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Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Gonzalez, A., Roberts, B., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Elkadi, H. (2016, October). Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England. Presented at EECHB Energy Efficiency and Comfort of Historic Buildings, Brussels

Existing buildings play a key role in the achievement of the ambitious energy saving and greenhouse gas reduction targets that Europe has fixed for 2020 and 2050. Research has demonstrated that the impact in terms of decrease of energy use and CO2 wi... Read More about Understanding our heritage : monitoring of energy and environmental performance of traditional terraced houses of Northern England.

Understanding the terminologies : disaster, crisis and emergency (2016)
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Al-Dahash, H., Thayaparan, M., & Kulatunga, U. (2016, September). Understanding the terminologies : disaster, crisis and emergency. Presented at Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Manchester, UK

Despite the fact that there is a difference between the terms disaster, crisis and emergency, they are closely interconnected, interdependent and overlap significantly. With a blurred line between the definitions of these terms, the mainstream litera... Read More about Understanding the terminologies : disaster, crisis and emergency.

Challenges for implementing public private partnership in housing projects in Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania (2016)
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Kavishe, N., & An, M. (2016, September). Challenges for implementing public private partnership in housing projects in Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania. Presented at The 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference, Manchester. UK

Despite the absence of a PPP legal framework Tanzania has adopted PPP in a few sectors including the housing sector. For a number of years the country has been facing a severe shortage of adequate housing. The government advised its housing agencies... Read More about Challenges for implementing public private partnership in housing projects in Dar Es Salaam City, Tanzania.

Disruption : a new component in the track inspection schedule (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Osman, M., Kaewunruen, S., An, M., & Dindar, S. (2016, August). Disruption : a new component in the track inspection schedule. Presented at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation (ICIRT), Birmingham, UK

Disruptions can occur during the execution of any schedule or plan. Both minor and major disruptions must be handled properly, because they have the potential to cause deviation from the original schedule's main goals. In rail track inspection schedu... Read More about Disruption : a new component in the track inspection schedule.

Influence of different atria types on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of square plan high-rise buildings in semi-arid climate (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Jaberansari, M., & Elkadi, H. (2016, August). Influence of different atria types on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of square plan high-rise buildings in semi-arid climate. Presented at International Conference on Energy, Environment, and Economics, Edinburgh

Building sector is responsible for at least 40% of energy use globally in both developed or developing countries such as the middle east region (UNEP, 2009) (Francesca Cappellettia et al., 2015) and almost 33% of its energy is known to be used by HVA... Read More about Influence of different atria types on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of square plan high-rise buildings in semi-arid climate.

Challenges during disaster response planning resulting from war operations and terrorism in Iraq (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Dahash, H., Thayaparan, M., & Kulatunga, U. (2016, August). Challenges during disaster response planning resulting from war operations and terrorism in Iraq. Presented at 12th International conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction, Kandy Sri Lanka

Disasters, including man-made ones, are an ever-present threat and are occurring at an increasing rate worldwide. Continuing terrorist attacks worldwide are likely to sustain attention to disaster planning, particularly in Middle Eastern countries. S... Read More about Challenges during disaster response planning resulting from war operations and terrorism in Iraq.

A resilience framework for critical infrastructure (2016)
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Thayaparan, M., Ingirige, B., Pathirage, C., Kulatunga, U., & Fernando, T. (2016, August). A resilience framework for critical infrastructure. Presented at 12th International conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction, Kandy Sri Lanka

Infrastructures facilitate economic growth, protect human health and the environment and promote welfare and prosperity. Modern societies, therefore, rely heavily on continuous and reliable services provided critical infrastructure. Destructions to t... Read More about A resilience framework for critical infrastructure.

Coastal zone adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago : a review of literature (2016)
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Johnson, C., & Kulatunga, U. (2016, July). Coastal zone adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago : a review of literature. Presented at The 5th World Construction Symposium 2016, Sri Lanka

Empirical evidence supports that anthropogenic activities have brought about significant changes in our climate. In the instance of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) there is a potentially significant impact from the effects of climate change as... Read More about Coastal zone adaptation in Trinidad and Tobago : a review of literature.

Re-thinking post-contract cost controlling techniques in the Nigerian construction industry (2016)
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Omotayo, T., & Kulatunga, U. (2016, July). Re-thinking post-contract cost controlling techniques in the Nigerian construction industry. Presented at The 5th World Construction Symposium 2016, Sri Lanka

The challenges of cost and time overruns, construction disputes and client dissatisfaction have plagued the construction industry in Nigeria. This may be as a result of the approaches used in monitoring construction costs. The execution phase of a co... Read More about Re-thinking post-contract cost controlling techniques in the Nigerian construction industry.

Visual management condition in highways construction projects in England (2016)
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Tezel, B., Aziz, Z., Koskela, L., & Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P. (2016, July). Visual management condition in highways construction projects in England. Presented at 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Boston, USA

Lean construction has recently gained momentum in England’s highways construction supply chain. The literature indicates that the current view to Visual Management (VM) within those lean implementations is limited to some VM tools. This paper explore... Read More about Visual management condition in highways construction projects in England.

The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation : post occupancy evaluation of daylighting and the thermal environment over 2 years (2016)
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Al-Maiyah, S., Elkadi, H., & Martinson, B. (2016, July). The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation : post occupancy evaluation of daylighting and the thermal environment over 2 years. Presented at Passive and Low Energy Architecture 2016, Los Angeles

Post occupancy evaluations (POEs) are regularly carried out in various types of building to assess whether the building is meeting the demand of its users and to collect information that may be useful for design of similar buildings in the future. Th... Read More about The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation : post occupancy evaluation of daylighting and the thermal environment over 2 years.

The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation over 2 years (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Maiyah, S., Martionson, D., & Elkadi, H. (2016, July). The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation over 2 years. Presented at 32th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture., Los Angeles

Post occupancy evaluations (POEs) are regularly carried out in various types of building to assess whether the building is meeting the demand of its users and to collect information that may be useful for design of similar buildings in the future. Th... Read More about The maturation of a low-impact building : post occupancy evaluation over 2 years.

Exploring geologic-cost factors in flood prone housing construction in coastal communities of the Niger delta (2016)
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Amadi, A. (2016, June). Exploring geologic-cost factors in flood prone housing construction in coastal communities of the Niger delta. Presented at CHOBE/ARCOM Doctoral Workshop : Going North for Sustainability, London South Bank University, United Kingdom

The right to adequate housing is one of the key sustainable development goals of the United Nations, and a fundamental human right. Community-based adaptation is also a central theme in building resilience to flooding. The Niger Delta Region of Nig... Read More about Exploring geologic-cost factors in flood prone housing construction in coastal communities of the Niger delta.

Achieving incremental cost reduction via kaizen costing in the Nigerian construction industry (2016)
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Omotayo, T., & Kulatunga, U. (2016, May). Achieving incremental cost reduction via kaizen costing in the Nigerian construction industry. Presented at CIB world building congress 2016, Finland

Nigerian small and medium scale construction firms are facing challenges of cost and time overruns which have led to project abandonment and liquidation of some of these firms. This is also as a result of large scale dissatisfaction of clients. This... Read More about Achieving incremental cost reduction via kaizen costing in the Nigerian construction industry.