All Outputs (4)

Development of a management framework to improve the building services engineering design process; a case study of engineering management in an Irish consultancy practice (2022)
Thesis
Reilly, R. (in press). Development of a management framework to improve the building services engineering design process; a case study of engineering management in an Irish consultancy practice. (Thesis). University of Salford

The building services engineering (BSE) design process is a major source of problems at construction stage, even to the extent of undermining systematic management. Managerial practitioners have wrestled with this productivity gap for many years, and... Read More about Development of a management framework to improve the building services engineering design process; a case study of engineering management in an Irish consultancy practice.

Project-specific constraints influencing productivity of tradespeople in the Nigerian construction industry (2019)
Journal Article
Ugulu, R., Arewa, A., & Allen, S. (2019). Project-specific constraints influencing productivity of tradespeople in the Nigerian construction industry. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(1), 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-10-2018-0124

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the perception of tradespeople about project-specific constraints (PSCs) influencing construction productivity in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative descriptive survey co... Read More about Project-specific constraints influencing productivity of tradespeople in the Nigerian construction industry.

Measuring infrastructure skills productivity (2019)
Book Chapter
Asibuodu Ugulu, R., Allen, S., & Arewa, A. (2019). Measuring infrastructure skills productivity. In Management of Critical Infrastructure [Working Title]. IntechOpen. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85953

This chapter presents the concept and meaning of construction productivity and the techniques used in measuring workforce skills productivity in the construction industry. There are three major methods highlighted for monitoring and measuring product... Read More about Measuring infrastructure skills productivity.

Using the learning curve theory in the investigation of on-site craft gangs’ blockwork construction productivity (2018)
Journal Article
Ugulu, R., & Allen, S. (2018). Using the learning curve theory in the investigation of on-site craft gangs’ blockwork construction productivity. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 8(3), 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-09-2017-0067

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how on-site blockwork craft gangs’ learning impacts productivity within the production environment on-site to optimise their productivity. Design/methodology/approach: The research is adopting... Read More about Using the learning curve theory in the investigation of on-site craft gangs’ blockwork construction productivity.