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Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S (2023)
Journal Article

Environmental concerns over the effects of construction sector activities necessitate meaningful measures to be taken. Despite worldwide increases in the uptake of environmental management systems (EMS), implementation of EMS across the construction... Read More about Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S.

The latest update on climate science and its effect on the built environment (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This talk presented an update on the latest climate science, reports from the IPCC, and its effect on the built environment.

The talk began by discussing the challenge of current emissions trajectories and demand-pull policies to spur the transfo... Read More about The latest update on climate science and its effect on the built environment.

From civic responsibility to socio-spatial civic agency: Critiquing the civic university movement through live projects (2023)
Journal Article

Through exploration of Birmingham School of Architecture & Design’s pioneering live project programme, this paper presents a commentary on the potential of architecture and design education in achieving the ambitions of the Civic University movement.... Read More about From civic responsibility to socio-spatial civic agency: Critiquing the civic university movement through live projects.

Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe: Final results from the CURE project (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A major challenge for the urban community is the exploitation of Earth Observation intelligence in managing in the multidimensional nature of urban sustainability towards enhancing urban resilience, particularly in relation to the challenges of clima... Read More about Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe: Final results from the CURE project.

An ontology to represent the prevention through design (PtD) concept in integrated project delivery (IPD) in the construction industry from an architectural perspective (2023)
Journal Article

The Prevention through Design (PtD) concept has been widely used to mitigate potential safety and health hazards and minimize residual risks during the early design phase. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) prioritizes project-wide collaboration and c... Read More about An ontology to represent the prevention through design (PtD) concept in integrated project delivery (IPD) in the construction industry from an architectural perspective.

Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies (2023)
Journal Article

Organisational sustainability reporting can act as a mechanism for the United Nations to track the progress of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and concomitantly provide clarity of business activities and performance to a range of stakehol... Read More about Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies.

Safety risk factors in the use of construction robots (2023)
Book Chapter

Technological advancement has led to the increased reliance on machines in place of human construction workers. Advanced robotics and automation systems are therefore becoming commonplace on construction sites albeit used mostly alongside constructio... Read More about Safety risk factors in the use of construction robots.

Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability (2023)
Journal Article

The paper acts as a critique of prevalent current sustainable architecture and proposes a conceptual framework for sustainable design practice. In this paper, we argue that sustainable building standards,such as Passivhaus and BREEAM, have failed to... Read More about Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability.

Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials (2023)
Journal Article

This work presents an experimental study on the physico-mechanical and microstructural characteristics of stabilised soils and the effect of wetting and drying cycles on their durability as road subgrade materials. The durability of expansive road su... Read More about Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials.

Architecture on the couch: A transdisciplinary exploration of buildings as psychological subjects (2023)
Journal Article

The paper introduces the research project ‘Architecture on the Couch: The psychology of buildings’ that radically re-conceptualises architecture as a psychosocial subject, entwined with the psychology of its creators and its inhabitants. Seeking to u... Read More about Architecture on the couch: A transdisciplinary exploration of buildings as psychological subjects.