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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 (2025)
Thesis

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.

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 Commission

The 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.

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, UK

The 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.

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/buildings12101594

The 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.

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 Salford

The 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.

An investigation of work-based education and training needs for effective BIM adoption and implementation : an organisational upskilling model (2021)
Journal Article
Semaan, J., Underwood, J., & Hyde, J. (2021). An investigation of work-based education and training needs for effective BIM adoption and implementation : an organisational upskilling model. Applied Sciences, 11(18), e8646. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188646

Research reveals that organisations in general are keen to provide their staff with the support needed to boost their competency in BIM and subsequently leverage the effectiveness of its implementation. However, employers need a decision-making tool... Read More about An investigation of work-based education and training needs for effective BIM adoption and implementation : an organisational upskilling model.

Transforming the productivity of people in the built environment : emergence of a digital competency management ecosystem (2021)
Book Chapter
Underwood, J., Shelbourn, M., Carlton, D., Zhao, G., Simpson, M., Aksenova, G., & Mollasalehi, S. (2021). Transforming the productivity of people in the built environment : emergence of a digital competency management ecosystem. In J. Underwood, & M. Shelbourn (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Driving Transformational Change in the Digital Built Environment (430-466). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6600-8.ch017

This chapter explores how we create and support a digitally enabled, agile, competent, and ultimately, productive workforce and determines the key research questions that need to be addressed if Digital Built Britain (DBB) is to provide return on inv... Read More about Transforming the productivity of people in the built environment : emergence of a digital competency management ecosystem.

Handbook of research on driving transformational change in the digital built environment (2021)
Book
Underwood, J., & Shelbourn, M. (2021). J. Underwood, & M. Shelbourn (Eds.), Handbook of research on driving transformational change in the digital built environment. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6600-8

The construction industry is amidst a digital transformation that is focused on addressing well-documented issues and calls for significant improvements and changes through increased productivity, whole-life value, client focus, reduction of waste, a... Read More about Handbook of research on driving transformational change in the digital built environment.

A digital prototype for collaborative conceptual design in the Thai AEC sector (2020)
Thesis
Jaraskumjonkul, T. A digital prototype for collaborative conceptual design in the Thai AEC sector. (Thesis). University of Salford

The construction industry is currently driving to reach a high level of achievement for future sustainable built environments. The UK and USA models for the building design and construction process have been developed to enable relevant stakeholders... Read More about A digital prototype for collaborative conceptual design in the Thai AEC sector.

Quantity surveying education and the benchmarking of future needs (2020)
Thesis
Ekundayo, D. Quantity surveying education and the benchmarking of future needs. (Thesis). University of Salford

The education and development needs of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) students has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The dynamic nature of the construction industry coupled with the ever-changing needs of clients h... Read More about Quantity surveying education and the benchmarking of future needs.

Supporting the development and delivery of the Level 3 DEC! learning programme : enhancing the pathway to higher education and employment through local HEI and School partnership (2019)
Other
and employment through local HEI and School partnership. Salford, UK

This report outlines the key findings and benefits from this BIM4Education project, and the partnership between St. Ambrose Barlow RC High School, The University of Salford, and Class Of Your Own. The purpose of the report is to document evidence of... Read More about Supporting the development and delivery of the Level 3 DEC! learning programme : enhancing the pathway to higher education and employment through local HEI and School partnership.

Smart processes for smart buildings : ‘sustainable processes’, ‘recyclable processes’ and ‘building seeds’ in parametric design (2019)
Journal Article

The rapid evolution of digital technologies and the resulting emergence of novel design methodologies are coinciding with climate change, population growth and increased pressure on global resources. This concurrence evokes opportunities to harness t... Read More about Smart processes for smart buildings : ‘sustainable processes’, ‘recyclable processes’ and ‘building seeds’ in parametric design.

Development of an integrated BIM and lean maturity model (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Mollasalehi, S., Aboumoemen, A., Rathnayake, A., Fleming, A., & Underwood, J. (2018, July). Development of an integrated BIM and lean maturity model. Presented at 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Chennai, India

The level of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean adoption has been rapidly increased. The benefits of integrating these two approaches have also been identified. However, to achieve the maximum benefits of the interaction of these two appro... Read More about Development of an integrated BIM and lean maturity model.

Streamlining a design, manufacture, and fitting workflow within a UK fit-out SME : a BIM implementation case study (2018)
Book Chapter
Underwood, J., Shelbourn, M., Fleming, A., Heywood, J., & Roberts, I. (2018). Streamlining a design, manufacture, and fitting workflow within a UK fit-out SME : a BIM implementation case study. In B. Kumar (Ed.), Contemporary Strategies and Approaches in 3-D Information Modeling (242-266). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5625-1.ch010

A 30-month project is presented that is enabled through a knowledge transfer partnership government-funded initiative between the University of Salford and Links FF&E – a design, manufacture, and fit-out SME in the UK. The project is aiming to implem... Read More about Streamlining a design, manufacture, and fitting workflow within a UK fit-out SME : a BIM implementation case study.