All Outputs (8)

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.

Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
States have intervened with legislation to improve cashflow within construction project supply chains. The operation of the UK’s Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 leads to payment obligations stated either as a contract... Read More about Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings.

BIM education in the Dominican Republic: A framework to guide the implementation of BIM into university curricula (2021)
Book Chapter

Lack of BIM skilled professionals and lack of education and BIM training are key challenges to BIM implementation. The provision of BIM education in higher education institutions is seen as the main solution to these challenges. This chapter is part... Read More about BIM education in the Dominican Republic: A framework to guide the implementation of BIM into university curricula.

Status of BIM implementation in the Dominican Republic construction industry – an empirical study (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: The increased use and proven benefits of building information modelling (BIM) worldwide suggest that its implementation could be of great help in diminishing inefficient traditional practices in the Dominican Republic (DR) construction indus... Read More about Status of BIM implementation in the Dominican Republic construction industry – an empirical study.

Implementation of Building Information Modelling in the Dominican Republic construction industry (2020)
Thesis

The Dominican Republic (D.R.) is a Caribbean nation whose construction industry is key in the economic growth and development of the country; however, the productivity of the sector is being affected by inefficient traditional practices. The increase... Read More about Implementation of Building Information Modelling in the Dominican Republic construction industry.

BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry (2017)
Journal Article

Lack of qualified BIM professionals is a key BIM challenge that affects specific organisations and on a more macro scale, individual countries. A salient solution to this problem is the provision of better BIM education. This article represents the i... Read More about BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry.

Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building Information Management (BIM) education is par excellence the best solution to overcome the lack of BIM knowledge and BIM skilled professionals that affect the implementation of BIM in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) indu... Read More about Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study.

BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In recent years, BIM has been the most common word around the construction industry. It does not only involve technology, but also several processes applied in the construction workflow that can help significantly in the development of projects in te... Read More about BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry.