Outputs (24)

Overcoming the Long-Term Barriers to Digital Twinning Usage in the UK Construction Industry (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Adopting Digital Twinning (DT) technology will help the construction industry unlock a wealth of economical, environmental, and societal benefits. These have been outlined in the extant literature, but all largely focus on the immediate benefits attr... Read More about Overcoming the Long-Term Barriers to Digital Twinning Usage in the UK Construction Industry.

Digital Twinning of Everything and Everyone (2025)
Report

This report makes clear that the UK has a generational opportunity. We are home to world-class research, innovation, and standards development. But we must act decisively. Without a cohesive long- term investment culture, one nurtured by Government f... Read More about Digital Twinning of Everything and Everyone.

Infrastructure Delivery System for Affordable Housing Policy Implementation In The South-South Region Of Nigeria (2025)
Thesis

This thesis explores the infrastructure delivery systems (IDS) for affordable housing policy implementation in Nigeria's South-South region. The study aims to develop a comprehensive framework to guide policymakers and address the challenges and barr... Read More about Infrastructure Delivery System for Affordable Housing Policy Implementation In The South-South Region Of Nigeria.

Authenticity and Negativism. Social Value in UK Construction (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Social value engagement in UK construction procurement provides contractors with a competitive edge. Arguably this serves to force contractor social value action. Whilst this is seemingly of benefit to the social value agenda and wider societal needs... Read More about Authenticity and Negativism. Social Value in UK Construction.

Quantifying the Social Value of the UK Construction Industry (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Since the introduction of the Social Value Act in 2012, a focus on time, cost, and quality is no longer sufficient to guarantee procurement success. However, to only communicate social value achievements as part of tender submissions may be viewed su... Read More about Quantifying the Social Value of the UK Construction Industry.

Do Built Environment Students Want Feedback? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Feedback is a fundamental building block of Built Environment education For undergraduates, it is often the first-time students have transitioned from a more supervised and directed style of learning to becoming independent self-directed learners. As... Read More about Do Built Environment Students Want Feedback?.

The engagement of the UK construction industry towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (2024)
Journal Article
Watts, G. (2024). The engagement of the UK construction industry towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-12-2022-0198

Purpose (limit 100 words) The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a blueprint for UN member states to achieve prosperity and peace. A resilient construction industry should positively contribute to the achievement of all SDGs. Yet it is curr... Read More about The engagement of the UK construction industry towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation (2022)
Journal Article
Watts, G., McDermott, P., & Kolo, S. (in press). Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-01-2022-0010

Purpose (limit 100 words) ‘Transforming construction’ is a wide-ranging strategic term, under which sit numerous initiatives. It is the latest, in a long line of strategies and reports introduced to with the intention of industry improvement. Arguabl... Read More about Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation.

A strategy for stakeholder engagement in public private partnership urban infrastructure provision in Nigeria (2022)
Thesis
Usman, B. A strategy for stakeholder engagement in public private partnership urban infrastructure provision in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis examines how external stakeholders are engaged in Public Private Partnership Urban Infrastructure Projects. The study aims to develop a framework to improve stakeholder engagement in the delivery of PPP urban infrastructure projects in Ni... Read More about A strategy for stakeholder engagement in public private partnership urban infrastructure provision in Nigeria.

Identifying the Barriers to Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Developed and Developing Countries (2022)
Journal Article

The construction industry is a vital part of every nation’s economy. Construction activities influence the social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainability. There are so many barriers to sustainable construction and demolition waste man... Read More about Identifying the Barriers to Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Developed and Developing Countries.