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Teaching real estate valuation – AI for report writing (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Real estate businesses seek graduates not just with strong foundations so they can hit the ground running but increasingly more importantly with communication and reporting skills. Valuation, on top of technical skills, requires life skills such as a... Read More about Teaching real estate valuation – AI for report writing.

Embodied carbon disclosures by UK-listed real estate investors (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The built environment is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Real estate investors are at the forefront of emission reduction. Investors have come under increasing pressure from stakeholders to accurately disclose their greenhouse gas em... Read More about Embodied carbon disclosures by UK-listed real estate investors.

Capital structure and resilience – The case of the UK residential real estate developers (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite several attempts, the UK’s residential development market is in a persistent crisis characterised by undersupply for housing and rising house prices. Market consolidation over the past two decades has reduced competition, reinforced market en... Read More about Capital structure and resilience – The case of the UK residential real estate developers.

Investigation of the properties of fly ash and slag-based geopolymer concrete containing waste glass aggregates (2025)
Journal Article

This paper evaluates the geopolymer concrete produced using industrial waste and waste glass obtained by crushing glass materials. Geopolymer concrete mixtures were prepared with a water-to-binder ratio of 0.35 and an alkali activator solution to bin... Read More about Investigation of the properties of fly ash and slag-based geopolymer concrete containing waste glass aggregates.

Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application (2025)
Book Chapter

The current technological revolution is rapid and a disruptive catalyst to existing ways of doing business in every aspect of human endeavour. One of the most recent technologies gaining attention is the metaverse, which offers computer-generated s... Read More about Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application.

Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning (2025)
Book Chapter

Over 50% of onsite hazards remain unrecognized, primarily due to poor hazard perception and attention deficits. Eye-tracking can help in understanding human visual attention and cognitive response, but its application in construction has been restric... Read More about Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning.

Navigating urban futures: Crafting an experimental framework for eye-tracking integrated virtual reality in co-creative planning (2025)
Book Chapter

Wheelchair users (WCUs) often face unnecessary risks and socio-economic exclusion due to inadequate urban infrastructure. In this context, adopting participatory design (PD) in urban infrastructure planning proffers socially inclusive urban developme... Read More about Navigating urban futures: Crafting an experimental framework for eye-tracking integrated virtual reality in co-creative planning.

Automated urban buses: An application of autonomous vehicle technology on route to sustainable development? (2025)
Journal Article

Automation is strongly promoted in the road transport sector as a technology with economic development and transport efficiency potential, but evidence about the actual outcomes of road sector automation is limited and contradictory. It is proposed t... Read More about Automated urban buses: An application of autonomous vehicle technology on route to sustainable development?.

General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach (2025)
Book Chapter

Earthship homes are exceptionally sustainable forms of housing, designed as passive solar homes with an emphasis on waste minimisation, water conservation, and energy efficiency. This chapter aims to elicit the perceptions of Earthship homes among in... Read More about General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach.

Visioning for transport practitioners (2025)
Journal Article

With increasing transport sector interest in vision-led rather than forecast-led planning, there is a growing need to think about what a good vision looks like, how a vision can be created, who should be involved in creating a vision, and, ultimately... Read More about Visioning for transport practitioners.

Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK (2025)
Book Chapter

The use of digitalization to advance sustainability is a path the construction industry is eager to take. earthships as the summit of sustainable housing solutions are facing the challenge of low awareness. To overcome this challenge, this study expl... Read More about Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK.

Revitalising brownfields: A just transition to clean energy and energy equity (2025)
Journal Article

Energy poverty, affecting millions in the UK, exacerbates social and economic inequality by limiting access to affordable, sustainable energy. This issue is intensified by rising energy costs, inefficient housing and broader systemic injustices. At t... Read More about Revitalising brownfields: A just transition to clean energy and energy equity.

A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry (2025)
Book Chapter

Construction is a dangerous industry to work in, owing to its poor occupational safety and health (OSH) record worldwide. Training and education have, however, been identified in the literature as one of the important means to addressing the poor OSH... Read More about A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry.

Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation (2025)
Book Chapter

Urban risk analysis traditionally relies on 2D maps and models, which, while effective for static risk mapping, lack the ability to realistically simulate dynamic emergency scenarios. The investigation presented in this chapter explores the integrati... Read More about Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation.

Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training (2025)
Book Chapter

Infrastructure projects, particularly tunnel construction, demand meticulous safety measures due to the complexities involved and the significant risks posed by heavy machinery operations. Despite relying on traditional safety drills and standardized... Read More about Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training.

Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering and construction a handbook (2025)
Book

This edited book addresses a gap in literature by advancing current understandings of the applications of immersive technology within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector.

Globally, the architecture, engineering and constru... Read More about Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering and construction a handbook.

Regenerative edges: Collectively diagramming regenerative potential in our HEI systems (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This workshop invited participants to explore how people create and hold the space for place-rooted regenerative practices and collaborations in Higher Education Institutions. Through collective diagramming, it aimed to discover different approaches... Read More about Regenerative edges: Collectively diagramming regenerative potential in our HEI systems.

“I definitely choose routes actively, that will take me through nature” The role of nature in cycling decision-making (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Much research has attempted to better understand cyclists’ motivations and decision-making in order to achieve higher rates of cycling for transport and exercise. The role of the cycling environment is often acknowledged, but the built environment ha... Read More about “I definitely choose routes actively, that will take me through nature” The role of nature in cycling decision-making.

E-cargo cycles: Understanding consumer and operator perspectives on sustainable last mile delivery (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

E-cargo cycling has become popular as a sustainable mode for last mile deliveries in many cities in the UK and internationally. Despite the benefits of e-cargo deliveries (e.g., reduced emissions, efficiency in congested areas, lower maintenance cost... Read More about E-cargo cycles: Understanding consumer and operator perspectives on sustainable last mile delivery.

E-cargo cycles: Understanding consumer and operator perspectives on sustainable last mile delivery (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

E-cargo cycling has become popular as a sustainable mode for last mile deliveries in many cities in the UK and internationally. Despite the benefits of e-cargo deliveries (e.g., reduced emissions, efficiency in congested areas, lower maintenance cost... Read More about E-cargo cycles: Understanding consumer and operator perspectives on sustainable last mile delivery.