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Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management (2023)
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Luo, X., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2024). Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management. Energy and Buildings, 303, Article 113757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113757

In most domestic buildings, gas and electricity are supplied by energy and utility companies through centralised energy systems. This often results in a high burden on central management systems and has adverse effects on energy prices. Blockchain-ba... Read More about Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management.

An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data (2023)
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Dopazo, D. A., Mahdjoubi, L., Gething, B., & Mahamadu, A. (in press). An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13114

Data on infrastructure project costs are often unstructured and lack consistency. To enable costs to be compared within and between organizations, large amounts of data must be classified to a common standard, typically a manual process. This is time... Read More about An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data.

A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis (2023)
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Adanza Dopazo, D., Mahdjoubi, L., & Gething, B. (2023). A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis. Buildings, 13(9), Article 2286. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092286

Context: Despite the effort put into developing standards for structuring construction costs and the strong interest in the field, most construction companies still perform the process of data gathering and processing manually. This provokes inconsis... Read More about A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis.

Categorisation of requirements in the ontology-based framework for employer information requirements (OntEIR) (2022)
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Dwairi, S., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2022). Categorisation of requirements in the ontology-based framework for employer information requirements (OntEIR). Buildings, 12(11), 1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111899

Employer Information Requirements (EIR) are the keystone for developing a successful Building Information Modelling (BIM) project. However, clients’ lack of skill and experience in categorising and defining these requirements often undermines the per... Read More about Categorisation of requirements in the ontology-based framework for employer information requirements (OntEIR).

Criteria for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield site: An international survey of experts (2022)
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Mahammedi, C., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, C., Bowman, R., & Butt, T. E. (2022). Criteria for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield site: An international survey of experts. Environmental Management, 70, 681–696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01684-x

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.

BIM-based immersive collaborative environment for furniture, fixture and equipment design (2022)
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Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., & Boguslawski, P. (2022). BIM-based immersive collaborative environment for furniture, fixture and equipment design. Automation in Construction, 142, 104489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104489

One of the most critical issues related to the current application of virtual reality during design appraisal is the inability to have a collaborative virtual environment where a group of geographically remote stakeholders can interact and communicat... Read More about BIM-based immersive collaborative environment for furniture, fixture and equipment design.

Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture fixture and equipment sector: A validation of interactive and distributed immersion (2022)
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Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A. M., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, C., & Aigbavboa, C. (in press). Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture fixture and equipment sector: A validation of interactive and distributed immersion. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-02-2022-0038

Purpose: The Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) sector is well placed to leverage virtual reality (VR) technology for competitive and operational advantages; however, the diffusion of VR applications in this sector has followed a steep curve. Thi... Read More about Virtual reality utility and usefulness in the furniture fixture and equipment sector: A validation of interactive and distributed immersion.

Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example (2022)
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Omar, H., & Mahdjoubi, L. (in press). Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2021-0956

Purpose: Poor performance remains a challenge for the construction industry worldwide. One of the key performance indicators of the construction industry is the timely delivery of projects. Despite the recent methodological and technological advances... Read More about Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example.

Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry (2021)
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Fluck, B., Mahdjoubi, L., Fluck, D., Fry, C. H., & Han, T. S. (2021). Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry. Safety in Extreme Environments, 3(2), 125 - 132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42797-021-00037-x

Construction workers are at increased health risk due to exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust. We examined differences in health risk among non-manual and manual employees in the construction industry. Online survey of construction in... Read More about Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry.

An investigation into macro BIM maturity and its impacts: A comparison of Qatar and the United Kingdom (2021)
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Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A. M., Mahdjoubi, L., Andric, J., Manu, P., & Mzyece, D. (2021). An investigation into macro BIM maturity and its impacts: A comparison of Qatar and the United Kingdom. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 17(5-6), 496-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2021.1923454

Emerging frameworks of BIM implementation have proposed several attributes as measures of macro-scale BIM maturity within countries. Such macro-scale BIM maturity indicators determine the policy and institutional imperatives for BIM diffusion at the... Read More about An investigation into macro BIM maturity and its impacts: A comparison of Qatar and the United Kingdom.

The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study (2021)
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Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A. M., Mahdjoubi, L., Manu, P., Che Ibrahim, C. K. I., & Aigbavboa, C. O. (2021). The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28(5), 1440-1467. https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-04-2020-0235

Purpose: This study aims to propose a novel approach to developing an interactive and immersive virtual environment for design communication in the furniture, fixture and equipment (FFE) sector. The study further investigates its effectiveness in enh... Read More about The effectiveness of interactive virtual reality for furniture, fixture and equipment design communication: an empirical study.

