All Outputs (90)

Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry (2016)
Journal Article
Kadiri, K. O., Alaka, H. A., Ajayi, S. O., Oyedele, L., Akinade, O., Bilal, M., & Owolabi, H. (2016). Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry. Journal of Building Engineering, 5, 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2015.12.007

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Owing to its contribution of largest portion of landfill wastes and consumption of about half of mineral resources excavated from nature, construction industry has been pressed to improve its sustainability.... Read More about Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry.

Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework (2016)
Journal Article
Ajayi, S. O., Akinade, O., Oyedele, L., Munir, K., Bilal, M., Owolabi, H. A., …Bello, S. A. (2016). Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework. International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 7(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2016.1152203

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study identifies evaluation criteria with the goal of appraising the performance of existing construction waste management tools and employing the results in the development of a ho... Read More about Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework.

Waste minimisation through deconstruction: A BIM based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS) (2015)
Journal Article
Akinade, O. O., Oyedele, L. O., Bilal, M., Ajayi, S. O., Owolabi, H. A., Alaka, H. A., & Bello, S. A. (2015). Waste minimisation through deconstruction: A BIM based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS). Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 105(Part A), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.018

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. The overall aim of this study is to develop a Building Information Modelling based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS) for determining the extent to which a building could be deconstructed right from the design stage. T... Read More about Waste minimisation through deconstruction: A BIM based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS).

Analysis of critical features and evaluation of BIM software: towards a plug-in for construction waste minimization using big data (2015)
Journal Article
Bilal, M., Oyedele, L. O., Qadir, J., Munir, K., Akinade, O. O., Ajayi, S. O., …Owolabi, H. A. (2015). Analysis of critical features and evaluation of BIM software: towards a plug-in for construction waste minimization using big data. International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 6(4), 211-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1116415

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for construction waste minimization. We evaluated the leading BIM design software products and concluded that none of the... Read More about Analysis of critical features and evaluation of BIM software: towards a plug-in for construction waste minimization using big data.

Waste effectiveness of the construction industry: Understanding the impediments and requisites for improvements (2015)
Journal Article
Ajayi, S. O., Oyedele, L. O., Bilal, M., Akinade, O. O., Alaka, H. A., Owolabi, H., & Kadiri, K. O. (2015). Waste effectiveness of the construction industry: Understanding the impediments and requisites for improvements. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 102, 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.06.001

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Construction industry contributes a large portion of waste to landfill, which in turns results in environmental pollution and CO2 emission. Despite the adoption of several waste management strategies, waste r... Read More about Waste effectiveness of the construction industry: Understanding the impediments and requisites for improvements.

Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement (2014)
Journal Article
Oyedele, L., Ajayi, S. O., & Kadiri, K. O. (2014). Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 93, 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.011

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Construction industry consumes about half of all material resources taken from nature, and generates a large portion of waste to landfill. A way of tackling negative environmental impacts impending from conti... Read More about Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement.

Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors (2013)
Journal Article
Oyedele, L. O., & Oyedele, L. (2013). Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 27(3), 283-294. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CF.1943-5509.0000367

The overall aim of this paper is to identify critical success factors that would help Private Finance Initiative/facility management (PFI/FM) contractors to avoid performance failure payment deductions in Public Private Partnership/PFI (PPP/PFI) proj... Read More about Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors.

Analysis of architects' demotivating factors in design firms (2013)
Journal Article
Oyedele, L. O., & Oyedele, L. (2013). Analysis of architects' demotivating factors in design firms. International Journal of Project Management, 31(3), 342-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.009

The overall aim of this study is to identify factors that influence architects' demotivation in design firms. After a review of extant literatures in design management, project management, and organisational behaviour, a list of 43 demotivating crite... Read More about Analysis of architects' demotivating factors in design firms.

Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management (2012)
Journal Article
Spillane, J. P., Oyedele, L., & von Meding, J. (2012). Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 10(3), 397-420. https://doi.org/10.1108/17260531211274747

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify, clarify and tabulate the various managerial issues encountered, to aid in the management of the complex health and safety concerns which occur within a confined construction site environment. Design/... Read More about Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management.

Sustaining architects' and engineers' motivation in design firms: An investigation of critical success factors (2010)
Journal Article
Oyedele, L. (2010). Sustaining architects' and engineers' motivation in design firms: An investigation of critical success factors. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 17(2), 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699981011024687

Purpose - The overall intent of this research is to identify critical factors influencing architects' and design engineers' (AE) motivational level in design firms. Design/methodology/approach - Motivational theories from the literature on organizati... Read More about Sustaining architects' and engineers' motivation in design firms: An investigation of critical success factors.