Outputs (24)

Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction (2023)
Book Chapter

Reducing occupational safety and health (OSH) incidents has been an area of significant importance to the construction industry. The industry remains one of the most dangerous, with significant occupational fatalities and injuries. Artificial intelli... Read More about Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction.

Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach (2023)
Book Chapter

The design and development of Industry 4.0 applications requires focused research work and close collaboration with the industry. Such an approach requires a balance between technical work and social interactions with industry partners: a social cons... Read More about Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach.

The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being (2023)
Book Chapter

Globally, the construction sector accounts for more than100,000 occupational fatalities annually. There is an urgent need to improve the poor occupational safety, health and well-being (OSHW) outlook of the construction sector. The advent of the four... Read More about The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being.

Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction (2023)
Book Chapter

The construction industry is a high-risk industry due to its poor record of injuries and deaths globally. Recently, exoskeletons, as part of a suite of Industry 4.0 technologies, have emerged as a potential effective technological approach for addres... Read More about Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction.

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?.

Bamboo construction inspired by vernacular techniques for reducing carbon footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (2023)
Journal Article

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 internet of things enabled system for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance of railway infrastructure (2023)
Thesis

The railway industry plays a pivotal role in the socioeconomic landscape of many countries. However, its operation poses considerable challenges in terms of safety, environmental impact, and the intricacies of intertwined technical and social structu... Read More about An internet of things enabled system for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance of railway infrastructure.

An interactive agent-based modelling framework for assessing COVID-19 transmission risk on construction site (2023)
Journal Article

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

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

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.

Factors influencing DfS adoption: The case of Malaysian construction organisations (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health in Construction Industry (Management) (OSHCIM) guidelines in 2017, little is known about the factors contributing to Design for Safety (DfS) adoption in the Malaysian construction industr... Read More about Factors influencing DfS adoption: The case of Malaysian construction organisations.

OSHCIM: A study on Malaysian occupational safety and health regulatory capabilities readiness in the design phase (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Continuous accidents and fatalities in construction projects have increased scholarly interest in addressing safety and health during the design phase. In Malaysia, the introduction of the Occupational Safety and Health in the Construction Industry (... Read More about OSHCIM: A study on Malaysian occupational safety and health regulatory capabilities readiness in the design phase.

Expert verification of information requirements for integrating building information modelling with operation and maintenance (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the successful project delivery for BIM in facilities management, limited investigations have focused on BIM and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) integration. Although this phase accounts for approximately 60% of total life cycle costs, making... Read More about Expert verification of information requirements for integrating building information modelling with operation and maintenance.

Development of a framework integrating agent-based modelling, building information modelling and immersive technologies for construction training and education (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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?.

Automated code compliance checking through building information modelling (2023)
Journal Article

The design, construction and handing over of building projects need to comply with the rules set by the local authorities. However, manual assessment of the drawings and plans against variable and complex sets of rules is quite cumbersome, inconsiste... Read More about Automated code compliance checking through building information modelling.

An inquiry into the health and safety management practices of construction firms in South Korea (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management practices of construction companies in South Korea to ascertain specific components and practices that need improvement for successful OSH performance. Design... Read More about An inquiry into the health and safety management practices of construction firms in South Korea.

Computer vision and IoT research landscape for health and safety management on construction sites (2023)
Journal Article

Aims: Perform a systematic review of current literature to evaluate and summarise the health and safety hazards on construction sites. Methods: Science Direct, SCOPUS and web of science databases were searched for research articles published from 201... Read More about Computer vision and IoT research landscape for health and safety management on construction sites.

Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era (2023)
Book

This Handbook seeks to examine and advance current understanding of the confluence of construction health, safety and well-being and the broad range of Industry 4.0 technologies in use in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.... Read More about Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era.

A systematic review of Internet of Things applications in construction occupational safety and health management (2023)
Book Chapter

The construction industry has a poor reputation for being a high-risk industry due to its poor record of occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths globally. In recent times, the Internet of Things (IoT) as part of a suite of Industry 4.0 technolog... Read More about A systematic review of Internet of Things applications in construction occupational safety and health management.