Competency mapping framework for regulating professionally oriented degree programmes in higher education (2016)
Journal Article
Perera, S., Babatunde, S., Zhou, L., Pearson, J., & Ekundayo, D. (2017). Competency mapping framework for regulating professionally oriented degree programmes in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 42(12), 2316-2342. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1143926

Recognition of the huge variation between professional graduate degree programmes and employer requirements, especially in the construction industry, necessitated a need for assessing and developing competencies that aligned with professionally orien... Read More about Competency mapping framework for regulating professionally oriented degree programmes in higher education.

An evaluation of property valuation practice in Sub-Saharan Africa : a case study of Ghana (2016)
Other
Gyau, K., Proverbs, D., Lamond, J., & Gyamfi Yeboah, F. (2016). An evaluation of property valuation practice in Sub-Saharan Africa : a case study of Ghana

The role of contracting strategies in social value implementation (2016)
Journal Article
Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2016). The role of contracting strategies in social value implementation. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 169(3), 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.15.00024

There has been an increasing demand for social value (SV) implementation to assume a cardinal position in the infrastructure delivery efforts of infrastructure client organisations (ICOs). However, whereas successful implementation has been recorded... Read More about The role of contracting strategies in social value implementation.

Design for safety : safety consideration in planning and design of airport airsides (2016)
Journal Article
Al-Saadi, M., & An, M. (2016). Design for safety : safety consideration in planning and design of airport airsides. International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 10(4), 448-460. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1112129

During airport planning and design stages, the major issues of capacity and safety in construction and operation of an airport need to be taken into consideration. The airside of an airport is a major and critical infrastructure that usually consists... Read More about Design for safety : safety consideration in planning and design of airport airsides.

Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood (2016)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Sailor, D., & Ban-Weiss, G. (2016). Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood. Environmental Research Letters, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024003

The urban heat island impacts the thermal comfort of pedestrians in cities. In this paper, the effects of four heat mitigation strategies on micrometeorology and the thermal comfort of pedestrians were simulated for a neighborhood in eastern Los Ange... Read More about Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

Corporate social responsibility in construction industry: a comparative study between UK and Turkey (2016)
Journal Article
Ulutaş, D., Giritli, H., & McDermott, P. (2016). Corporate social responsibility in construction industry: a comparative study between UK and Turkey. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 6(2), 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-08-2014-0039

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved to an important agenda for many industries and its scope has been widened from the responsible business to strategic decisions. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the concept of CSR from the pe... Read More about Corporate social responsibility in construction industry: a comparative study between UK and Turkey.

Military aircrafts' classification based on their sound signature (2016)
Journal Article
Barbarosou, M., Paraskevas, I., & Ahmed, A. (2016). Military aircrafts' classification based on their sound signature. Aircraft engineering, 88(1), 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-04-2014-0040

Purpose: This paper aims to present a system framework for classifying different models of military aircrafts, which is based on the sound they produce.

Design/methodology/approach: The technique is based on extracting a compact feature set, of... Read More about Military aircrafts' classification based on their sound signature.

A comparative study of construction cost and commercial management services in the UK and China (2016)
Report
Zhou, L., Udeaja, C., Victoria, M., & Chen, Q. (2016). A comparative study of construction cost and commercial management services in the UK and China

Cost and commercial management processes and practices in different parts of the world vary significantly. In the UK and the British Commonwealth these practices are mainly market oriented and matured over several centuries. The effects of globalisa... Read More about A comparative study of construction cost and commercial management services in the UK and China.

BIM adoption within Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) : an innovation diffusion model (2016)
Journal Article
Hosseini, M., Banihashemi, S., Chileshe, N., Namzadi, M., Udeaja, C., Rameezdeen, R., & McCuen, T. (2016). BIM adoption within Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) : an innovation diffusion model. Construction Economics and Building, 16(3), 71-86. https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v16i3.5159

Despite the envisaged benefits of BIM adoption for SMEs, BIM in SMEs has remained an underrepresented area within the available academic literature. This study proposes and draws upon a framework grounded on innovation diffusion theory (IDT) to provi... Read More about BIM adoption within Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) : an innovation diffusion model.

