All Outputs (38)

Development and testing of immersive virtual reality environment for safe unmanned aerial vehicle usage in construction scenarios (2024)
Journal Article

Robotics and autonomous systems are increasingly being used on construction sites to complete tasks and complement human effort. One such autonomous system is unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), although their wrong use could be potentially hazardous to... Read More about Development and testing of immersive virtual reality environment for safe unmanned aerial vehicle usage in construction scenarios.

Investigation into the key barriers to achieving UK “Construction 2025” strategy targets (2023)
Journal Article

The “Construction 2025” is a United Kingdom (UK) Government Strategy introduced in 2013 to improve the construction industry in the United Kingdom by meeting outlined performance targets by 2025. However, with only a few years left to reach the targe... Read More about Investigation into the key barriers to achieving UK “Construction 2025” strategy targets.

Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The surging cost of living and shortage of affordable and sustainable homes fuel the global housing crisis. Earthship buildings are marketed as the epitome of affordable and sustainable alternative housing. This paper aimed to elicit the per... Read More about Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality.

An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models (2022)
Journal Article

Successful Building Information Modelling (BIM) enabled projects that require large volumes of project data to be embedded within BIM models. However, with this wealth of data, relevance and accuracy have been identified as important issues affecting... Read More about An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models.

Towards a consensus of expert opinions on implementing ISO 14001 in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors of the UK (2022)
Journal Article

As society places greater emphasis on sustainability and environmental management, particularly within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sectors, it is vital to understand the effectiveness of the tools available to deliver change... Read More about Towards a consensus of expert opinions on implementing ISO 14001 in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors of the UK.

BIM-based immersive collaborative environment for furniture, fixture and equipment design (2022)
Journal Article

One of the most critical issues related to the current application of virtual reality during design appraisal is the inability to have a collaborative virtual environment where a group of geographically remote stakeholders can interact and communicat... Read More about BIM-based immersive collaborative environment for furniture, fixture and equipment design.

Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article

Despite the increasing scholarly attention being given to immersive technology applications in the architecture and construction industry, very few studies have explored the key challenges associated with their usage, with no aggregation of findings... Read More about Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review.

Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions (2022)
Journal Article

For past decades, design for safety (DfS) has gained growing interest among scholars and practitioners in different geographical contexts as one of the innovative practices integrating worker health and safety in the front-end of the project lifecycl... Read More about Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions.

Environmental management systems in the architectural, engineering and construction sectors: A roadmap to aid the delivery of the sustainable development goals (2021)
Journal Article

Realisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) will provide improvements to people's lives and longevity of the planet. The architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) sectors have a potentially huge role in aiding the delivery of many... Read More about Environmental management systems in the architectural, engineering and construction sectors: A roadmap to aid the delivery of the sustainable development goals.

An investigation into macro BIM maturity and its impacts: A comparison of Qatar and the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article

Emerging frameworks of BIM implementation have proposed several attributes as measures of macro-scale BIM maturity within countries. Such macro-scale BIM maturity indicators determine the policy and institutional imperatives for BIM diffusion at the... Read More about An investigation into macro BIM maturity and its impacts: A comparison of Qatar and the United Kingdom.

Building information modelling (BIM) readiness of construction professionals: the context of the Seychelles construction industry (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: Although building information modelling (BIM) adoption in developed countries has largely been incentivised by government, in developing countries, adoption is often driven by desires of industry professionals, which is dependent on awarenes... Read More about Building information modelling (BIM) readiness of construction professionals: the context of the Seychelles construction industry.

Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction (2020)
Journal Article

A persistent barrier to the adoption of offsite construction is the lack of information for assessing prefabrication alternatives and the choices of suppliers. This study integrates three aspects of offsite construction, including BIM, DFMA and big d... Read More about Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction.

A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: This study presents a fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city realisation in developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study. By defining and delineating the problems faced by the country, more viable directions to att... Read More about A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries.

Violent behaviour on construction sites: Structural equation modelling of its impact on unsafe behaviour using partial least squares (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: Work on construction sites involves individuals with diverse character, temperament,age, physical strength, culture, religion and experience level. A good number of these individuals are also alleged to involve themselves in substance and al... Read More about Violent behaviour on construction sites: Structural equation modelling of its impact on unsafe behaviour using partial least squares.

Design for safety implementation among design professionals in construction: The context of Palestine (2020)
Journal Article

Design for safety (DfS), also known as prevention through design, is a prominent means for tackling work-related illnesses and injuries in construction. However, the available DfS studies in construction have paid very limited attention to developing... Read More about Design for safety implementation among design professionals in construction: The context of Palestine.

Macro-maturity factors and their influence on micro-level BIM implementation within design firms in Italy (2020)
Journal Article

Based on conceptual models of macro-BIM adoption, several factors have been proposed as indicators of BIM maturity at the national level. Such macro-level BIM maturity indicators drive policy and the institutional imperatives for smooth adoption of B... Read More about Macro-maturity factors and their influence on micro-level BIM implementation within design firms in Italy.

A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator (2019)
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It has been established that design contributes to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in the construction sector. This has resulted in the need for designers to implement design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH), which is... Read More about A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator.

Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession (2019)
Journal Article

While several measures have been suggested to address unethical practices within the built environment, it remains unclear whether some stakeholders are more able to influence improvement in unethical practices than others, and if so whether such phe... Read More about Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession.

The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects (2019)
Journal Article

Purpose: The emergence of building information modelling (BIM) has led to the need for pre-qualification and selection of organisations capable of working within a BIM environment. Several criteria have been proposed for the assessment of an organisa... Read More about The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects.

Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations (2019)
Journal Article

The construction sites are prone to environmental incidents. In this paper, the root causes of incidents and immediate actions taken after events are identified through qualitative analysis, while the environmental impacts, the cost of mitigation, ti... Read More about Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations.