All Outputs (38)

Road safety of micro-mobility and vulnerable road users: Insights and issues from a world café (2025)
Journal Article

Road traffic incidents are responsible for the loss of ~1.19 million lives annually and the 50 million people who sustain injuries. Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) account for a significant portion of these data, constituting 70% in Europe and 50% in th... Read More about Road safety of micro-mobility and vulnerable road users: Insights and issues from a world café.

Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering and construction a handbook (2025)
Book

This edited book addresses a gap in literature by advancing current understandings of the applications of immersive technology within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector.

Globally, the architecture, engineering and constru... Read More about Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering and construction a handbook.

A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry (2025)
Book Chapter

Construction is a dangerous industry to work in, owing to its poor occupational safety and health (OSH) record worldwide. Training and education have, however, been identified in the literature as one of the important means to addressing the poor OSH... Read More about A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry.

Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning (2025)
Book Chapter

Over 50% of onsite hazards remain unrecognized, primarily due to poor hazard perception and attention deficits. Eye-tracking can help in understanding human visual attention and cognitive response, but its application in construction has been restric... Read More about Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning.

Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training (2025)
Book Chapter

Infrastructure projects, particularly tunnel construction, demand meticulous safety measures due to the complexities involved and the significant risks posed by heavy machinery operations. Despite relying on traditional safety drills and standardized... Read More about Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training.

Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK (2025)
Book Chapter

The use of digitalization to advance sustainability is a path the construction industry is eager to take. earthships as the summit of sustainable housing solutions are facing the challenge of low awareness. To overcome this challenge, this study expl... Read More about Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK.

General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach (2025)
Book Chapter

Earthship homes are exceptionally sustainable forms of housing, designed as passive solar homes with an emphasis on waste minimisation, water conservation, and energy efficiency. This chapter aims to elicit the perceptions of Earthship homes among in... Read More about General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach.

Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application (2025)
Book Chapter

The current technological revolution is rapid and a disruptive catalyst to existing ways of doing business in every aspect of human endeavour. One of the most recent technologies gaining attention is the metaverse, which offers computer-generated s... Read More about Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application.

Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation (2025)
Book Chapter

Urban risk analysis traditionally relies on 2D maps and models, which, while effective for static risk mapping, lack the ability to realistically simulate dynamic emergency scenarios. The investigation presented in this chapter explores the integrati... Read More about Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation.

Navigating urban futures: Crafting an experimental framework for eye-tracking integrated virtual reality in co-creative planning (2025)
Book Chapter

Wheelchair users (WCUs) often face unnecessary risks and socio-economic exclusion due to inadequate urban infrastructure. In this context, adopting participatory design (PD) in urban infrastructure planning proffers socially inclusive urban developme... Read More about Navigating urban futures: Crafting an experimental framework for eye-tracking integrated virtual reality in co-creative planning.

Psycho-behavioural determinants of vulnerable road user safety: A review (2025)
Journal Article

Safe, accessible and sustainable transportation systems should be an accepted expectation for everyone. Unfortunately, vulnerable road users (VRUs), which include cyclists, e-scooters, motorcyclists, pedestrians and people with disabilities, are ofte... Read More about Psycho-behavioural determinants of vulnerable road user safety: A review.

BIM maturity and its influence on BIM implementation challenges: The perspectives of UK contractors (2025)
Journal Article

Building information modelling (BIM) offers a powerful means to enhance collaboration and efficiency in construction project delivery. However, many organisations still face persistent technical, organisational, and environmental challenges during im... Read More about BIM maturity and its influence on BIM implementation challenges: The perspectives of UK contractors.

Applications of Immersive Technology in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: A Handbook (2025)
Book

This edited book addresses a gap in literature by advancing current understandings of the applications of immersive technology within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector.

Globally, the architecture, engineering and construc... Read More about Applications of Immersive Technology in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: A Handbook.

Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering, and construction - An introduction (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors make an enormous contribution to the socio-economic development of nations, which is primarily evidenced by its creation/provision of the built environment. The sector has, howev... Read More about Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering, and construction - An introduction.

Implementing environmental management systems (ISO14001) in the construction sector of Ghana (2025)
Journal Article

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) enable organisations to manage their environmental impacts. Globalisation has resulted in more organisations needing to engage in environmental sustainability. In developed nations ISO 14001 provides the key gui... Read More about Implementing environmental management systems (ISO14001) in the construction sector of Ghana.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose-
In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

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.

A phenomenological inquiry of building and living in European Earthship homes (2023)
Journal Article

Earthships remain a relatively under explored type of sustainable/alternative home. This is the first study to investigate the personal experiences of constructing and living in European Earthship-homes. The aim of this study is to reveal insights in... Read More about A phenomenological inquiry of building and living in European Earthship homes.

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.

Towards the European Commission's road safety goal of 'Vision Zero': Intended routes of the SOTERIA journey (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The emergence of complex urban mobility environments, where unknown interactions between different types of vulnerable road users (VRUs) and between VRUs and motorised vehicles, poses the need for a clear understanding of user behaviours, fair and op... Read More about Towards the European Commission's road safety goal of 'Vision Zero': Intended routes of the SOTERIA journey.