All Outputs (102)

Sustainability of bridge maintenance (2019)
Journal Article
Balogun, T. B., Tomor, A., Lamond, J., Gouda, H., & Booth, C. A. (2019). Sustainability of bridge maintenance. Proceedings of the ICE - Bridge Engineering, 172(1), 54-64. https://doi.org/10.1680/jbren.15.00027

Bridge maintenance activities are important to consider within sustainable development due to the cost and environmental impact associated with various maintenance activities. Comparisons have been made between different bridge structural forms, base... Read More about Sustainability of bridge maintenance.

Urban Pollution: Science and Management (2018)
Book
Charlesworth, S. M., & Booth, C. A. (2018). Urban Pollution: Science and Management. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb

This book comprises five sections, which are collated into 31 chapters. The first part of the book provides An Introduction that offers some initial insights into the impacts and issues associated with urban pollution (Chapter 1). Since many nations... Read More about Urban Pollution: Science and Management.

Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement: A Nigerian inquiry (2018)
Journal Article
Manu, P., Mahamadu, A. M., Booth, C., Olomolaiye, P., Ibrahim, A., & Coker, A. (2018). Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement: A Nigerian inquiry. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(4), 386-402. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-02-2018-0038

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Public procurement capacity is composed of three facets: individual, organisational and an enabling national environment which encapsulates national legislation, policies and institutional arrangements tha... Read More about Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement: A Nigerian inquiry.

Probability of fatigue failure in brick masonry under compressive loading (2018)
Journal Article
Koltsida, I., Tomor, A., & Booth, C. (2018). Probability of fatigue failure in brick masonry under compressive loading. International Journal of Fatigue, 112, 233-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2018.03.023

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Long-term fatigue tests under compressive loading were performed on low-strength brick masonry prisms under laboratory conditions. The number of loading cycles to failure were recorded and used to investigate the suitability of th... Read More about Probability of fatigue failure in brick masonry under compressive loading.

Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK (2018)
Book Chapter
Beddoes, D. W., Booth, C. A., & Lamond, J. E. (2018). Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK. In S. Hernandez, S. Mambretti, & D. Proverbs (Eds.), Urban Water Systems & Floods II (27-38). ashurst: WIT Press

Property flood resilience (PFR) is an important aspect within an integrated approach to flood risk reduction. In the UK this has resulted in a plethora of products and recommended measures to minimise the ingress of water to the millions of propertie... Read More about Towards complete property–level flood protection of domestic buildings in the UK.

Sustainable Development Studies (2018)
Book
Brebbia, C. A., Longhurst, J., Marco, E., & Booth, C. (2018). C. Brebbia, J. Longhurst, E. Marco, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Development Studies. Southampton and Boston: WIT Press

Containing a series of specially selected papers, this book deals with advances in disciplines contributing to sustainable development, such as planning, architecture, engineering, policy making, environmental sciences and economics, and identifies s... Read More about Sustainable Development Studies.

Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector (2017)
Journal Article
Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Booth, C., Olomolaiye, P., Coker, A., Ibrahim, A., & Lamond, J. (2018). Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 16(1), 2-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-09-2017-0089

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Procurement of public infrastructure that is fit for purpose partly depends on the competencies of procurement personnel. In many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, there is a d... Read More about Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector.

Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry (2017)
Journal Article
Koltsida, I., Tomor, A., & Booth, C. (2018). Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry. Construction and Building Materials, 162, 104-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.016

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Assessing the long-term performance of masonry structures and their response to increased loading conditions are critical to safety and maintenance. A series of laboratory tests have been carried out on brick masonry to assess its... Read More about Experimental evaluation of changes in strain under compressive fatigue loading of brick masonry.

Engineering properties of tropical clay and bentonite modified with sawdust (2017)
Journal Article
Akinwumi, I., Ojuri, O., Ogbiye, A., & Booth, C. (2017). Engineering properties of tropical clay and bentonite modified with sawdust

Construction Engineers typically avoid the use of expansive soils as construction materials because they are usually difficult to work on and can cause structural failure. This research work investigates how the application of sawdust to tropical cla... Read More about Engineering properties of tropical clay and bentonite modified with sawdust.

Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection (2017)
Journal Article
Mahamadu, A. M., Mahdjoubi, L., & Booth, C. (2017). Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 13(5), 326-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2017.1296812

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite emerging research on Building Information Modelling (BIM) capability, there remain no studies that specifically look at criteria for the pre-qualification and selection of constr... Read More about Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection.

Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Gooding, A., & Booth, C. (2017). Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry. In C. Brebbia, J. Longhurst, E. Marco, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Development and Planning IX. WIT Press

This study explores the uptake and growth of Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AAD) within the UK water industry to reveal the drivers and challenges the water companies are facing towards aiding the UK Government to reach its renewable energy targets. A... Read More about Insights and issues in the uptake and development of advanced anaerobic digestion within the UK water industry.

Sustainable Development and Planning IX (2017)
Book
Brebbia, C., Longhurst, J., Marco, E., & Booth, C. (2017). C. Brebbia, J. Longhurst, E. Marco, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Development and Planning IX. Southampton and Boston: WIT press

Containing papers presented at the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning this volume brings together the work of academics, policy makers, practitioners and other international stakeholders and discusses new academic fi... Read More about Sustainable Development and Planning IX.

Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage (2016)
Book Chapter
Lamond, J. (2016). Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage. In S. Charlesworth, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management (235-243). London: Wiley-Blackwells

This chapter explored relevant literature and touched on a variety of tools that can contribute to the estimation of the costs of implementing and maintaining SuDS, and the evaluation of flood damage reduction, stormwater management and other benefit... Read More about Whole life costing and multiple benefits of sustainable drainage.

Sustainable surface water management: A handbook for SuDS (2016)
Book
Charlesworth, S. M., & Booth, C. A. (2016). Sustainable surface water management: A handbook for SuDS. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb

This book emphasises the SuDS philosophy and elaborates the sustainable surface water management agenda with a wealth of insights that are brought together through the experts who have contributed. By integrating physical and environmental sciences,... Read More about Sustainable surface water management: A handbook for SuDS.

Dual-Purpose Rainwater Harvesting System Design (2016)
Book Chapter
Melville-Shreeve, P., Ward, S., & Butler, D. (2016). Dual-Purpose Rainwater Harvesting System Design. In C. Booth, & S. Charlesworth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management: A Handbook for SUDS (205-217). Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118897690.ch15

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. This chapter reviews rainwater harvesting (RwH) and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), as well as existing approaches to integrate RwH and SuDS in England and Wales. A new design method is propo... Read More about Dual-Purpose Rainwater Harvesting System Design.

Cement stabilisation of crude-oil-contaminated soil (2016)
Journal Article
Akinwumi, I. I., Booth, C. A., Diwa, D., & Mills, P. (2016). Cement stabilisation of crude-oil-contaminated soil. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, 169(4), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeen.15.00108

© 2016, Thomas Telford Services Ltd. All rights reserved. Crude-oil-contaminated soils are usually considered unsuitable construction materials for earthworks. This paper presents an experimental investigation of the effects of applying Portland ceme... Read More about Cement stabilisation of crude-oil-contaminated soil.

Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry (2016)
Journal Article
Owolana, V. O., & Booth, C. A. (2016). Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 24(2), 79-89. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2015.1127251

© 2016 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. This study investigates stakeholder opinions of the major benefits and barriers of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) to the Nigerian construction industry, and the perceived issues to E... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Nigerian construction industry.

Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices (2016)
Book Chapter
Everett, G. (2016). Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices. In C. Booth, & S. Charlesworth (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management: A Handbook for SuDS (285-298). Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley

This chapter considers the centrality of human perceptions, and so behaviour, to the sustainability of SuDS. Research shows a lack of engagement with flood preparedness and flood risk mitigation (FRM) in the public as a whole, and many people are ave... Read More about Public perceptions of sustainable drainage devices.

Progress with integration of ecosystem services in sustainable drainage system (2016)
Book Chapter
Everard, M., McInnes, R., & Gouda, H. (2016). Progress with integration of ecosystem services in sustainable drainage system. In C. Booth, & S. Charlesworth, S.M. (Eds.), Sustainable Surface Water Management: A Handbook for SUDs. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell

Society is moving from management addressing single or few outcomes towards recognition that all interventions have systemic impacts. Water management in urban environments presents particular challenges related to growing populations in finite land... Read More about Progress with integration of ecosystem services in sustainable drainage system.

Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding (2016)
Book Chapter
Wilkinson, S., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2016). Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding. In S. Charlesworth, & C. Booth (Eds.), Sustainable surface water management (245-258). London: Wiley-Blackwells

Green roof retrofit is seen to be to be an important part of climate adaptation strategies for CBDs generally and in Melbourne in particular. Retrofit of perrmeable paving is also an important SUDs approach within crowded CBDs. The potential for miti... Read More about Green roof and permeable paving retrofit to mitigate pluvial flooding.