Urban-promogiovani un punto di vista giovane e innovativo sul progetto urbano (2016)
Other
Mello, D., & Trillo, C. (2016). Urban-promogiovani un punto di vista giovane e innovativo sul progetto urbano

Il futuro della qualità progettuale delle nostre città è nelle mani
dei progettisti di domani. Cosa succede oggi nei luoghi dove ci si
prepara a queste sfide, cosa si discute, con cosa ci si cimenta?
Il testo risponde a queste domande attraverso u... Read More about Urban-promogiovani un punto di vista giovane e innovativo sul progetto urbano.

The relationship between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in the information communication technology firms in Libya (2016)
Thesis
Allali, B. The relationship between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in the information communication technology firms in Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Examining the nature of the relationship between Organisational Culture (OC) and Knowledge Sharing (KS) has been the concern of a number of academic studies. Most of these studies have suggested that different aspects of Organisational Culture have a... Read More about The relationship between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in the information communication technology firms in Libya.

Sustainable urban regeneration and large estate projects international market - driven regeneration and sustainability (2016)
Book Chapter
international market - driven regeneration and sustainability. In M. Farid Khamis, A. Hamad, Y. Bahei El Din, & A. M.Rashed (Eds.), Sustainable Mega Project. Chance - Change - Challenge (128-133). Cairo: Elain Publishing House

In Europe, urban regeneration still represents the principal mode in which urban transformation and development happen. Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) paradigm is based on the holistic concept of sustainability, stemming from the three pillars o... Read More about Sustainable urban regeneration and large estate projects international market - driven regeneration and sustainability.

Lean and BIM – a synergistic relationship (2016)
Journal Article
Aziz, Z., & Tezel, B. (2016). Lean and BIM – a synergistic relationship. UK construction magazine, 40

Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Ahuja, R., Jain, M., Sawhney, A., & Arif, M. (2016). Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 12(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2016.1186589

Building information modelling (BIM) is being heralded as a remarkable
innovation in the built environment sector with expectations of lofty
sector-wide improvements. Some countries have shown remarkable
levels of uptake of BIM, along the way docu... Read More about Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective.

Sustainable return on investment : towards a method of valuing social and environmental change in the built environment (2016)
Journal Article
Bichard, E. (2016). Sustainable return on investment : towards a method of valuing social and environmental change in the built environment

Predictive and evaluative approaches that define the economic impacts and benefits of developments have been used over many decades to value materials, construction methods, labour, maintenance, occupation etc. More recently, valuation approaches us... Read More about Sustainable return on investment : towards a method of valuing social and environmental change in the built environment.

Advantages and limitations of community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction projects (2016)
Journal Article
Ophiyandri, T., Amaratunga, D., & Keraminiyage, K. (2016). Advantages and limitations of community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction projects. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 7(4), 420-431. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-08-2014-0066

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the advantages and limitations of the implementation of a community-based method in post-disaster housing reconstruction.


Design/methodology/approach


The research was based on multipl... Read More about Advantages and limitations of community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction projects.

Investigating SME resilience to flooding : the Braunton report (2015)
Book
Ingirige, B., & Russell, R. (2015). Investigating SME resilience to flooding : the Braunton report. Salford: University of Salford

The number of major floods in Europe has risen from one per year (between 1900 and 1974) to 15 a year (between 1993 and 2001). Many parts of the UK have faced extensive flooding in recent years, notably during the winter of 2013/14, and climate chang... Read More about Investigating SME resilience to flooding : the Braunton report.

Life cycle costing in construction projects : professional quantity surveyors’ perspective (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Chiurugwi, T., Udeaja, C., Babatunde, S., & Ekundayo, D. (2015, November). Life cycle costing in construction projects : professional quantity surveyors’ perspective. Presented at CIB Going North for Sustainability Conference, London, UK

Studies on life-cycle costing (LCC) in private finance initiatives (PFI)/public-private partnership (PPP) projects abound, particularly in the UK. But, there is a limited empirical study on the factors influencing the usage of LCC outside PFI/PPP co... Read More about Life cycle costing in construction projects : professional quantity surveyors’ perspective.

Strategic change in the delivery of infrastructure (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Potts, M., McDermott, P., & Stephenson, A. (2015, November). Strategic change in the delivery of infrastructure. Presented at Going north for sustainability: Leveraging knowledge and innovation for sustainable construction and development, London, South Bank University

This paper discusses a socio technical systems approach to the strategic delivery of infrastructure in the regulated UK water sector as part of a participatory focused research project. Part of an ongoing PhD programme, this paper highlights the valu... Read More about Strategic change in the delivery of infrastructure.

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.