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Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Maduka, N., Greenwood, D., & Udeaja, C. (2024). Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction. In C. Egbu (Ed.), Proceedings of International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) international conference. Going north for sustainability: Leveraging knowledge and innovation for sustainable construction and development

Low energy building retrofit presents important opportunities for reducing of greenhouse gas emissions in the environment. It has been considered as one of the key approaches to achieving sustainable development in construction industry. Nevertheless... Read More about Exploring knowledge management principles for decision-making in low-energy building for sustainable construction.

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?.

Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Babalola, A., Cheung, C., Manu, P., & Yunusa-Kaltungo, A. (2023). Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education. In CIBW099W123: Digital Transformation of Health and Safety in Construction: Book of Proceedings (471-480). https://doi.org/10.24840/978-972-752-309-2

Effective construction management plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful execution and completion of construction projects. However, the construction industry continues to face numerous challenges, such as time delays and cost overruns, whic... Read More about Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education.

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?.

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.

Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health management in the construction industry: A systematic review (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Babalola, A., Manu, P., Cheung, C., Yunusa-Kaltungo, A., Da Silva Bartolo, P. J., Gao, S., & Perera, S. (2022). Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health management in the construction industry: A systematic review.

The construction industry contributes significantly to workplace fatalities and injuries despite multiple interventions implemented by governments and construction companies. Recently, immersive technologies as part of a suite of industry 4.0 technol... Read More about Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health management in the construction industry: A systematic review.

Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Silverio Rodriguez, A. K., Suresh, S., Heesom, D., & Renukappa, S. (2017). Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study. In G. Aouad, A. Al‐Hajj, & C. Egbu (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Futures: International Conference on Sustainable Futures ICSF 2017 Kingdom of Bahrain (421)

Building Information Management (BIM) education is par excellence the best solution to overcome the lack of BIM knowledge and BIM skilled professionals that affect the implementation of BIM in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) indu... Read More about Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study.

Implementing sustainable construction principles and practices by key stakeholders (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Maduka, N., Greenwood, D., Osborne, A., & Udeaja, C. (2016). Implementing sustainable construction principles and practices by key stakeholders. In Proceedings of the 2016 Modular and Offsite Construction (MOC) Summit (115-122). https://doi.org/10.29173/mocs15

The term ‘sustainable construction’ is used to highlight the responsibility of the construction industry in attaining sustainable development (SD). With the increasing necessity for resource efficiency and climate change adaptation, there is a need f... Read More about Implementing sustainable construction principles and practices by key stakeholders.

Managing project knowledge in delivering sustainable retrofitted buildings: A decision support framework (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Maduka, N., Greenwood, D., & Udeaja, C. (2015). Managing project knowledge in delivering sustainable retrofitted buildings: A decision support framework. In 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2015 Proceedings (791-804)

This paper highlights the significance of knowledge management in construction activities, focusing particularly in the case of sustainable retrofitted building projects. It has been acknowledged that the industry has a poor attitude to project learn... Read More about Managing project knowledge in delivering sustainable retrofitted buildings: A decision support framework.

The use of exploratory research in addressing knowledge issues in delivering sustainable retrofitted building projects (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Maduka, N., Greenwood, D., & Udeaja, C. (in press). The use of exploratory research in addressing knowledge issues in delivering sustainable retrofitted building projects. In PROCEEDINGS OF ARCOM Doctoral Workshop Research Methodology (13-22)

This paper describes a proposed strategy of exploring the role of knowledge management (KM) in delivering retrofitted building projects. This is based on an on-going PhD project whose primary objective is to develop a decision support system (DSS) fo... Read More about The use of exploratory research in addressing knowledge issues in delivering sustainable retrofitted building projects.