Enhancing post-disaster reconstruction capacity through lifelong learning in higher education (2015)
Journal Article
Thayaparan, M., Siriwardena, M., Malalgoda, C., Amaratunga, R., Lill, I., & Kaklauskas, A. (2015). Enhancing post-disaster reconstruction capacity through lifelong learning in higher education. Disaster Prevention and Management, 24(3), 338-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-11-2014-0239

Purpose: Due to the complexities involved in disasters and due to the peculiar nature of post-disaster reconstruction, built environment professionals require continuous updating of their skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to disaster res... Read More about Enhancing post-disaster reconstruction capacity through lifelong learning in higher education.

Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries (2015)
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Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Zhou, L., & Udeaja, C. (2015). Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 22(6), 669-691. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-12-2014-0159

Purpose – Top managers who possess outstanding leadership competence make significant contributions toward achieving project success. The relationship between the top managers’ leadership and infrastructure sustainability (IS), one of the most impo... Read More about Barriers to public private partnership projects in developing countries.

Slip resistance of winter footwear on snow and ice measured using maximum achievable incline (2015)
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Hsu, J., Shaw, R., Novak, A., Li, Y., Ormerod, M., Newton, R., …Fernie, G. (2016). Slip resistance of winter footwear on snow and ice measured using maximum achievable incline. Ergonomics, 59(5), 717-728. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2015.1084051

Protective footwear is necessary for preventing injurious slips and falls in winter conditions. Valid methods for assessing footwear slip resistance on winter surfaces are needed in order to evaluate footwear and outsole designs. The purpose of this... Read More about Slip resistance of winter footwear on snow and ice measured using maximum achievable incline.

Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight (2015)
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Al-Maiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2015). Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering History and Heritage, 168(4), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenhh.15.00004

Historic buildings have their own cultural identity, which is often related to their aesthetic qualities such as period characteristics (geometry, size, colour, form and shape), materials and construction. Daylight is one of the primary elements co... Read More about Turkish D-light : accentuating heritage values with daylight.

Teachers’ views of their primary school classrooms (2015)
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Barrett, P., Barett, L., & Zhang, Y. (2016). Teachers’ views of their primary school classrooms. Intelligent Buildings International, 8(3), 176-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508975.2015.1087835

This paper presents the views of 222 head teachers and classroom-based teachers about their experiences and perceptions of 193 specific classroom environments from 29 primary schools in three different areas in England, UK. One-to-one interviews we... Read More about Teachers’ views of their primary school classrooms.

Facilities management outsourcing relationships in the higher education institutes (2015)
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Lok, K., & Baldry, D. (2015). Facilities management outsourcing relationships in the higher education institutes. Facilities, 33(13/14), 819-848. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-05-2014-0043

Purpose – This paper aims to test the nine corollaries concerning the determinants of outsourcing relationship dimensions, strategic manoeuvres, clients’ and service providers’ evaluation regarding outsourcing category and outsourcing relationship ty... Read More about Facilities management outsourcing relationships in the higher education institutes.

Putting food banks out of business : final report (2015)
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Perry, B., Walsh, V., & Silver, D. (2015). Putting food banks out of business : final report. Working papers of the Communities and Culture Network+, 6,

This project was funded by the EPSRC Digital Economy Communities and Culture Plus Network and Mistra Urban Futures and involved collaboration between the University of Salford, the Biospheric Foundation and the Social Action and Research Foundation b... Read More about Putting food banks out of business : final report.

Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology? (2015)
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Amaratunga, N., Haigh, R., & Ingirige, B. (2015). Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology?. SAGE Open, 5(3), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015583072

Research methodology is the procedural framework within which the research is conducted. This includes the overall approach to a problem that could be put into practice in a research process, from the theoretical underpinning to the collection and an... Read More about Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology?.

Remaking the material fabric of the city : ‘alternative’ low carbon spaces of transformation or continuity? (2015)
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Hodson, M., Burrai, E., & Barlow, C. (2016). Remaking the material fabric of the city : ‘alternative’ low carbon spaces of transformation or continuity?. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 18, 128-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2015.06.001

This article is about re-making the material fabric of the city and the role that space plays in this. There are many ways of understanding the remaking of the city, including a range of often diverse ‘alternative’ initiatives which are enacted by ne... Read More about Remaking the material fabric of the city : ‘alternative’ low carbon spaces of transformation or continuity?.

