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Power indicators in international construction law and key national differences
Journal Article

Construction law practice varies greatly between different jurisdictions and within the civil/common law traditions. A degree of commonality is discernible around the two dominant principles of freedom to contract and pacta sunt serva. Less uniformit... Read More about Power indicators in international construction law and key national differences.

A Nodding Acquaintance
Digital Artefact

Dimensions: Variable.

Materials: Structure – hardwood and acrylic paint; Union Jack bunting – cotton and emulsion paint; arrows – vinyl; overhead camera and live feed to monitor.

Introduction: ‘A Nodding Acquaintance’, by artist Sophie Warren a... Read More about A Nodding Acquaintance.

Project Managers' Competencies Model for Construction Industry in Poland
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. The aim of this study is to create a model of construction project managers' competencies in Poland. The model includes factors related to the project manager's attributes. The created model can serve as... Read More about Project Managers' Competencies Model for Construction Industry in Poland.

Calibrated modelling of form-active structures
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The design and analysis of a bending active, thin timber shell structure using a self-written physics based structural analysis solver, K2Engineering.

The calibration of an aural spatial mapping tool using an architectural approach to the soundwalk method: A validation study
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A series of on-site surveys are conducted as part of the validation process of a research seeking to create a tool that integrates the theoretical spatial and soundscape design concepts, to aid architects when considering sound as a design driver for... Read More about The calibration of an aural spatial mapping tool using an architectural approach to the soundwalk method: A validation study.

Undressing UK housing
Digital Artefact

Photography and a 3D model in an Architectural Conversation
This inaugural Photographic Dialogue collaboration involved practitioners from an architectural and photographic background exploring and attempting to capture the meaning of an architectur... Read More about Undressing UK housing.

Property level flood protection: Technical insights of a new safety flood door
Book Chapter

Governments acknowledge that many buildings cannot be protected from flooding by large-scale flood defence schemes and, therefore, property level flood protection is considered part of an integrated flood risk strategy, requiring homeowners to should... Read More about Property level flood protection: Technical insights of a new safety flood door.

Contemporary landscapes and buildings of motorway service areas
Book Chapter

Motorway Service Areas (MSAs) or Highway Rest Areas provide an essential 24–hour, 365–day service for road traffic users, presenting them with somewhere to rest, relax and recharge. The range of provisions MSAs offer, such as truck and car parking, t... Read More about Contemporary landscapes and buildings of motorway service areas.

Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments: Evaluating the protocol between Bristol City Council’s planning department and the local public health authority
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments in Bristol: the case study of the Bristol Protocol - bringing public health expertise into decision-making on planning

Laurence Carmichael
WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Envir... Read More about Cross-sector collaboration for healthy urban environments: Evaluating the protocol between Bristol City Council’s planning department and the local public health authority.

Transgression: Architecture without Architects
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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