All Outputs (10)

The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry (2022)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2022). The impact of COVID 19 on GCC construction industry. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 13(2), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.20220301.oa1

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
Akbar, M., Umar, T., Hussain, Z., Pan, H., & Ou, G. (2022). Effect of human hair fibers on the performance of concrete incorporating high dosage of silica fume. Applied Sciences, 13(1), 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010124

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.

A comprehensive review of incorporating steel fibers of waste tires in cement composites and its applications (2022)
Journal Article
Zia, A., Pu, Z., Holly, I., Umar, T., Tariq, M. A. U. R., & Sufian, M. (2022). A comprehensive review of incorporating steel fibers of waste tires in cement composites and its applications. Materials, 15(21), 7420. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217420

Accumulating vast amounts of pollutants drives modern civilization toward sustainable development. Construction waste is one of the prominent issues impeding progress toward net-zero. Pollutants must be utilized in constructing civil engineering stru... Read More about A comprehensive review of incorporating steel fibers of waste tires in cement composites and its applications.

An experimental study on non-destructive evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of a sustainable concrete incorporating industrial waste (2022)
Journal Article
Umar, T., Yousaf, M., Akbar, M., Abbas, N., Hussain, Z., & Ansari, W. S. (2022). An experimental study on non-destructive evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of a sustainable concrete incorporating industrial waste. Materials, 15(20), 7346. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15207346

Structural materials sustainability is gaining popularity across the globe at present. Reusing natural resources, building, demolition debris, and solid waste are the most apparent tools to make construction more environmentally friendly. Traditional... Read More about An experimental study on non-destructive evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of a sustainable concrete incorporating industrial waste.

Bibliometric and scientometric analysis-based review of construction safety and health research in developing countries from 1990 to 2021 (2022)
Journal Article
Umeokafor, N., Umar, T., & Evangelinos, K. (2022). Bibliometric and scientometric analysis-based review of construction safety and health research in developing countries from 1990 to 2021. Safety Science, 156, 105897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105897

This bibliometric and scientometric analyses and critical review of construction health and safety (H&S) research in developing countries (DCs) over the past 31 years, identifies its trends, dissemination, knowledge gaps, study implications, and dire... Read More about Bibliometric and scientometric analysis-based review of construction safety and health research in developing countries from 1990 to 2021.

Sustainable engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework (2022)
Journal Article
Honnurvali, M. S., El-Saleh, A. A., Sheikh, A. M., Goh, K., Gupta, N., & Umar, T. (2022). Sustainable engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 35(3), 52-69

This research study has investigated the challenges faced due to the pandemic (COVID-19). This paper further provides recommendations that can be adopted by academics, learners, and administrators to make the education system more robust and sustaina... Read More about Sustainable engineering higher education in Oman-lessons learned from the pandemic (COVID-19), improvements, and suggestions in the teaching, learning and administrative framework.

Development of an analytical model for the FRP retrofitted deficient interior reinforced concrete beam-column joints (2022)
Journal Article
Zia, A., Pu, Z., Holly, I., Umar, T., & Tariq, M. A. U. R. (2022). Development of an analytical model for the FRP retrofitted deficient interior reinforced concrete beam-column joints. Applied Sciences, 12(5), Article 2339. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052339

Beam‐column joints (BCJs) constructed until the 1970s carry a low shear capability due to the absence of shear reinforcement. Fiber‐reinforced polymers (FRP) are more reliable than other materials to strengthen a weak BCJ. To date, plenty of analytic... Read More about Development of an analytical model for the FRP retrofitted deficient interior reinforced concrete beam-column joints.

Exploring the GCC progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2022)
Journal Article
Umar, T., & Umeokafor, N. (2022). Exploring the GCC progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 13(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsesd.2022010105

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals were agreed in 2015 by all the members' countries to be achieved by 2030. The results of several reports reveal that some countries are making good progress to achieve these goals, the progress of o... Read More about Exploring the GCC progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman (2022)
Journal Article
Umar, T. (2022). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 13(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.305125

In Oman, the total quantity of MSW stood at 2.0 million tonnes/year. The emission from this waste is estimated at 2,989,467 tonnes/year (CO2 equivalent). This article proposes different frameworks that considered landfilling, composting, and recyclin... Read More about Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman.

Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry (2022)
Journal Article
Umar, T., & Umeokafor, N. (2022). Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 13(1), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.296265

One of the methods that could improve the safety performance of construction organizations is the safety climate approach, which is helpful to know the existing maturity level of the safety climate and to develop plans to achieve the required level o... Read More about Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry.