Outputs (64)

Development and testing of immersive virtual reality environment for safe unmanned aerial vehicle usage in construction scenarios (2024)
Journal Article

Robotics and autonomous systems are increasingly being used on construction sites to complete tasks and complement human effort. One such autonomous system is unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), although their wrong use could be potentially hazardous to... Read More about Development and testing of immersive virtual reality environment for safe unmanned aerial vehicle usage in construction scenarios.

Investigation into the key barriers to achieving UK “Construction 2025” strategy targets (2023)
Journal Article

The “Construction 2025” is a United Kingdom (UK) Government Strategy introduced in 2013 to improve the construction industry in the United Kingdom by meeting outlined performance targets by 2025. However, with only a few years left to reach the targe... Read More about Investigation into the key barriers to achieving UK “Construction 2025” strategy targets.

Feeling the Earthship house: Eliciting a perspective of posterity through immersive virtual reality (2023)
Journal Article

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.

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

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.

An investigation into the role of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in minimising design changes (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Conceptually, Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been in existence for decades. However, BIM has only recently gained widespread application in the construction industry. There are mandates in place for BIM use in many countries. With this incr... Read More about An investigation into the role of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in minimising design changes.

Towards a consensus of expert opinions on implementing ISO 14001 in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors of the UK (2022)
Journal Article

As society places greater emphasis on sustainability and environmental management, particularly within the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sectors, it is vital to understand the effectiveness of the tools available to deliver change... Read More about Towards a consensus of expert opinions on implementing ISO 14001 in the architecture, engineering and construction sectors of the UK.

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.

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.

Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions (2022)
Journal Article

For past decades, design for safety (DfS) has gained growing interest among scholars and practitioners in different geographical contexts as one of the innovative practices integrating worker health and safety in the front-end of the project lifecycl... Read More about Design for safety (DfS) practice in construction engineering and management research: A review of current trends and future directions.

The application of eye-tracking technology in architecture engineering and construction industry: A systematic review (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the scholarly attention on eye-tracking technology in the AEC industry, no studies thus far have attempted to aggregate the findings or knowledge. To bridge this gap and to better understand the state-of-the-art of eye-tracking technology’s a... Read More about The application of eye-tracking technology in architecture engineering and construction industry: A systematic review.

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.

Environmental management systems in the architectural, engineering and construction sectors: A roadmap to aid the delivery of the sustainable development goals (2021)
Journal Article

Realisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) will provide improvements to people's lives and longevity of the planet. The architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) sectors have a potentially huge role in aiding the delivery of many... Read More about Environmental management systems in the architectural, engineering and construction sectors: A roadmap to aid the delivery of the sustainable development goals.

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.

Building information modelling (BIM) readiness of construction professionals: the context of the Seychelles construction industry (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: Although building information modelling (BIM) adoption in developed countries has largely been incentivised by government, in developing countries, adoption is often driven by desires of industry professionals, which is dependent on awarenes... Read More about Building information modelling (BIM) readiness of construction professionals: the context of the Seychelles construction industry.

Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction (2020)
Journal Article

A persistent barrier to the adoption of offsite construction is the lack of information for assessing prefabrication alternatives and the choices of suppliers. This study integrates three aspects of offsite construction, including BIM, DFMA and big d... Read More about Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction.

A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: This study presents a fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city realisation in developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study. By defining and delineating the problems faced by the country, more viable directions to att... Read More about A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of the challenges of smart city development in developing countries.

Violent behaviour on construction sites: Structural equation modelling of its impact on unsafe behaviour using partial least squares (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: Work on construction sites involves individuals with diverse character, temperament,age, physical strength, culture, religion and experience level. A good number of these individuals are also alleged to involve themselves in substance and al... Read More about Violent behaviour on construction sites: Structural equation modelling of its impact on unsafe behaviour using partial least squares.

Design for safety implementation among design professionals in construction: The context of Palestine (2020)
Journal Article

Design for safety (DfS), also known as prevention through design, is a prominent means for tackling work-related illnesses and injuries in construction. However, the available DfS studies in construction have paid very limited attention to developing... Read More about Design for safety implementation among design professionals in construction: The context of Palestine.

