The healthcare sector in the United Kingdom (UK) faces significant challenges in managing its vast estate efficiently and effectively. With rising costs, a substantial maintenance backlog, and increasing patient expectations, there is an urgent need... Read More about Digital twins in Lean strategic facility management in the UK healthcare sector: A proposed framework to enabling Lean strategic facility management in healthcare operations in the UK.
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Design Science Research for Digital Information Management System (DIMS) in Construction and Demolition Waste Management (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
In the realm of Industry 4.0, the construction sector has witnessed accelerated strides toward circular economy goals. However, a notable deficiency persists in integrated technologies spanning the entire project lifecycle—covering design, constructi... Read More about Design Science Research for Digital Information Management System (DIMS) in Construction and Demolition Waste Management.
D1.2 RECONMATIC DIMS Final Report V.2 (2024)
Report
Saad, A., Underwood, J., & Ferriz-Papi, J. (2024). D1.2 RECONMATIC DIMS Final Report V.2. European CommissionThe construction industry, renowned for its resource intensity, can plate a pivotal role in the Circular Economy (CE) transition. However, the unique industrial characteristics and the intricate nature of CE pose challenges to its implementation in c... Read More about D1.2 RECONMATIC DIMS Final Report V.2.
The BIM maturity process to the digital twin for lean strategic facility management (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Digital twins are increasingly popular in the built environment for addressing unique challenges through tailored use cases. One such application is in decision support and management for strategic facility management. Employing design science resear... Read More about The BIM maturity process to the digital twin for lean strategic facility management.
Digital Technologies for Construction Circular Economy (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Underwood, J., Ferriz-Papi, J., & Theodoridis, T. (2023, July). Digital Technologies for Construction Circular Economy. Paper presented at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), Salford, UKThe construction industry is vital for global economic growth, but it faces the challenge of delivering the built environment efficiently and sustainably. This sector consumes large amounts of raw materials and generates significant waste, with the U... Read More about Digital Technologies for Construction Circular Economy.
Resilience in Research and Practice : Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2022) (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Building-as-a-Service: Theoretical Foundations and Conceptual Framework (2022)
Journal Article
Wildenauer, A., Mbabu, A., Underwood, J., & Basl, J. (2022). Building-as-a-Service: Theoretical Foundations and Conceptual Framework. Buildings, 12(10), 1594. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101594The provision of data with information management are a significant challenge for the digital developing construction industry. The utilisation of data from a built asset’s planning, design, and construction phases to the operations phase core and to... Read More about Building-as-a-Service: Theoretical Foundations and Conceptual Framework.
A Proposed Digital Twin Framework to Enable Lean Strategic Facility Management (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The concept of bringing a strategic approach to facility management is gaining traction as organizations are becoming more cognizant of the strong relationship between the built assets that facility managers are responsible for managing and the organ... Read More about A Proposed Digital Twin Framework to Enable Lean Strategic Facility Management.
The benefits of BIM use to improve information flow; making the design process more leaner (2022)
Thesis
Mollasalehi, S. The benefits of BIM use to improve information flow; making the design process more leaner. (Thesis). University of SalfordThe construction industry faces many problems, such as poor productivity and efficiency, that mainly occur during the design process. Many construction problems associated with the design process are due to a lack of effective information flow manage... Read More about The benefits of BIM use to improve information flow; making the design process more leaner.
A lean strategic FM service model based on the digital twin (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The construction industry is committed to improving whole-life performance and minimising waste in building delivery and operations. The construction industry continues to explore Lean and now the digital twin concept from more productive cross-secto... Read More about A lean strategic FM service model based on the digital twin.