Dr. Tariq Umar's Outputs (15)

Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing (2024)
Book

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management s... Read More about Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing.

Navigating design for safety education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers (2024)
Book Chapter

In this study, a framework of the barriers to design for safety (DfS) education and training diffusion in architecture engineering and construction has been developed using the literature review, and some improvement strategies are outlined This stem... Read More about Navigating design for safety education: A framework of diffusion and implementation barriers.

Solar-integrated biogas reactor for efficient kitchen waste conversion to biogas (2024)
Journal Article

This study aimed to improve biogas production by co-digesting kitchen waste and animal manure in a solar-integrated biogas reactor. The panel then heated the substrate mixture to the right temperature for the reactor after turning solar energy into e... Read More about Solar-integrated biogas reactor for efficient kitchen waste conversion to biogas.

Revamping occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in Pakistan (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Construction is regarded as the most hazardous industrial sector due to its nature and physical demanding activities. Construction workers in developing countries are 3~4 times more likely to die from accidents on-site compared to workers in other in... Read More about Revamping occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in Pakistan.

Barriers to achieving satisfactory dropped objects safety performance in the UK construction sector (2024)
Journal Article

In 1980 a deadly explosion occurred at a nuclear missile base precipitated by a dropped object. The potential for major catastrophe, an industry call to action and a research gap forms the rationale for this research into dropped objects. The aim of... Read More about Barriers to achieving satisfactory dropped objects safety performance in the UK construction sector.

How engineering and technology sectors are derailed by legislations: A case study of Pakistan (2024)
Journal Article

The engineering profession play a vital role in the socio-economic development of societies and contribute to the GDP of countries. This role, however, can be derailed by legislations that regulate such profession. This paper investigates the impacts... Read More about How engineering and technology sectors are derailed by legislations: A case study of Pakistan.

Impact of corruption on achieving sustainable development goals within Africas construction industry (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Corruption is prevalent across the construction industry in developing countries. This is due to converging factors such as (a) the sector’s requirement for substantial capital investment, (b) government involvement, (c) time pressures to deliver new... Read More about Impact of corruption on achieving sustainable development goals within Africas construction industry.

Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
This research paper explores the transformative potential of Industry 5.0 for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within corporate settings. This study aims to elucidate the role of Industry 5.0 and its related technologies in... Read More about Literature review: Industry 5.0. Leveraging technologies for environmental, social and governance advancement in corporate settings.

Innovative methods to improve the seismic performance of precast segmental and hybrid bridge columns under cyclic loading (2024)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the seismic performance of prefabricated segmental bridge columns (PSBCs) with hybrid post-tensioned tendons and energy dissipation (ED) bars under cyclic loading. PSBCs with unbonded and hybrid bonded prestressed tendons and... Read More about Innovative methods to improve the seismic performance of precast segmental and hybrid bridge columns under cyclic loading.

The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges (2024)
Book Chapter

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda (NUA), and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), are the global frameworks and policies that are now in use in relation to disaster risk... Read More about The role of the built environment in addressing the global challenges.

Investigation of the displacement-based seismic performance of geogrid earth-retaining walls using three-dimensional finite element modeling (2024)
Journal Article

This study evaluates the earthquake-induced movement of geogrid earth-retaining (GER) walls. A thorough investigation was conducted on a GER wall model, utilizing a comprehensive finite element (FE) analysis. This research focuses on investigating an... Read More about Investigation of the displacement-based seismic performance of geogrid earth-retaining walls using three-dimensional finite element modeling.

Constructing for the future: Can the duty of good faith improve payment in the UK construction industry? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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?.

The implementations of smart monitoring on construction sites – A literature review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Considering carbon as another criterion on deciding the optimum material mix (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Embodied carbon (EC) of a building is directly proportional to its used materials and their quantities. Therefore, material selection is a crucial juncture of a building development that cannot be disregarded in attempting to reduce the EC share of w... Read More about Considering carbon as another criterion on deciding the optimum material mix.