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?.

Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (2023)
Journal Article
Rincón, C. E., Montoya, J. A., & Archila, H. F. (2023). Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Sustainability, 15(24), Article 16893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416893

Whilst upcoming innovations on digital technology and renewable energy can have a significant impact on the reduction of operational carbon emissions in the construction industry, readily available fast-growing building materials like bamboo are alre... Read More about Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site (2023)
Journal Article
Qiao, Q., Cheung, C., Yunusa-Kaltungo, A., Manu, P., Cao, R., & Yuan, Z. (2023). An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site. Safety Science, 168, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106312

The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted the world and society in its entirety. The labour-intensive construction industry is especially disrupted by COVID-19 and construction workers have a higher chance of exposure to COVID-19. Despite the extensivene... Read More about An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site.

Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach (2023)
Journal Article
Singh, A. K., Kumar, V. P., Dehdasht, G., Mohandes, S. R., Manu, P., & Pour Rahimian, F. (2023). Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 196, Article 122849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122849

This study aims to investigate the barriers to the adoption of Blockchain Technology (BT) within the field of Construction Supply Chain Management (CSCM) by unravelling their interrelationships. In doing so, a Pythagorean fuzzy-set-based DEMATEL meth... Read More about Investigating barriers to blockchain adoption in construction supply chain management: A fuzzy-based MCDM approach.

A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Adanza Dopazo, D., Mahdjoubi, L., & Gething, B. (2023). A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis. Buildings, 13(9), Article 2286. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092286

Context: Despite the effort put into developing standards for structuring construction costs and the strong interest in the field, most construction companies still perform the process of data gathering and processing manually. This provokes inconsis... Read More about A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis.

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.

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.