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.

Organisational attributes that determine integrated safety, health and environmental management capability (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Implementing separate Environmental Management System (EMS) and Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) can be costly for organisations and hence the advent of integrated management systems. The effective implementation of integrated safety, healt... Read More about Organisational attributes that determine integrated safety, health and environmental management capability.

Attributes that determine the building information modelling capability maturity of quantity surveying practice (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

With more than 80% of all construction projects overrunning their budget, there is a need for more efficient management of the estimated 10% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that is expended annually on construction across the world. It has been propo... Read More about Attributes that determine the building information modelling capability maturity of quantity surveying practice.

Macro-maturity factors and their influence on micro-level BIM implementation within design firms in Italy (2020)
Journal Article

Based on conceptual models of macro-BIM adoption, several factors have been proposed as indicators of BIM maturity at the national level. Such macro-level BIM maturity indicators drive policy and the institutional imperatives for smooth adoption of B... Read More about Macro-maturity factors and their influence on micro-level BIM implementation within design firms in Italy.

A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator (2019)
Journal Article

It has been established that design contributes to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in the construction sector. This has resulted in the need for designers to implement design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH), which is... Read More about A web-based design for occupational safety and health capability maturity indicator.

Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession (2019)
Journal Article

While several measures have been suggested to address unethical practices within the built environment, it remains unclear whether some stakeholders are more able to influence improvement in unethical practices than others, and if so whether such phe... Read More about Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession.

The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects (2019)
Journal Article

Purpose: The emergence of building information modelling (BIM) has led to the need for pre-qualification and selection of organisations capable of working within a BIM environment. Several criteria have been proposed for the assessment of an organisa... Read More about The importance of BIM capability assessment: An evaluation of post-selection performance of organisations on construction projects.

The role of Internet of Things in delivering smart construction (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The construction industry is the least digitised sector in the world and it contributes significantly less, in terms of productivity, to the global economy than its average potential. Current trends in the construction industry are aimed at leveragin... Read More about The role of Internet of Things in delivering smart construction.

Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations (2019)
Journal Article

The construction sites are prone to environmental incidents. In this paper, the root causes of incidents and immediate actions taken after events are identified through qualitative analysis, while the environmental impacts, the cost of mitigation, ti... Read More about Understanding environmental incidents on construction sites in Australia: The causal factors, environmental impact and their relations.

Infrastructure procurement capacity gaps in Nigeria public sector institutions (2019)
Journal Article

Purpose: The achievement of sustainable development goals is linked to the procurement of public infrastructure in a manner that meets key procurement objectives, such as sustainability, value-for-money, transparency and accountability. At the heart... Read More about Infrastructure procurement capacity gaps in Nigeria public sector institutions.

Design for occupational safety and health: Key attributes for organisational capability (2019)
Journal Article

Purpose: Against the backdrop of the contribution of design to the occurrence of occupational injuries and illnesses in construction, design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is increasingly becoming prominent in the construction sector. To... Read More about Design for occupational safety and health: Key attributes for organisational capability.

Building information modelling (BIM) capability and delivery success on construction projects (2019)
Journal Article

Purpose: In spite of emerging research on building information modelling (BIM) capability assessment, there is a general dearth of knowledge about the links between often pre-emptive capability measurement attributes and actual delivery success. More... Read More about Building information modelling (BIM) capability and delivery success on construction projects.

The cost performance and causes of overruns in infrastructure development projects in Asia (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by VGTU Pr. Infrastructure plays a major role in the economic development of countries, especially in Asia which has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. The procurement of infrastructure continues to be char... Read More about The cost performance and causes of overruns in infrastructure development projects in Asia.

Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The lack of adequate consideration of the underlying factors affecting the methods of building assembly often results in inefficiencies in the uses of building materials, equipment and manpower. These inefficiencies are further co... Read More about Offsite construction: Developing a BIM-Based optimizer for assembly.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Design for safety implementation factors: a literature review (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Decisions made during the design stage of construction works can significantly reduce the risk of occurrence of occupational accidents, injuries and illnesses. Moreover, it has been established that design... Read More about Design for safety implementation factors: a literature review.

Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement: A Nigerian inquiry (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Public procurement capacity is composed of three facets: individual, organisational and an enabling national environment which encapsulates national legislation, policies and institutional arrangements tha... Read More about Assessment of procurement capacity challenges inhibiting public infrastructure procurement: A Nigerian inquiry.

Health and safety management practices of contractors in South East Asia: A multi country study of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia (2018)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The construction sector is notorious for accounting for numerous occupational deaths, injuries and illnesses in many countries. In emerging economies this situation could be direr, and health and safety (H&S) management by contrac... Read More about Health and safety management practices of contractors in South East Asia: A multi country study of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

Design for occupational safety and health of workers in construction in developing countries: A study of architects in Nigeria (2018)
Journal Article

Purpose. Design for safety (DfS) of workers is amongst the prominent ways of tackling poor occupational safety and health performance in construction. However, in developing countries there is extremely limited research on DfS. This study thus makes... Read More about Design for occupational safety and health of workers in construction in developing countries: A study of architects in Nigeria.

Occupational safety and health management in developing countries: A study of construction companies in Malawi (2018)
Journal Article

Purpose: Whilst occupational safety and health (OSH) management is recognised as an important mechanism for addressing poor OSH performance, limited empirical insight is available on OSH management by construction companies in sub-Saharan Africa. Thi... Read More about Occupational safety and health management in developing countries: A study of construction companies in Malawi.

A BIM based approach for optimization of construction and assembly through material selection (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

During the design phase of construction projects, professionals seldom consider implications of design choices in terms of the ease with which it can be constructed. This contributes to wastage when chosen design features and materials result in the... Read More about A BIM based approach for optimization of construction and assembly through material selection.

Framework of performance measurement practices in construction companies in Egypt (2018)
Journal Article

Construction industry is considered as one of the most important sectors in Egypt. One of the major challenges faced by the industry, however, is the unavailability of suitable performance measurement systems for assessing companies’ performance. Mod... Read More about Framework of performance measurement practices in construction companies in Egypt.

The effect of project success factors on project success criteria (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Various studies on Project Success Factors (PSFs) and Project Success Criteria (PSC) have been conducted within the construction industry. However, studies on the influence that Project Success Factors (PSFs) may have on Project Success Criteria (PSC... Read More about The effect of project success factors on project success criteria.

Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Design for occupational safety and health (DfOSH) is increasingly becoming prominent in construction. In the UK, DfOSH is a legal requirement under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015). Amongst other requirements, the CD... Read More about Organisational attributes that determine design for occupational safety and health capability.

Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector (2017)
Journal Article

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Procurement of public infrastructure that is fit for purpose partly depends on the competencies of procurement personnel. In many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, there is a d... Read More about Infrastructure procurement skills gap amongst procurement personnel in Nigeria’s public sector.

Causes and impact of work related stress amongst construction health and safety managers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Work related stress (WRS) is a contributor to absence from work by workers in the construction industry. Whilst there has been research into WRS in the construction sector, there has been limited empirical research focussing on WRS amongst constructi... Read More about Causes and impact of work related stress amongst construction health and safety managers.

Can Personal Values Help to Manage Workers' Occupational Safety and Health Behaviour? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 The Authors. Finding innovative and effective ways of improving construction workers' occupational safety and health behaviour is a challenge for implementers of behavioural-based safety (BBS) programmes. Whilst innate antecedents of behaviour... Read More about Can Personal Values Help to Manage Workers' Occupational Safety and Health Behaviour?.

Addressing challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives (2017)
Journal Article

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as a technology-enabled process for more efficient and effective management of information in digital and virtual environments. Many challenges, however, exist and undermine its effective impleme... Read More about Addressing challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives.

