Outputs (85)

Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection (2017)
Journal Article
Mahamadu, A. M., Mahdjoubi, L., & Booth, C. (2017). Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 13(5), 326-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2017.1296812

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite emerging research on Building Information Modelling (BIM) capability, there remain no studies that specifically look at criteria for the pre-qualification and selection of constr... Read More about Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection.

Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Gooding, A., & Booth, C. (2017). Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry. In C. Brebbia, J. Longhurst, E. Marco, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Development and Planning IX. WIT Press

This study explores the uptake and growth of Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AAD) within the UK water industry to reveal the drivers and challenges the water companies are facing towards aiding the UK Government to reach its renewable energy targets. A... Read More about Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry.

Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage (2016)
Book Chapter
Lamond, J. (2016). Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage. In S. Charlesworth, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management (235-243). London: Wiley-Blackwells

This chapter explored relevant literature and touched on a variety of tools that can contribute to the estimation of the costs of implementing and maintaining SuDS, and the evaluation of flood damage reduction, stormwater management and other benefit... Read More about Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage.

Sustainable surface water management: A handbook for SuDS (2016)
Book
Charlesworth, S. M., & Booth, C. A. (2016). Sustainable surface water management: A handbook for SuDS. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb

This book emphasises the SuDS philosophy and elaborates the sustainable surface water management agenda with a wealth of insights that are brought together through the experts who have contributed. By integrating physical and environmental sciences,... Read More about Sustainable surface water management: A handbook for SuDS.

Cement stabilisation of crude-oil-contaminated soil (2016)
Journal Article
Akinwumi, I. I., Booth, C. A., Diwa, D., & Mills, P. (2016). Cement stabilisation of crude-oil-contaminated soil. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, 169(4), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.15.00108

© 2016, Thomas Telford Services Ltd. All rights reserved. Crude-oil-contaminated soils are usually considered unsuitable construction materials for earthworks. This paper presents an experimental investigation of the effects of applying Portland ceme... Read More about Cement stabilisation of crude-oil-contaminated soil.

Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry (2016)
Journal Article
Owolana, V. O., & Booth, C. A. (2016). Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 24(2), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2015.1127251

© 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.

Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding (2016)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, S., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2016). Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding. In S. Charlesworth, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable surface water management (245-258). London: Wiley-Blackwells

Green roof retrofit is seen to be to be an important part of climate adaptation strategies for CBDs generally and in Melbourne in particular. Retrofit of perrmeable paving is also an important SUDs approach within crowded CBDs. The potential for miti... Read More about Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding.

Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices (2016)
Book Chapter
Everett, G. (2016). Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices. In C. Booth, & S. Charlesworth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management: A Handbook for SuDS (285-298). Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley

This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many people are ave... Read More about Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices.

Supplier BIM competence assessments within the cloud: A proposed fuzzy-TOPSIS approach (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., & Booth, C. (2015, September). Supplier BIM competence assessments within the cloud: A proposed fuzzy-TOPSIS approach. Paper presented at BIM 2015 Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Building information modelling (BIM) is regarded as a technological solution for construction supply chain (SC) integration through centralised digital communications. A number of approaches have been proposed for the evaluation of a firm’s capabilit... Read More about Supplier BIM competence assessments within the cloud: A proposed fuzzy-TOPSIS approach.

Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana (2015)
Journal Article
Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, C., & Fewings, P. (2015). Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 20(1), 1-24

Poor quality, safety and environmental (QSE) performance within Ghana's road sector has been cited as a major challenge in the procurement of infrastructure. This study evaluates the applicability and level of integrated consideration of QSE in the d... Read More about Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana.