All Outputs (154)

Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Poghosyan, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Gibb, A., & Behm, M. (2017). Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability. In J. Sanjayan, M. Alam, & P. X. W. Zhou (Eds.),

Design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is increasingly becoming prominent in construction. In the UK, DfOSH is a legal requirement under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015). Amongst other requirements, the CD... Read More about Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability.

Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., Wamuzir, S., & Egbu, C. (2017). Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman. In F. Emuze, & M. Behm (Eds.), Joint CIB W099 and TG59 International Safety, Health, and People in Construction Conference: Towards Better Safety, Health, Wellbeing, and Life in Construction Conference Proceedings (99-113)

The safety climate on a specific construction project refers to managers? and workers? shared perceptions of the adequacy of the safety and health programmes and the consistency between the organization?s espoused safety policies/procedures and the a... Read More about Factors that influence safety climate in construction in Oman.

Demolition and adaptation at the CB1 development, Cambridge (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Baker, H., & Moncaster, A. (2017). Demolition and adaptation at the CB1 development, Cambridge. In 24th Annual Conference of the the European Real Estate Society. https://doi.org/10.15396/eres2017_132

Cambridge is a historic city in the UK with an international reputation. The CB1 development is a major real estate regeneration project around the train station aiming to provide a gateway to the city. Once complete it will provide over 50,000 sq m... Read More about Demolition and adaptation at the CB1 development, Cambridge.

A review of geothermal energy resources for electricity generation in Oman (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2017). A review of geothermal energy resources for electricity generation in Oman. In G. Aouad, A. Al‐Hajj, & C. Egbu (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Futures (235-244)

Oman, like other Arab gulf countries, depends on oil and gas to produce electricity. However, these resources are not guaranteed to last forever and constitute one of the energy security issues in the country. Oman’s oil and gas reserv... Read More about A review of geothermal energy resources for electricity generation in Oman.

BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry (2017)
Journal Article
Silverio Rodriguez, A. K., Suresh, S., Heesom, D., & Renukappa, S. (2017). BIM education framework for clients and professionals of the construction industry. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling, 6(2), 57-79. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJ3DIM.2017040104

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.

Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study (2017)
Journal Article
Soomro, K., Khan, Z., & Ludlow, D. (2017). Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 23(5-6), 419-444. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTM.2017.10009859

Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This paper presents some results from an EU FP7 RTD project urbanAPI, in which three ICT applications target different aspects of participatory urban governance. The 3D Scenario Creator allows urban plan... Read More about Participatory governance in smart cities: The urbanAPI case study.

A parametric sensitivity analysis of the impact of built environment geometrical variables on building energy consumption (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Lila, A., & Lannon, S. (2017). A parametric sensitivity analysis of the impact of built environment geometrical variables on building energy consumption. In Proceedings from the 33 International Conference PLEA2017 : Design to Thrive : Volume 1 (2092)

The growth of urban communities creates the need for analytical frameworks that have a multiobjective and holistic approach. It is important to integrate these frameworks within commonly used architectural tools. The urban environment is mostly desig... Read More about A parametric sensitivity analysis of the impact of built environment geometrical variables on building energy consumption.

Study of photovoltaics (PV) performance degradation analysis in Oman (2017)
Journal Article
Honnurvali, M. S., Gupta, N., Goh, K., Umar, T., & Nazeema, N. (2017). Study of photovoltaics (PV) performance degradation analysis in Oman. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Development, 6(2), 334-343. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijsed.2046.3707.2017.0043

The demand for electricity usage is increasing all around the globe. As an alternative and clean source to produce electricity there has been an emphasis on the usage of renewable energies. Sultanate of Oman has also taken an initiative by 2030 that... Read More about Study of photovoltaics (PV) performance degradation analysis in Oman.

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.

Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts (2017)
Journal Article
Southon, G., Jorgensen, A., Dunnett, N., Hoyle, H., & Evans, K. (2018). Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts. Landscape and Urban Planning, 172, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.12.002

© 2017 The Authors Evidence that urban green-space promotes health and well-being of urban residents is increasing. The role of biodiversity is unclear: perceived biodiversity may be important, but how accurately it is perceived and the factors influ... Read More about Perceived species-richness in urban green spaces: Cues, accuracy and well-being impacts.