The role of personal values in behavioural-based safety: Evidence from UK & Thailand inquiries (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst behavioural-based safety (BBS) is not new and even becoming increasingly common especially among large construction organisations, research on BBS is yet to explore the potential effect of innate triggers of behaviour such as personal values.... Read More about The role of personal values in behavioural-based safety: Evidence from UK & Thailand inquiries.

Development of a decision support framework to aid selection of construction supply chain organisations for BIM-enabled projects (2017)
Thesis

With the emergence of Building Information Modelling (BIM), a critical criterion for the qualification of a suitable Construction Supply Chain (CSC) for projects is the ability of individual organisations to deliver through the use of BIM. Despite em... Read More about Development of a decision support framework to aid selection of construction supply chain organisations for BIM-enabled projects.

Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite emerging research on Building Information Modelling (BIM) capability, there remain no studies that specifically look at criteria for the pre-qualification and selection of constr... Read More about Critical BIM qualification criteria for construction pre-qualification and selection.

Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria (2016)
Book Chapter

Despite the relevance of the construction sector in developing countries, the industry continues to record unacceptable levels of accidents and fatalities. The situation is no different in Nigeria where health and safety (H&S) management has been cit... Read More about Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria.

A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In spite of the socio-economic benefits of the construction industry, it accounts for many deaths, injuries and illnesses in many countries. In developing countries like Vietnam, the situation is even worse. Health and safety (H&S) management plays a... Read More about A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam.

Inquiry into the health and safety management practices of contractors in Vietnam: Preliminary findings (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite the socio-economic significance of the Vietnamese construction industry, the industry continues to have a poor reputation in terms of occupational health and safety (H&S). Whilst it is evident that improvement is needed, there is a dearth of... Read More about Inquiry into the health and safety management practices of contractors in Vietnam: Preliminary findings.

Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana (2015)
Journal Article

Poor quality, safety and environmental (QSE) performance within Ghana's road sector has been cited as a major challenge in the procurement of infrastructure. This study evaluates the applicability and level of integrated consideration of QSE in the d... Read More about Integrated delivery of quality, safety and environment through road sector procurement: The case of public sector agencies in Ghana.

Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as a technology enabled process for the realisation of the performance ambitions of the construction industry through integrated management of information in virtual 3-D formats. Significant chal... Read More about Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives.

Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK (2014)
Journal Article

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as an enabler for greater efficiency and effectiveness within the UK construction industry, providing digital management of construction data throughout the project life cycle. The potential bene... Read More about Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK.

Challenges to digital collaborative exchange for sustainable project delivery through building information modelling technologies (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There has been growing recognition for the use of communication technologies to improve processes in sustainable infrastructure delivery. Building Information Modelling (BIM) based technologies have emerged for communication, data exchange and sharin... Read More about Challenges to digital collaborative exchange for sustainable project delivery through building information modelling technologies.

Challenges to BIM-Cloud integration: Implication of security issues on secure collaboration (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Emerging information technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) offer the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry enormous potential to develop collaborative workflows. Cloud computing has similarly gained popularity... Read More about Challenges to BIM-Cloud integration: Implication of security issues on secure collaboration.

I spy with my little eye: Improving user involvement in elderly care facility design through virtual reality
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Recent studies have established that an ageing population is currently the most prevalent problem in healthcare provision as a result of an increasing number of people living with age-related chronic conditions such as dementia and stroke. More recen... Read More about I spy with my little eye: Improving user involvement in elderly care facility design through virtual reality.

Supplier BIM competence assessments within the cloud: A proposed fuzzy-TOPSIS approach
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Building information modelling (BIM) is regarded as a technological solution for construction supply chain (SC) integration through centralised digital communications. A number of approaches have been proposed for the evaluation of a firm’s capabilit... Read More about Supplier BIM competence assessments within the cloud: A proposed fuzzy-TOPSIS approach.

Developing capability of public sector procurement in Ghana: An assessment of the road subsector client
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Ghanaian public sector procurement is experiencing a paradigm shift from a clerical role to a more strategic function targeting optimum achievement of value for money. For this to be fully realised, the skills of the workforce must be developed t... Read More about Developing capability of public sector procurement in Ghana: An assessment of the road subsector client.