Outputs (119)

Construction law: From beginner to practitioner (2016)
Book

An introduction to construction law suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate study.

Ebenezer Gate Pocket Park (2016)
Digital Artefact

The Hands-on-Bristol collective worked with local residents, community groups artists, architects and makers to co-create a community run pocket park. The research aim underpinning the project was to use action-based design-research processes to expl... Read More about Ebenezer Gate Pocket Park.

Improving safety performance in construction organizations (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Data from a number of industrialized countries show that construction workers are 3 to 4 times more likely than other workers to die from accidents at work. In the developing world, the risks associated with construction work are 3 to 6 times greater... Read More about Improving safety performance in construction organizations.

Lean Principles for the Management of Construction Submittals and RFIs (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. Office-related processes in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry represent a parallel system that works to support activities performed by those in the field, however, researchers... Read More about Lean Principles for the Management of Construction Submittals and RFIs.

Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research resides Passivhaus concept under the framework of adaptive comfort, reviews two case studies of social housing Passivhaus communities in Scotland, and explores the occupants’ lived experience and their perception of comfort in Passivhau... Read More about Barriers and opportunities in the design and delivery of social housing Passivhaus for adaptive comfort.

Financing infrastructure development: Time to unshackle the bonds? (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the merits of using projects bonds to finance infrastructure investment projects and considers the pricing of such bonds and the level of risk premium demand... Read More about Financing infrastructure development: Time to unshackle the bonds?.

Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. This study investigates stakeholder opinions of the major benefits and barriers of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) to the Nigerian construction industry, and the perceived issues to E... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry.

Sustainable drainage systems: Helping people live with water (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, Thomas Telford Services Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Sustainable drainage systems or ‘Suds’ are increasingly accepted as an effective means of ‘making space for water’, adapting to possible climate change and helping communities become more floo... Read More about Sustainable drainage systems: Helping people live with water.

The living and the dead; an investigation into the status of erasure within the floor of Bath Abbey (2016)
Journal Article

The floor of Bath Abbey offers a singular test of authenticity. Nineteenth century repairs and additions caused horizontal grave markers, which comprise the majority of the Abbey’s floor, to become separated from the burial sites they were intended t... Read More about The living and the dead; an investigation into the status of erasure within the floor of Bath Abbey.

Filmic Space: Parallels between transitions in film and architecture (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the potential of bringing together filmic language and architectural language to describe the experience of moving through the complex fabric of the modern city. In particular the paper focuses on how the city might be read throug... Read More about Filmic Space: Parallels between transitions in film and architecture.