A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects (2020)
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Mahammedi, C. E., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, A., Akram, H., & Butt, T. E. (2020). A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects. Environmental Research, 191, Article 110180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110180

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Health and safety hazards associated with the redevelopment of contaminated sites can be complex and pose considerable risks. A systematic literature review was conducted on risk assessment tools for contaminated sites. These too... Read More about A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects.

A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator (2019)
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Poghosyan, A., Manu, P., Mahamadu, A., Akinade, O., Mahdjoubi, L., Gibb, A., & Behm, M. (2020). A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator. Safety Science, 122, Article 104516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104516

It has been established that design contributes to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in the construction sector. This has resulted in the need for designers to implement design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH), which is... Read More about A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator.

The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects (2019)
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Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, C., Aigbavboa, C., & Abanda, F. (2020). The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(1), 24-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-09-2018-0357

Purpose: The emergence of building information modelling (BIM) has led to the need for pre-qualification and selection of organisations capable of working within a BIM environment. Several criteria have been proposed for the assessment of an organisa... Read More about The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects.

Design for occupational safety and health: Key attributes for organisational capability (2019)
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Manu, P., Poghosyan, A., Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Gibb, A., Behm, M., & Akinade, O. (2019). Design for occupational safety and health: Key attributes for organisational capability. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2614-2636. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-09-2018-0389

Purpose: Against the backdrop of the contribution of design to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in construction, design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is increasingly becoming prominent in the construction sector. To... Read More about Design for occupational safety and health: Key attributes for organisational capability.

Building information modelling (BIM) capability and delivery success on construction projects (2019)
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Mahamadu, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Booth, C., Manu, P., & Manu, E. (2019). Building information modelling (BIM) capability and delivery success on construction projects. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 19(2), 170-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-03-2018-0016

Purpose: In spite of emerging research on building information modelling (BIM) capability assessment, there is a general dearth of knowledge about the links between often pre-emptive capability measurement attributes and actual delivery success. More... Read More about Building information modelling (BIM) capability and delivery success on construction projects.

‘Like a life in a cage’: Understanding child play and social interaction in Somali refugee families in the UK (2019)
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Allport, T., Mace, J., Farah, F., Yusuf, F., Mahdjoubi, L., & Redwood, S. (2019). ‘Like a life in a cage’: Understanding child play and social interaction in Somali refugee families in the UK. Health and Place, 56, 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.019

Migration to a different culture may affect opportunities for play and social interaction, essential for children’s developing cognitive and social skills. We asked Somali migrant women about experiences of childhood (both while growing up themselve... Read More about ‘Like a life in a cage’: Understanding child play and social interaction in Somali refugee families in the UK.

Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly (2019)
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Gbadamosi, A. Q., Mahamadu, A. M., Oyedele, L. O., Akinade, O. O., Manu, P., Mahdjoubi, L., & Aigbavboa, C. (2019). Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly. Journal of Cleaner Production, 215, 1180-1190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.113

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The lack of adequate consideration of the underlying factors affecting the methods of building assembly often results in inefficiencies in the uses of building materials, equipment and manpower. These inefficiencies are further co... Read More about Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly.

Comparison of prediction tools to determine their reliability on calculating operational heating consumption by monitoring no-fines concrete dwellings (2018)
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Sierra, F., Mahdjoubi, L., Gething, B., Alzaatreh, A., Fitton, R., & Marshall, A. (2018). Comparison of prediction tools to determine their reliability on calculating operational heating consumption by monitoring no-fines concrete dwellings. Energy and Buildings, 176, 78-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.07.012

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Nowadays most retrofit decisions are based on reducing CO2 / heating consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of three tools (RdSAP, SAP and IES) often used to predict these reductions. Three no-fines c... Read More about Comparison of prediction tools to determine their reliability on calculating operational heating consumption by monitoring no-fines concrete dwellings.

Disaggregating high-resolution gas metering data using pattern recognition (2018)
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Alzaatreh, A., Mahdjoubi, L., Gething, B., & Sierra, F. (2018). Disaggregating high-resolution gas metering data using pattern recognition. Energy and Buildings, 176, 17-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.07.011

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Growing concern about the scale and extent of the gap between predicted and actual energy performance of new and retrofitted UK homes has led to a surge in the development of new tools and technologies trying to address the probl... Read More about Disaggregating high-resolution gas metering data using pattern recognition.