All Outputs (62)

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.

A tool for energy transition oriented intermediaries. A stakeholders’ perspectives analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Sibilla, M. (2022). A tool for energy transition oriented intermediaries. A stakeholders’ perspectives analysis. Sustainable Mediterranean Construction, 2022(15), 28-37

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.

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

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
Malki-Epshtein, L., Adzic, F., Roberts, B., Hathway, A., Iddon, C., Mustafa, M., & Cook, M. (2023). Measurement and rapid assessment of indoor air quality at mass gathering events to assess ventilation performance and reduce aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 44(2), 113 -133. https://doi.org/10.1177/01436244221137995

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.

Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete (2022)
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Nukah, P. D., Abbey, S. J., Booth, C. A., & Oti, J. (2022). Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete. Sustainability, 14(24), 16765. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416765

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.

Examining critical project management skills for successful delivery of major maintenance projects: Insights from the United Kingdom energy sector (2022)
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Pieterse, B., Agyekum, K., Manu, P., Mohandes, S. R., Cheung, C., & Yunusa-Kaltungo, A. (2024). Examining critical project management skills for successful delivery of major maintenance projects: Insights from the United Kingdom energy sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 31(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-07-2022-0658

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.

Caregiving for older people living with chronic pain: Analysis of the English longitudinal study of ageing and health survey for England (2022)
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Smith, T., Mansfield, M., Hanson, S., Welsh, A., Khoury, R., Clark, A., …Adams, J. (in press). Caregiving for older people living with chronic pain: Analysis of the English longitudinal study of ageing and health survey for England. British Journal of Pain, 204946372211442. https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637221144250

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)
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Nukah, P. D., Abbey, S. J., Booth, C. A., & Nounu, G. (2022). Optimisation of embodied carbon and compressive strength in low carbon concrete. Materials, 15(23), 8673. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15238673

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)
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Manege, S. L., & Kennedy, C. J. (2022). Adoption of technological cost data management in the Tanzania building construction industry. Journal of Advanced Management Science, 10(4), 88-93. https://doi.org/10.18178/joams.10.4.88-93

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.

An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models (2022)
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Cann, S., Mahamadu, A., Prabhakaran, A., Dziekonski, K., & Joseph, R. (2022). An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models. Engineering Management in Production and Services, 14(4), 114-125. https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2022-0034

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.

Stuff and space in the home: Space for storage as the forgotten design and well-being dimension in standardised housing (2022)
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Marco, E. (2023). Stuff and space in the home: Space for storage as the forgotten design and well-being dimension in standardised housing. Journal of Architecture, 27(5-6), 708-733. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2022.2142269

In the field of architecture, there has been scarce research on how the accumulation of material possessions impacts on space in the home. There has been little understanding of what households own, collect, store, and dispose of, nor the implication... Read More about Stuff and space in the home: Space for storage as the forgotten design and well-being dimension in standardised housing.

Score: Practices of listening and collision (2022)
Journal Article
Drofiak, N. (2022). Score: Practices of listening and collision. Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge, 3, 261-280. https://doi.org/10.14361/dak-2022-0317

A score is a research tool that approaches knowledge as a series of relations. A consciously authored, creative work, a score precipitates and establishes the initial terms of an encounter between stories or actors; performed (translated) into a con... Read More about Score: Practices of listening and collision.

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).

“It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children (2022)
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Lemaignan, S., Newbutt, N., Rice, L., & Daly, J. (in press). “It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children. International Journal of Social Robotics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-022-00928-4

For a period of 3 weeks in June 2021, we embedded a social robot (Softbank Pepper) in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for autistic children. The robot’s behaviours and integration into the school were co-designed with the children and teache... Read More about “It’s important to think of Pepper as a teaching aid or resource external to the classroom”: A social robot in a school for autistic children.

Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision (2022)
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O'Donnell, E. C., Snelling, A. M., & Lamond, J. E. (in press). Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision. Journal of Flood Risk Management, e12868. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12868

The Learning and Action Alliance (LAA) framework is increasingly valued as an approach to facilitate social learning and action by enabling collaboration within and between organisations, breaking down barriers to information sharing and facilitating... Read More about Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue-Green vision.

The nonequilibrium potential today: A short review (2022)
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Wio, H. S., Deza, J. I., Sánchez, A. D., García-García, R., Gallego, R., Revelli, J. A., & Deza, R. R. (2022). The nonequilibrium potential today: A short review. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 165(Part 1), 112778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2022.112778

A brief review is made of the birth and evolution of the “nonequilibrium potential” (NEP) concept. As if providing a landscape for qualitative reasoning were not helpful enough, the NEP adds a quantitative dimension to the qualitative theory of diffe... Read More about The nonequilibrium potential today: A short review.

An experimental study on non-destructive evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of a sustainable concrete incorporating industrial waste (2022)
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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.

Earthship buildings: Stakeholder opinions of their contribution towards sustainable alternative housing in the United Kingdom (2022)
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Booth, C., Horry, R., Majeed Mahamadu, A., Manu, P., Awuah, K., Aboagye, N., …Prabhakaran, A. (2023). Earthship buildings: Stakeholder opinions of their contribution towards sustainable alternative housing in the United Kingdom. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 176(4), 192-198. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.22.00026

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.

Performance of sustainable road pavements founded on clay subgrades treated with eco-friendly cementitious materials (2022)
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Amakye, S. Y., Abbey, S. J., Booth, C. A., & Oti, J. (2022). Performance of sustainable road pavements founded on clay subgrades treated with eco-friendly cementitious materials. Sustainability, 14(19), 12588. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912588

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.

Using Artificial Intelligence techniques to predict intrinsic compressibility characteristic of Clay (2022)
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Eyo, E. E., Abbey, S. J., & Booth, C. A. (2022). Using Artificial Intelligence techniques to predict intrinsic compressibility characteristic of Clay. Applied Sciences, 12(19), https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199940

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.