All Outputs (120)

Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Staff expenses can account for up to 70% of business costs, with indoor conditions playing a critical role in employee health, behavior, and productivity. Optimal thermal comfort, typically around 21°C with 40-70% humidity, maximizes productivity. Ho... Read More about Decision support for building thermal comfort monitoring with a sustainable GenAI system.

The design and validation of a decision support system (DSS) for the preliminary risk assessment of brownfield sites (PRABS) (2024)
Journal Article

Purpose
This study aims to design and validate a decision support system (DSS), named preliminary risk assessment of brownfield sites (PRABS). It is intended that the proposed DSS will aid the identification of potential hazards and, in doing so, hi... Read More about The design and validation of a decision support system (DSS) for the preliminary risk assessment of brownfield sites (PRABS).

Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management (2023)
Journal Article

In most domestic buildings, gas and electricity are supplied by energy and utility companies through centralised energy systems. This often results in a high burden on central management systems and has adverse effects on energy prices. Blockchain-ba... Read More about Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management.

An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data (2023)
Journal Article

Data on infrastructure project costs are often unstructured and lack consistency. To enable costs to be compared within and between organizations, large amounts of data must be classified to a common standard, typically a manual process. This is time... Read More about An automated machine learning approach for classifying infrastructure cost data.

A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis (2023)
Journal Article

Context: Despite the effort put into developing standards for structuring construction costs and the strong interest in the field, most construction companies still perform the process of data gathering and processing manually. This provokes inconsis... Read More about A method to enable automatic extraction of cost and quantity data from hierarchical construction information documents to enable rapid digital comparison and analysis.

Categorisation of requirements in the ontology-based framework for employer information requirements (OntEIR) (2022)
Journal Article

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).

IP5a standardisation and classification of project cost data (2022)
Report

Benchmarking is a fundamental tool for improving performance in the delivery of transport infrastructure projects. The sector has seen a significant boost in funding in recent years, and there is an urgent need to use benchmarking to inform decision-... Read More about IP5a standardisation and classification of project cost data.

IP12 Advanced logistics for end-to-end collaboration and coordination (2022)
Report

Infrastructure and construction projects are increasingly adopting off-site construction, and are becoming more competitive and collaborative, making well-timed delivery of off-site components/volumes essential. Logistics for off-site construction an... Read More about IP12 Advanced logistics for end-to-end collaboration and coordination.

Understanding the benefits of immersive technology use in furniture, fixture and equipment sector: A systematic review (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Criteria for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield site: An international survey of experts (2022)
Journal Article

Comprehensive risk assessment of brownfield sites requires a broad range of knowledge and multi-disciplinary expertise. Whilst the identification of criteria requirements for preliminary risk assessment has received some attention, there appears to b... Read More about Criteria for preliminary risk assessment of Brownfield site: An international survey of experts.

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

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

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

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.

Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: Poor performance remains a challenge for the construction industry worldwide. One of the key performance indicators of the construction industry is the timely delivery of projects. Despite the recent methodological and technological advances... Read More about Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example.

Towards development of a distributed virtual furniture, fixture and equipment shopping environment (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Purpose: -The dynamic consumer behaviour, as well as the current state of nationwide lock-down and social distancing mandates, has left retail industries like the Furniture Fixture and Equipment (FFE) sector under unprecedented disruption, leaving th... Read More about Towards development of a distributed virtual furniture, fixture and equipment shopping environment.

Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry (2021)
Journal Article

Construction workers are at increased health risk due to exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust. We examined differences in health risk among non-manual and manual employees in the construction industry. The participants were drawn rand... Read More about Disparity in the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust among non- manual and manual employees in the construction industry.

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

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

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.

A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Health and safety hazards associated with the redevelopment of contaminated sites can be complex and pose considerable risks. A systematic literature review was conducted on risk assessment tools for contaminated sites. These too... Read More about A systematic review of risk assessment tools for contaminated sites – Current perspectives and future prospects.

An approach for integrating mixed reality into BIM for early stage design coordination (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and its associated technologies have proved to be one of the most promising developments in Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Over the past few decades, the AEC sector has been restricted... Read More about An approach for integrating mixed reality into BIM for early stage design coordination.