Holistic sensitivity analysis on urban geometry and its effect on building performance in hot arid zones (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Lila, A., Lannon, S., & Jabi, W. (2017). Holistic sensitivity analysis on urban geometry and its effect on building performance in hot arid zones. In H. Elsharkawy, S. Zahiri, & J. Clough (Eds.), Sustainable Design of the Built Environment SDBE 2017 (193-204)

There is a need to assess the growth of urban communities through analytical frameworks that have a multi-objective and holistic approach. In this paper, a sensitivity analysis was conducted on urban geometry with a holistic and integrative approach... Read More about Holistic sensitivity analysis on urban geometry and its effect on building performance in hot arid zones.

From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products (2017)
Journal Article
Ludlow, D., Khan, Z., Soomro, K., Marconcini, M., José, R. S., Malcorps, P., …Metz, A. (2017). From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products. International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 23(5-6), 465-493. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTM.2017.10009861

Copyright © 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Intelligence delivered by earth observation (EO) satellites performs a vital role in supporting ICT enabled urban governance, and the creation of decision making tools delivering integrated urban plannin... Read More about From top-down land use planning intelligence to bottom-up stakeholder engagement for smart cities – A case study: DECUMANUS service products.

How US local government resists Trump (2017)
Journal Article
Hambleton, R. (2017). How US local government resists Trump. Local Government Chronicle,

This short article argues that, at a time when national politics is being disfigured by angry populism, learning from progressive US cities can be inspirational. It explains how two counties in California took President Trump to court over his attem... Read More about How US local government resists Trump.

Causes of construction accidents in Oman (2017)
Journal Article
Umar, T., & Egbu, C. (2018). Causes of construction accidents in Oman. Middle East Journal of Management, 5(1), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/MEJM.2018.088725

Considering the costs associated with accidents in construction, a model identifying root causes of accidents is proposed for construction organisations in Oman. The model classifies the accidents in construction mainly arising from main four causes:... Read More about Causes of construction accidents in Oman.

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.

Tracking the virality of news in Smart Cities (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hasham, K., Soomro, K., & Ludlow, D. (2017, December). Tracking the virality of news in Smart Cities. Paper presented at The 4th International Workshop on Smart City Clouds: Technologies, Systems and Applications., Texas, USA

Effective communication with citizens is an important goal of smart cities. To this end the digital age offers many mechanisms to not only enable timely communication, but also bilateral communication. Mechanisms such as blog posts and online press r... Read More about Tracking the virality of news in Smart Cities.

Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Fennell, J., Treadaway, C., & Kenning, G. (2017). Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Design4Health 2017 (117-120)

This paper presents research undertaken as part of the LAUGH project to explore design processes and design of hand held playful objects for people living with advanced dementia. A series of six co-design workshops were carried out with experts in re... Read More about Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty.

Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach (2017)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H., Khabazi, M., & Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2017). Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach

Urban design, like any other branch of the social sciences and built-environment studies, has developed in relation with the contexts in which it has emerged. Built environments in Iran have been constructed in a different way compared to their Europ... Read More about Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach.

Full hydrodynamic reversibility of the weak dimerization of vancomycin and elucidation of its interaction with VanS monomers at clinical concentration (2017)
Journal Article
Harding, S. E., Adams, G. G., Gillis, R. B., Phillips-Jones, M. K., Lithgo, R., DInu, V., …Harding, S. E. (2017). Full hydrodynamic reversibility of the weak dimerization of vancomycin and elucidation of its interaction with VanS monomers at clinical concentration. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 12697. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12620-z

© 2017 The Author(s). The reversibility and strength of the previously established dimerization of the important glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin in four different aqueous solvents (including a medically-used formulation) have been studied using sh... Read More about Full hydrodynamic reversibility of the weak dimerization of vancomycin and elucidation of its interaction with VanS monomers at clinical concentration.

Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Silverio Rodriguez, A. K., Suresh, S., Heesom, D., & Renukappa, S. (2017). Building information management (BIM) education in the Dominican Republic: An empirical study. In G. Aouad, A. Al‐Hajj, & C. Egbu (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Futures: International Conference on Sustainable Futures ICSF 2017 Kingdom of Bahrain (421)

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.