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Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Velasco, R., & Hudson, R. (2020). Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (254-259). https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-35

The construction industry is a major source of carbon, and the main culprit is concrete. In addition, productivity for the construction sector is poor, and concrete construction in particular is labour intensive, slow, and costly. This paper introduc... Read More about Automating concrete construction: Sustainable social housing in Colombia.

Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Costa, E., Duarte, J., & Bilén, S. G. (2020). Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation. In Proceedings of the XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (608-616). https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-84

In the scope of Industry 4.0, a framework is proposed to leverage the potential of articulating Augmented Reality and Robotic Manufacturing in the construction industry. The objective of such framework is to enable robots to learn how to perform task... Read More about Robotic apprentices: Leveraging augmented reality for robot training in manufacturing automation.

Circularity in the built environment? A call for a paradigm shift (2020)
Book Chapter
Malmqvist, T., Moncaster, A., Rasmussen, F., & Birgisdottir, H. (2020). Circularity in the built environment? A call for a paradigm shift. In M. Brandão, D. Lazarevic, & G. Finnveden (Eds.), Handbook of the Circular Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This chapter considers how circularity is being, and might be, approached and achieved within the built environment. Three case studies illustrate the current situation. The first case address life cycle assessment (LCA) in measuring circularity, sho... Read More about Circularity in the built environment? A call for a paradigm shift.

Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Opoku, A., Zhao, S., Lok, K. L., Chen, C., & Umar, T. (2020). Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry. In L. Scott, & C. Nielson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 36th Annual ARCOM Conference (285-294)

In the construction industry, safety leadership has been widely recognised as an indispensable factor that affects organisational safety performance. However, in China specifically, research on safety leadership in the construction domain is not adeq... Read More about Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry.

A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T. (2020). A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity. In F. Sherratt, B. Hare, & F. Emuze (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint CIB W099 & TG59 International Web-Conference 2020: Good Health, Wellbeing & Decent Work

The United Nations (UN) under its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers around the world. Although the deadline to achieve the UN SDGs is approaching faster... Read More about A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity.

Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management (2020)
Journal Article
Buser, M. (2020). Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management. Water Alternatives, 13(3),

This paper examines the role of art and culture in supporting rural development in the context of critical water challenges. It focuses on an interdisciplinary network and research programme conducted in 2018 with the village of Jhakhoda, in Rajastha... Read More about Interdisciplinary Research in Rajasthan, India: Exploring the Role of Culture and Art to Support Rural Development and Water Management.

Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Tahir, A., Egbu, C., Honnurvali, M. S., Saidani, M., & Al-Bayati, A. J. (2021). Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder. In S. Ahmed, P. Hampton, S. Azhar, & A. D Saul (Eds.), Collaboration and Integration in Construction, Engineering, Management and Technology (157-162). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48465-1_27

The change from a traditional utilization based society to a sustainable society is urgently needed because of the contamination of the natural environment, the depletion of the natural resources and the reduced capacity of the final waste disposal a... Read More about Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder.

Toward privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction: Privacy terms and human-data interaction in the personal robot era (2020)
Journal Article
Chatzimichali, A., Harrison, R., & Chrysostomou, D. (2021). Toward privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction: Privacy terms and human-data interaction in the personal robot era. Paladyn, 12(1), 160-174. https://doi.org/10.1515/pjbr-2021-0013

Can we have personal robots without giving away personal data? Besides, what is the role of a robots Privacy Policy in that question? This work explores for the first time privacy in the context of consumer robotics through the lens of information co... Read More about Toward privacy-sensitive human-robot interaction: Privacy terms and human-data interaction in the personal robot era.

Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system (2020)
Journal Article
Rice, L. (2021). Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system. Archnet-IJAR, 15(1), 252-265. https://doi.org/10.1108/arch-07-2020-0133

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced billions of people into lockdown; foregrounding the important relationship between architecture and health. In this context, there is heightened urgency for the construction sector to improve the healthiness... Read More about Healthy BIM: The feasibility of integrating architecture health indicators using a building information model (BIM) computer system.