All Outputs (57)

Development of a learner model tool for predicting strength and embodied carbon for lightweight concrete production (2024)
Journal Article

The demand for sustainable concrete in meeting the net zero carbon target places a burden in optimizing concrete response to structural strength that satisfy acceptable embodied carbon. In most cases, a low carbon concrete is deficient in structural... Read More about Development of a learner model tool for predicting strength and embodied carbon for lightweight concrete production.

Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety (2024)
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In alignment with the European Union’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate road fatalities by 2050, leveraging technological advancements becomes crucial for addressing the challenges of vulnerable road users (VRUs), and for mitigating the... Read More about Stepping into safety: A systematic review of extended reality technology applications in enhancing vulnerable road user safety.

A phenomenological inquiry of building and living in European Earthship homes (2023)
Journal Article

Earthships remain a relatively under explored type of sustainable/alternative home. This is the first study to investigate the personal experiences of constructing and living in European Earthship-homes. The aim of this study is to reveal insights in... Read More about A phenomenological inquiry of building and living in European Earthship homes.

Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Maldivian construction industry (2023)
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Unprecedented increases in both tourism and population growth have put extreme pressure on the Republic of the Maldives, which has resulted in significant changes to the islands as a result of construction activities. This study is the first to inves... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of the benefits and barriers of implementing environmental management systems in the Maldivian construction industry.

Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose: The surging cost of living and shortage of affordable and sustainable homes fuel the global housing crisis. Earthship buildings are marketed as the epitome of affordable and sustainable alternative housing. This paper aimed to elicit the per... Read More about Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality.

Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S (2023)
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Environmental concerns over the effects of construction sector activities necessitate meaningful measures to be taken. Despite worldwide increases in the uptake of environmental management systems (EMS), implementation of EMS across the construction... Read More about Stakeholder opinions of implementing environmental management systems in the construction sector of the U.S.

Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies (2023)
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Organisational sustainability reporting can act as a mechanism for the United Nations to track the progress of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and concomitantly provide clarity of business activities and performance to a range of stakehol... Read More about Insights from the analysis of sustainability reporting across UK real estate companies.

Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials (2023)
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This work presents an experimental study on the physico-mechanical and microstructural characteristics of stabilised soils and the effect of wetting and drying cycles on their durability as road subgrade materials. The durability of expansive road su... Read More about Wet–dry cycles and microstructural characteristics of expansive subgrade treated with sustainable cementitious waste materials.

Embodied carbon reporting by German real estate institutional investors (2023)
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Background: The building sector is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions across the globe. The European Union pledges to become climate neutral by 2050. To reach this goal, member states will need to account for embodied carbon... Read More about Embodied carbon reporting by German real estate institutional investors.

Development of a Lytag-silica fume based lightweight concrete and corresponding design equation for pure bending (2023)
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This study presents a novel Lytag-silica fume concrete (LSFC) for structural and other construction applications. The evaluation of compressive strength development and stress strain relationships of the LSFC light weight was carried out to determine... Read More about Development of a Lytag-silica fume based lightweight concrete and corresponding design equation for pure bending.

Prioritising critical attributes for the management of materials procurement and construction waste (2023)
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Construction and demolition waste constitutes the largest municipal solid waste (MSW) globally with environmental concerns. However, waste management is not considered a priority objective in construction compared to time and cost. Therefore, constru... Read More about Prioritising critical attributes for the management of materials procurement and construction waste.

Behaviour and microstructural characteristics of lime-GGBS-treated kaolin clay contaminated with gypsum (2023)
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In this experimental study, the physico-mechanical and microstructural properties of sulphate-bearing clays have been investigated. Sulphate bearing soils constituted by mixing kaolin and gypsum at 0%, 15%, 25%, and 35% gypsum contents were treated w... Read More about Behaviour and microstructural characteristics of lime-GGBS-treated kaolin clay contaminated with gypsum.

Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete (2022)
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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.

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

Performance of sustainable road pavements founded on clay subgrades treated with eco-friendly cementitious materials (2022)
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Clays encountered during road construction are mostly weak and result in major pavement failures due to their low California bearing ratio (CBR) and high swelling potential. In this study, sustainable and eco-friendly waste materials including brick... Read More about Performance of sustainable road pavements founded on clay subgrades treated with eco-friendly cementitious materials.

Earthship buildings: Stakeholder opinions of their contribution towards sustainable alternative housing in the United Kingdom (2022)
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Society requires additional affordable housing to meet its growing demands. Further, people expect their homes to meet sustainability targets and for the lifestyles they proffer to accord with low impact living. Earthship buildings are marketed as be... Read More about Earthship buildings: Stakeholder opinions of their contribution towards sustainable alternative housing in the United Kingdom.

Using Artificial Intelligence techniques to predict intrinsic compressibility characteristic of Clay (2022)
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Reconstituted clays have often provided the basis for the interpretation and modelling of the properties of natural clays. The term “intrinsic” was introduced to describe a clay remoulded or reconstituted at moisture content up to 1.5 times its liqui... Read More about Using Artificial Intelligence techniques to predict intrinsic compressibility characteristic of Clay.

Towards a consensus of expert opinions on implementing ISO 14001 in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors of the UK (2022)
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As society places greater emphasis on sustainability and environmental management, particularly within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sectors, it is vital to understand the effectiveness of the tools available to deliver change... Read More about Towards a consensus of expert opinions on implementing ISO 14001 in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors of the UK.

Criteria for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield site: An international survey of experts (2022)
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Comprehensive risk assessment of brownfield sites requires a broad range of knowledge and multi-disciplinary expertise. Whilst the identification of criteria requirements for preliminary risk assessment has received some attention, there appears to b... Read More about Criteria for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield site: An international survey of experts.

Road pavement defect investigation using treated and untreated expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index (2022)
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Road pavement defect has been a major issue in the construction industry leading to a high cost of maintenance and sometimes a total reconstruction of the road. Expansive road subgrade materials are one of the major causes of these road defects. In t... Read More about Road pavement defect investigation using treated and untreated expansive road subgrade materials with varying plasticity index.