All Outputs (131)

Development of a design for occupational safety and health capability maturity model (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is growing in prominence in the construction sector. Consequently, designers (as individuals or organisations) are expected to mitigate occupational health and safety risks through design. In order fo... Read More about Development of a design for occupational safety and health capability maturity model.

Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The LAUGH project is a recently completed international three-year UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)funded design research project. Outcomes from the research include a collection of playful objects designed to support the wellbeing of peo... Read More about Designing for playfulness through compassion: Design for advanced dementia.

Compassionate Design: How to Design for Advanced Dementia – a toolkit for designers (2018)
Book

One of the major challenges facing the world today is how to care for the increasing numbers of older people in society and help them to live well, right until the end of their lives. The World Health Organisation and Alzheimer’s International have i... Read More about Compassionate Design: How to Design for Advanced Dementia – a toolkit for designers.

Alcohol abuse and illicit drug use at construction sites: Perception of workers at construction sites (2018)
Journal Article

This study aims at establishing the perception of workers at the construction sites regarding illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Specifically the study attempts to investigate the key causes of substance abuse, awareness among workers on the effects... Read More about Alcohol abuse and illicit drug use at construction sites: Perception of workers at construction sites.

SoundMapp: Participatory design in museum space (2018)
Journal Article

This article explores the possibility of creating alternative user experience in exhibition spaces while using audience interactivity as medium for generating sonic material. We are investigating participatory art in museum space, ways for redefining... Read More about SoundMapp: Participatory design in museum space.

A review of occupational safety and health regulations in Oman (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The poor occupational safety and health (OS\&H) results in an economic burden of 4\% of the total world Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The effective OS\&H regulations and it implementation are one of the main factors to achieve an improved safety perf... Read More about A review of occupational safety and health regulations in Oman.

The effect of reducing geometry complexity on energy simulation results (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Accuracy and time are metrics inherently associated with the design process and the energy performance simulation of buildings. The accurate representation of the building is an essential requirement for energy analysis, which comes with the expense... Read More about The effect of reducing geometry complexity on energy simulation results.

Competencies needed by construction project managers for BIM-enabled projects (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Construction project manager (CPM) competency has been common place discussions over the years with the recognition of the importance of skills and knowledge to project success. With recent advancements in the application of digital technologies such... Read More about Competencies needed by construction project managers for BIM-enabled projects.

Common themes and conclusions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summing up and closing address to the conference (together with Charles Clover)

National Level

• Think of the sea as publicly owned space;
• This underpins general themes for good management of that space:
collaboration, trust and stewardshi... Read More about Common themes and conclusions.

Design for safety in construction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A study of architects in Ghana (2018)
Journal Article

Design for safety (DfS) is an important mechanism for addressing accidents in construction. In the main, DfS studies have largely focussed on various regions of the world other than sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Through a questionnaire survey, this study... Read More about Design for safety in construction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A study of architects in Ghana.

Exploring behavioural factors for information sharing in BIM projects in the Malaysian construction industry (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Despite the wave of enthusiasm for building information modelling (BIM) as a platform for information sharing, issues from the context of information-sharing behaviours still exist. The purpose of this pap... Read More about Exploring behavioural factors for information sharing in BIM projects in the Malaysian construction industry.

Towards a Deleuzoguattarian methodology for urban design (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari (Deleuzoguattarian) is now widely thought to be apropos for today’s world. This paper proposes Deleuzoguattarian philosophy as... Read More about Towards a Deleuzoguattarian methodology for urban design.

Picture perfect: Maps and other measures of the contemporary city (2018)
Journal Article

Jorge Luis Borges’ short story ‘On Exactitude in Science’ (1946) has been referred to innumerous times: it features a map that is repeatedly revisited and scaled up, until it becomes contiguous with its referent object (the territory) and effaces it.... Read More about Picture perfect: Maps and other measures of the contemporary city.

Urban Pollution: Science and Management (2018)
Book

This book comprises five sections, which are collated into 31 chapters. The first part of the book provides An Introduction that offers some initial insights into the impacts and issues associated with urban pollution (Chapter 1). Since many nations... Read More about Urban Pollution: Science and Management.

Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry in Ghana is bursting with speculations and pieces of information that suggest that certain contracts are awarded on basis other than merits of a proposed bid and the competitiveness of cost. Undoubtedly, this unethical pract... Read More about Curbing unethical practices associated with preferential allocation of construction contracts in Ghana: Survey professionals’ perception of who should lead the way.

Exploring employee energy efficiency awareness in UK commercial offices: IT and small power (2018)
Journal Article

Energy consumption reduction is called upon across UK business facilities in order to mitigate the rising impacts of climate change. Business facilities such as office buildings rely on a range of electrical equipment on a day-to-day basis (Carbon Tr... Read More about Exploring employee energy efficiency awareness in UK commercial offices: IT and small power.

The Hyper Reality Principles in the Age of the Post-Humanism: the Paradigm Post-Human Body -Hyper City (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since ancient times, the use of the analogy human body - buildings was central in architectural and urban design. On the one side, the Greeks used a “psychological understanding” of the body; on the other side, the Romans used their “geometrical un... Read More about The Hyper Reality Principles in the Age of the Post-Humanism: the Paradigm Post-Human Body -Hyper City.

Perceptions on safety climate: A case study in the Omani construction industry (2018)
Journal Article

Generally, a mature safety climate and a rich safety culture contribute to achieving a safe workplace. The purpose of this paper is to examine the understanding of using safety climate and to make explicit some of the main elements that have a greate... Read More about Perceptions on safety climate: A case study in the Omani construction industry.

Solar shimmer (2018)
Exhibition / Performance

Case study of PV output power degradation rates in Oman (2018)
Journal Article

To meet the increase in peak electricity demand, reduce fossil fuel emissions in Oman, and as an initiative taken by the government, by 2030 15% (3000 MW) of the total energy mix (20,000 MW) should be generated from renewable energy resources. It is... Read More about Case study of PV output power degradation rates in Oman.