Engendering change within a water infrastructure client organization : a participatory action research approach (2015)
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Potts, M., Awuzie, B., McDermott, P., & Stephenson, A. (2015). Engendering change within a water infrastructure client organization : a participatory action research approach. Journal of engineering, project, and production management, 5(2), 71-81

Continuing demands by stakeholders for improved service delivery has caused Infrastructure Client Organisations (ICO) in the UK to embark upon organisational restructuring. It is expected that such restructuring would enhance cost-effectiveness and q... Read More about Engendering change within a water infrastructure client organization : a participatory action research approach.

Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939 (2015)
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Poppelreuter, T. (2015). Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939. Fabrications, 25(1), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2015.1006761

This paper analyses a selection of houses built by Heinrich Kulka between 1930 and 1939 that were influenced by the spatial design that Kulka termed “Raumplan” in the first monograph on his teacher Adolf Loos in 1931. The exterior organisation and th... Read More about Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939.

Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building? (2015)
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King, S. (2015). Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?. Third World Quarterly, 36(4), 741-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1024436

Opinion is divided about the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance the political capabilities of disadvantaged groups in neopatrimonial contexts, and particularly through a hegemonic paradigm which seeks to advance poverty reducti... Read More about Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?.

Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation? (2015)
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Read, L., & Arayici, Y. (2015). Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation?. Structural survey, 33(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/SS-01-2014-0003

Thermal insulation is important to achieve energy efficiency in a buildings' lifespan while maintaining comfort. Traditionally, the majority of insulation in buildings is man-made petroleum based products with limited or no-end life usage. However, f... Read More about Can soap be a sustainable alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation?.

Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey (2015)
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May, T. (2015). Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey. Sociological Review, 63(2), 400-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288

The article examines methodological and theoretical issues related to the GBCS. It acknowledges its importance for the public profile of sociology, whilst arguing that it needs to develop a better sense of what it stands for not only in terms of unde... Read More about Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey.

Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK (2015)
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Opoku, A., Cruickshank, H., & Ahmed, V. (2015). Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 5(2), 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2013-0074

Purpose – Sustainable construction project delivery should be supported by committed and inspirational leadership, with a clear understanding of the sustainability challenge. Construction organizations need intra-organizational leadership that pro... Read More about Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK.

Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites (2015)
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Harun, A., & Bichard, E. (2015). Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites. International journal of innovative research in science engineering and technology (Print), 4(5), 3139-3146. https://doi.org/10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0405092

The use of Mobile Environmental Information System (MEIS) which integrates the use of mobile web, devices and wireless sensor networks has the potential to enhance environmental information management and communication processes among users and pla... Read More about Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites.

Hartley transform and the use of the Whitened Hartley spectrum as a tool for phase spectral processing (2015)
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Paraskevas, I., Barbarosou, M., & Chilton, E. (2015). Hartley transform and the use of the Whitened Hartley spectrum as a tool for phase spectral processing. Journal of Engineering, 2015(3), 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2014.0350

The Hartley transform is a mathematical transformation which is closely related to the better known Fourier transform. The properties that differentiate the Hartley Transform from its Fourier counterpart are that the forward and the inverse transform... Read More about Hartley transform and the use of the Whitened Hartley spectrum as a tool for phase spectral processing.

Older people’s experiences of using tactile paving (2015)
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Ormerod, M., Newton, R., MacLennan, H., Faruk, M., Thies, S., Kenney, L., …Nester, C. (2015). Older people’s experiences of using tactile paving. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 168(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.14.00016

Tactile paving has been designed in response to the needs of vision-impaired pedestrians to be independent, mobile, confident and safe when using the external environment. Tactile paving is not without its critics because it can adversely affect ot... Read More about Older people’s experiences of using tactile paving.

Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK (2015)
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Hayes, S., Fischer, T. B., & Urmila, J. (2015). Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333215500167

In this paper we briefly review the state of academic research in the UK in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Through consideration of the number of articles related to EIA and SEA publis... Read More about Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK.

Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case (2015)
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Nawi, M., Mydin, M., Kamaruddeen, A., Lee, A., & Ibrahim, S. (2015). Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 9(7), 110-112

In embracing globalisation, it is necessary for all industries, including the AEC/FM industry, to be equipped with relevant technology. One such technology available for the sector is the industrialised building system (IBS). Since 1998, a substantia... Read More about Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case.