadua-bamboo (G-XLam) panels using design methods for CLT.

The control of pathogens in stored rainwater using direct electrochemical activation (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Clayton, G., Fox, B., Steer, M., Thorn, R., & Reynolds, D. (2022). The control of pathogens in stored rainwater using direct electrochemical activation. In IWRA Proceedings

Purpose of study or research hypothesis: The main study aim was to control waterborne pathogens using small-scale direct electrochemical activation. Key issue(s) or problem(s) addressed: Rainwater harvesting systems enable households o... Read More about The control of pathogens in stored rainwater using direct electrochemical activation.

A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Umeokafor, N., Honnur Vali, M. S., & Zia, A. (2022). A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman. In 1755-1315 (032016). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/3/032016

This article identifies the gaps in OS&H regulations in Omani construction using a critical review and analysis of relevant literature. Four countries United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Australia (AUS), and South Africa (SA) were th... Read More about A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman.

Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Kaminski, S., Harries, K., Felipe Lopez, L., Trujillo, D., & Archila, H. (2022). Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework. . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6575090

Durability of bamboo is one of the most important aspects to consider when designing and building with this nature-based material. Durable structures with bamboo are resilient, cost-effective and have a lower whole life-cycle environmental impact. Th... Read More about Durability of whole culm bamboo: Facts, misconceptions and the new ISO 22156 framework.

An experimental investigation on strength characteristics of concrete using Wastepaper Sludge Ash (WPSA) (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Tahir, A., Umeokafor, N., Nawarathna, A., Zia, A., & Honnur Vali, M. S. (in press). An experimental investigation on strength characteristics of concrete using Wastepaper Sludge Ash (WPSA).

This study explores an experimental investigation in finding the strength characteristics of the concrete made with the addition of (WPSA) as a cementious material. The WPSA has some sort of pozzolanic properties and is high in silica, magnesium and... Read More about An experimental investigation on strength characteristics of concrete using Wastepaper Sludge Ash (WPSA).

The Design of a 3U CubeSat to Monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch following a Systems Engineering Approach (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Zaidi, Y., Greenly, C., Passmore, J., Wong, H., Chinn, S., Gray, H., & Johnson, P. (2021). The Design of a 3U CubeSat to Monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch following a Systems Engineering Approach

This paper proposes a novel application of a CubeSat to help tackle one of the most alarming calamities in the present time, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). One of six similar accumulations of garbage across the world’s oceans, the GPGP is wi... Read More about The Design of a 3U CubeSat to Monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch following a Systems Engineering Approach.

Smart municipal governance system using confluence of technologies in a developing country scenario (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Shivashankar, K., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2021). Smart municipal governance system using confluence of technologies in a developing country scenario. In ICEGOV 2021 Proceedings (535-537). https://doi.org/10.1145/3494193.3494277

Smart Municipal governance system focuses on the development of urban sustainability, infrastructure, economic improvement and providing better service for their citizens. This paper details the ongoing research on developing a model that brings toge... Read More about Smart municipal governance system using confluence of technologies in a developing country scenario.

Targeting global environmental challenges by the means of novel multimodal transport: Concept of operations (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Portapas, V., Zaidi, Y., Bakunowicz, J., Paddeu, D., Valera-Medina, A., & Didey, A. (2021). Targeting global environmental challenges by the means of novel multimodal transport: Concept of operations. In 2021 Fifth World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability (WorldS4) (101-106). https://doi.org/10.1109/WorldS451998.2021.9514048

Novel modes of transport form the basis of environmentally friendly and economically efficient transport system of the future. This paper introduces the feasibility study of a Dock to Dock (D2D) use case, combining aspects of route development and in... Read More about Targeting global environmental challenges by the means of novel multimodal transport: Concept of operations.