All Outputs (26)

Agents’ perceptions of the potential use of virtual reality in sales of residential real estate (2025)
Book Chapter

The residential real estate market is critical for the UK economy. Yet, transaction processes are overly complex. Emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR) can help modernise this market whilst saving time and money for all parties involved.... Read More about Agents’ perceptions of the potential use of virtual reality in sales of residential real estate.

A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry (2025)
Book Chapter

Construction is a dangerous industry to work in, owing to its poor occupational safety and health (OSH) record worldwide. Training and education have, however, been identified in the literature as one of the important means to addressing the poor OSH... Read More about A proposed methodology for developing immersive technological tools for occupational safety and health training and education in the construction industry.

Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application (2025)
Book Chapter

The current technological revolution is rapid and a disruptive catalyst to existing ways of doing business in every aspect of human endeavour. One of the most recent technologies gaining attention is the metaverse, which offers computer-generated s... Read More about Towards a metaverse platform for immersive collaborative design: A critical review of a Furniture, Fixture and Equipment (FFE) application.

General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach (2025)
Book Chapter

Earthship homes are exceptionally sustainable forms of housing, designed as passive solar homes with an emphasis on waste minimisation, water conservation, and energy efficiency. This chapter aims to elicit the perceptions of Earthship homes among in... Read More about General public’s perception of earthship buildings in the UK: An immersive VR based approach.

Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK (2025)
Book Chapter

The use of digitalization to advance sustainability is a path the construction industry is eager to take. earthships as the summit of sustainable housing solutions are facing the challenge of low awareness. To overcome this challenge, this study expl... Read More about Virtual Reality (VR) application for exploring earthship houses for second-time house buyers in the UK.

Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training (2025)
Book Chapter

Infrastructure projects, particularly tunnel construction, demand meticulous safety measures due to the complexities involved and the significant risks posed by heavy machinery operations. Despite relying on traditional safety drills and standardized... Read More about Immersive emergency preparedness: Enhancing tunnel operations with virtual reality door closure training.

Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning (2025)
Book Chapter

Over 50% of onsite hazards remain unrecognized, primarily due to poor hazard perception and attention deficits. Eye-tracking can help in understanding human visual attention and cognitive response, but its application in construction has been restric... Read More about Virtual reality approach to enhancing hazard perception in construction using eye-tracking and deep learning.

Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation (2025)
Book Chapter

Urban risk analysis traditionally relies on 2D maps and models, which, while effective for static risk mapping, lack the ability to realistically simulate dynamic emergency scenarios. The investigation presented in this chapter explores the integrati... Read More about Virtual reality simulation of pedestrian evacuation in earthquake scenarios: Informing urban design for enhanced evacuation.

Navigating urban futures: Crafting an experimental framework for eye-tracking integrated virtual reality in co-creative planning (2025)
Book Chapter

Wheelchair users (WCUs) often face unnecessary risks and socio-economic exclusion due to inadequate urban infrastructure. In this context, adopting participatory design (PD) in urban infrastructure planning proffers socially inclusive urban developme... Read More about Navigating urban futures: Crafting an experimental framework for eye-tracking integrated virtual reality in co-creative planning.

Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering, and construction - An introduction (2025)
Book Chapter

Globally, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors make an enormous contribution to the socio-economic development of nations, which is primarily evidenced by its creation/provision of the built environment. The sector has, howev... Read More about Applications of immersive technology in architecture, engineering, and construction - An introduction.

Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction (2023)
Book Chapter

The construction industry is a high-risk industry due to its poor record of injuries and deaths globally. Recently, exoskeletons, as part of a suite of Industry 4.0 technologies, have emerged as a potential effective technological approach for addres... Read More about Application of exoskeletons for occupational safety and health management in construction.

The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being (2023)
Book Chapter

Globally, the construction sector accounts for more than100,000 occupational fatalities annually. There is an urgent need to improve the poor occupational safety, health and well-being (OSHW) outlook of the construction sector. The advent of the four... Read More about The confluence of Industry 4.0 and construction occupational safety, health and well-being.

Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach (2023)
Book Chapter

The design and development of Industry 4.0 applications requires focused research work and close collaboration with the industry. Such an approach requires a balance between technical work and social interactions with industry partners: a social cons... Read More about Developing Industry 4.0 applications - A social construction of technology approach.

Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction (2023)
Book Chapter

Reducing occupational safety and health (OSH) incidents has been an area of significant importance to the construction industry. The industry remains one of the most dangerous, with significant occupational fatalities and injuries. Artificial intelli... Read More about Artificial intelligence for occupational health and safety management in construction.

Investigating the accident causal influence of construction project features using sequential exploratory mixed methods design (2023)
Book Chapter

Accidents are commonplace on construction sites. Over the years, improvement efforts have included studies aimed at identifying the causal factors in construction accidents in order that appropriate mitigation measures can be implemented. This chapte... Read More about Investigating the accident causal influence of construction project features using sequential exploratory mixed methods design.

Construction safety, health and well-being in the COVID-19 era: An introduction (2023)
Book Chapter

Globally, the construction sector is notorious for its enormous contribution to the occurrence of occupational accidents, injuries, and illnesses. The poor outlook of occupational safety, health, and well-being (OSHW) of the construction workforce se... Read More about Construction safety, health and well-being in the COVID-19 era: An introduction.

The transmission of COVID-19 in construction: A systematic review of findings from statistical and modelling techniques (2023)
Book Chapter

The COVID-19 outbreak experienced in late 2019 continues to impact work patterns significantly. The construction sector has been severely affected because of the labour-intensiveness of typical construction sites. Recent studies, particularly in epid... Read More about The transmission of COVID-19 in construction: A systematic review of findings from statistical and modelling techniques.

COVID-19 and the Ghanaian construction industry (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines the current impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry in Ghana and the measures put in place to control the spread of the virus. The views of 223 construction industry personnel, made up of Directors, Health a... Read More about COVID-19 and the Ghanaian construction industry.

A systematic review of Internet of Things applications in construction occupational safety and health management (2023)
Book Chapter

The construction industry has a poor reputation for being a high-risk industry due to its poor record of occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths globally. In recent times, the Internet of Things (IoT) as part of a suite of Industry 4.0 technolog... Read More about A systematic review of Internet of Things applications in construction occupational safety and health management.

Barriers to big data techniques application in construction safety, health and wellbeing (2023)
Book Chapter

The adoption of digital technologies such as big data analytics (BDA) for health, safety, and wellbeing (HSW) improvement in construction has increased but continues to experience challenges. Reviewing extant literature, this chapter identifies and d... Read More about Barriers to big data techniques application in construction safety, health and wellbeing.