All Outputs (10)

A phenomenological inquiry of building and living in European Earthship homes (2023)
Journal Article
Booth, C. A., Rasheed, S., Mahamdau, A., Horry, R., Abbey, S., Manu, P., …Prabhakaran, A. (in press). A phenomenological inquiry of building and living in European Earthship homes. Infrastructure Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.23.00028

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.

Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality (2023)
Journal Article
Sudhakaran, G., Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A. M., Booth, C. A., & Wiejak Roy, G. (in press). Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-05-2023-0122

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.

A systematic review of responsible sourcing in the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors of the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Ball, S., Booth, C. A., Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A. M., & Glass, J. (2023). A systematic review of responsible sourcing in the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors of the UK. Buildings, 13(4), 889. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13040889

In recent years, responsible sourcing and procurement (including green supply chain management) across the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors have become notable contributors to sustainable construction strategies. This study a... Read More about A systematic review of responsible sourcing in the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors of the UK.

An approach for semi-automated data quality assurance within BIM models (2022)
Journal Article
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.

Earthship buildings: Stakeholder opinions of their contribution towards sustainable alternative housing in the United Kingdom (2022)
Journal Article
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.

BIM-based immersive collaborative environment for furniture, fixture and equipment design (2022)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Prabhakaran, A., Mahamadu, A., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2022). Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review. Automation in Construction, 137, Article 104228

Despite the increasing scholarly attention being given to immersive technology applications in the architecture and construction industry, very few studies have explored the key challenges associated with their usage, with no aggregation of findings... Read More about Understanding the challenges of immersive technology use in the architecture and construction industry: A systematic review.

An investigation into macro BIM maturity and its impacts: A comparison of Qatar and the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.