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Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health management in the construction industry: A systematic review (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry contributes significantly to workplace fatalities and injuries despite multiple interventions implemented by governments and construction companies. Recently, immersive technologies as part of a suite of industry 4.0 technol... Read More about Applications of immersive technologies for occupational safety and health management in the construction industry: A systematic review.

A tool for energy transition oriented intermediaries. A stakeholders’ perspectives analysis (2022)
Journal Article

This paper analyses stakeholders' perspectives about Building-as-Energy-Service as a pillar concept concerning a new energy transition paradigm. In detail, it focuses on developing a Toolkit, which was designed to help energy-transition-oriented inte... Read More about A tool for energy transition oriented intermediaries. A stakeholders’ perspectives analysis.

PROTECT - A COVID-19 National Core Study: Keeping the UK building safely 2 (2022)
Report

Transmission There is evidence of a broad range of COVID-19 transmission mitigation measures in action; these were generally well received by participants, who reported high levels of compliance. There is evidence of competing requirements of COVID... Read More about PROTECT - A COVID-19 National Core Study: Keeping the UK building safely 2.

Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Post-Pandemic study spaces: Post occupancy evaluation of BREEAM excellence rated university building.

Beyond lending - A case study (2022)
Book Chapter

Maindee Library+ , Newport, is a volunteer-run, community initiated, piece of social infrastructure. Through a co-produced, socially engaged art programme, Maindee Unlimited appointed architects George Lovesmith (Integrated Workshop) & Sarah Hollingw... Read More about Beyond lending - A case study.

The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry (2022)
Journal Article

The Coronavirus pandemic has badly affected everyone on the earth. Apart from losing thousands of lives, businesses and individuals are going to be affected by the long-lasting financial effects due to an expected global recession. The impact of the... Read More about The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry.

Effect of human hair fibers on the performance of concrete incorporating high dosage of silica fume (2022)
Journal Article

Sustainable development in structural materials is currently getting attention all around the world. Solid waste, building and demolition waste, natural resources, and their reuse are the most obvious strategies for achieving sustainability in the co... Read More about Effect of human hair fibers on the performance of concrete incorporating high dosage of silica fume.

Is it all about the windows? Residents' values in residential heritage buildings (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Reducing energy and associated carbon emissions from the built environment is fundamental to meeting our climate goals. Retrofit of existing buildings is therefore a key strategy. Heritage buildings present particular challenges for retrofitting beca... Read More about Is it all about the windows? Residents' values in residential heritage buildings.

Measurement and rapid assessment of indoor air quality at mass gathering events to assess ventilation performance and reduce aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (2022)
Journal Article

To assess risk factors for COVID-19 transmission and address the closure of mass gathering events since March 2020, the UK Government ran the Events Research Programme (ERP), following which it reopened live events in sports, music, and culture in Ju... Read More about Measurement and rapid assessment of indoor air quality at mass gathering events to assess ventilation performance and reduce aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Examining critical project management skills for successful delivery of major maintenance projects: Insights from the United Kingdom energy sector (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: Major maintenance projects are often regarded as maintenance activities regardless of the projects' complexity and scale. Consequently, very scarce research attention has hitherto been paid to the critical skills required when undertaking th... Read More about Examining critical project management skills for successful delivery of major maintenance projects: Insights from the United Kingdom energy sector.

Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete (2022)
Journal Article

Evaluation of the effect of embodied carbon reduction using an optimized design section for a ground beam, use of supplementary cementitious materials, and replacement of normal aggregate with light weight aggregate on the mechanical properties of lo... Read More about Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete.

Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As urgent action is needed to tackle the climate crisis by lowering greenhouse gas emissions, façade renovations can improve the performance and reduce the environmental impact of the existing building stock. Integrating photovoltaics into the envelo... Read More about Photovoltaics potential for façade renovations.

Caregiving for older people living with chronic pain: Analysis of the English longitudinal study of ageing and health survey for England (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Chronic pain is a disabling condition. Many people with chronic pain seek informal support for everyday activities of daily living (ADL). However, there remains uncertainty on the type of people with chronic pain who access this support,... Read More about Caregiving for older people living with chronic pain: Analysis of the English longitudinal study of ageing and health survey for England.

Optimisation of embodied carbon and compressive strength in low carbon concrete (2022)
Journal Article

To improve the prediction of compressive strength and embodied carbon of low carbon concrete using a program algorithm developed in MATLAB, 84 datasets of concrete mix raw materials were used. The influence of water, silica fume and ground granular b... Read More about Optimisation of embodied carbon and compressive strength in low carbon concrete.

Adoption of technological cost data management in the Tanzania building construction industry (2022)
Journal Article

Proper management of cost data ensures the availability of reliable cost data which increases accuracy in providing estimates in the building construction industry. This study explores how cost data is being managed in the Tanzania building construct... Read More about Adoption of technological cost data management in the Tanzania building construction industry.

A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article identifies the gaps in OS&H regulations in Omani construction using a critical review and analysis of relevant literature. Four countries United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), Australia (AUS), and South Africa (SA) were th... Read More about A comparative study of occupational safety and health (OS&H) regulations in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Oman.

Argus University Challenge – lessons learned from developing the case study (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The `case-study method' is frequently used in management education to put theory into practice. The same is true in real estate education. In real estate it is also critical that the students gain practical experience with industry tools used to supp... Read More about Argus University Challenge – lessons learned from developing the case study.

Game-based learning in construction to counter the challenges of large group teaching with vast student diversity (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research indicates that despite increasingly multicultural approach of the universities, typical patterns show that students with different cultures minimally interact, and this leads to ‘group separation’. This implies that there is greater degree o... Read More about Game-based learning in construction to counter the challenges of large group teaching with vast student diversity.

An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models (2022)
Journal Article

Successful Building Information Modelling (BIM) enabled projects that require large volumes of project data to be embedded within BIM models. However, with this wealth of data, relevance and accuracy have been identified as important issues affecting... Read More about An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models.

Planning policy relaxation’s threat to GI (2022)
Journal Article