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A case study of fostering multidisciplinary in built environment using BIM (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Udeaja, C., & Aziz, Z. (2015, September). A case study of fostering multidisciplinary in built environment using BIM. Presented at Procs 31st Annual ARCOM Conference, Lincoln, UK

Building information modelling (BIM) has been made mandatory as part of the public procurement process in the UK. This move will by default encourage SMEs to develop their own capabilities to work with BIM technologies in order to maintain their mark... Read More about A case study of fostering multidisciplinary in built environment using BIM.

Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report (2015)
Report
Tezel, B., & Aziz, Z. (2015). Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report

Visual Management (VM) is a fundamental element of the lean production system that relies on the effectiveness of sensory communication to realise the lean production/construction goals. VM can be implemented by following certain frameworks in an inc... Read More about Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report.

Earthworks control automation (2015)
Report
Kirchbach, K., Aziz, Z., & Tezel, B. (2015). Earthworks control automation

Earthwork processes are influenced by a wide range of factors, including varying soil and weather conditions, machine related factors, traffic conditions, local site constraints and other human related factors. Dumpers and bulldozers are heavy duty e... Read More about Earthworks control automation.

Integrated elements of early warning systems to enhance disaster resilience in the Arab region (2015)
Journal Article
Al Hmoudi, A., El, R., & Aziz, Z. (2015). Integrated elements of early warning systems to enhance disaster resilience in the Arab region. Journal of geodesy and geomatics engineering, 2, 73-81. https://doi.org/10.17265/2332-8223/2015.06.002

The Arab region’s coastal zones are of immense importance. Almost all Arab countries need to build up resilience for vulnerable communities and carry out proactive planning for integrated coastal zone management and development of early warning syste... Read More about Integrated elements of early warning systems to enhance disaster resilience in the Arab region.

Enhancing construction processes using building information modelling on mobile devices (2013)
Journal Article
Soussou, N., Aziz, Z., & Munir, M. (2013). Enhancing construction processes using building information modelling on mobile devices. https://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2013070103

This paper reviews existing construction processes of a Leading International Engineering Contracting firm in the Middle East and investigates the potential of improving existing processes using mobile Building Information Technology and processes.... Read More about Enhancing construction processes using building information modelling on mobile devices.

Adopting BIM standards for managing vision 2030 infrastructure development in Qatar (2013)
Journal Article
Al Mohannadi, F., Arif, M., Aziz, Z., & Richardson, P. (2013). Adopting BIM standards for managing vision 2030 infrastructure development in Qatar. International journal of 3-D information modeling (Online), 2(3), 64-73. https://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2013070105

This research was designed to assess the significance of using Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards to enhance efficiency in the Qatari construction industry. The need for more efficient processes arose in part from the Qatari government’s i... Read More about Adopting BIM standards for managing vision 2030 infrastructure development in Qatar.

Supporting urban search and rescue with digital assessments of structures and requests of response resources (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, A., Peña-Mora, F., Plans, A., Mehta, S., & Aziz, Z. (2012). Supporting urban search and rescue with digital assessments of structures and requests of response resources. Advanced engineering informatics, 26(4), 833-845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2012.06.004

First responders, including structural engineers and firefighters, inspect buildings and identify the structural integrity of buildings within a disaster affected area. The performance of their inspection and dissemination of the assessment informati... Read More about Supporting urban search and rescue with digital assessments of structures and requests of response resources.

Mobile and semantic web-based delivery of context-aware information and services in construction (2012)
Book Chapter
Anumba, C., Aziz, Z., & Ruikar, D. (2012). Mobile and semantic web-based delivery of context-aware information and services in construction. In C. Anumba, & X. Wang (Eds.), Mobile and Pervasive Computing in Construction (11-25). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118422281.ch2

This chapter discusses the integrated use of mobile communication technologies and the Semantic Web to provide context-aware information and services within the construction sector. Emerging technologies such as Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11, 4G, Web Services a... Read More about Mobile and semantic web-based delivery of context-aware information and services in construction.

Supporting site-based processes using context-aware virtual prototyping (2012)
Journal Article
Aziz, Z. (2012). Supporting site-based processes using context-aware virtual prototyping. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 18(2), 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AE.1943-5568.0000068

Recent advances in the use of virtual building prototypes as a tool to support various site-based production processes coupled with improvements in context-aware mobile computing offer significant potential of improving decision making during constr... Read More about Supporting site-based processes using context-aware virtual prototyping.

Supporting civil engineers during disaster response and recovery using a segway mobile workstation chariot (2012)
Journal Article
Peña-Mora, F., Thomas, J., Golparvar-Fard, M., & Aziz, Z. (2012). Supporting civil engineers during disaster response and recovery using a segway mobile workstation chariot. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 26(3), 448-455. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CP.1943-5487.0000117

This paper presents a mobile workstation chariot (MWC) that enables first responders and civil engineers to undertake initial disaster reconnaissance and damage assessment operations by quickly traversing hazardous terrain and through provisioning o... Read More about Supporting civil engineers during disaster response and recovery using a segway mobile workstation chariot.

An object-based 3D walk-through model for interior construction progress monitoring (2011)
Journal Article
Roh, S., Aziz, Z., & Peña-Mora, F. (2011). An object-based 3D walk-through model for interior construction progress monitoring. Automation in Construction, 20(1), 66-75

The complicated nature of interior construction works makes the detailed progress monitoring challenging. Current interior construction progress monitoring methods involve submission of periodic reports and are constrained by their reliance on manual... Read More about An object-based 3D walk-through model for interior construction progress monitoring.

Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities using geo-spatial information systems (2011)
Journal Article
Hajibabai, L., Aziz, Z., & Pen˜a-Mora, F. (2011). Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities using geo-spatial information systems. Construction innovation (London. Online), 11(3), 356-370. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111149052

Purpose – Construction activities, particularly related to transportation, have a considerable impact on the environment and air quality. This paper aims to present a geographic information systems (GIS) and computer-aided design (CAD)-based approa... Read More about Visualizing greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities using geo-spatial information systems.

Using context-aware wireless technologies to support teaching and learning in built environment (2010)
Journal Article
Aziz, Z., Anumba, C., & Peña-Mora, F. (2010). Using context-aware wireless technologies to support teaching and learning in built environment. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 6(1), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771003590052

This paper discusses how recent developments in context-awareness and wireless computing can be used to support teaching and learning in built environment. It starts with a brief overview of context-aware computing and presents a system architecture... Read More about Using context-aware wireless technologies to support teaching and learning in built environment.

A road-map to personalized context-aware services delivery in construction (2009)
Journal Article
Aziz, Z., Anumba, C., & Peña-mora, F. (2009). A road-map to personalized context-aware services delivery in construction. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 461-472

Existing mobile IT applications in the construction industry are constrained by their reliance on static methods of information delivery, which are often not appropriate to meet changing work demand resulting from dynamic project conditions. This pap... Read More about A road-map to personalized context-aware services delivery in construction.

Technology strategies for globally dispersed construction teams (2009)
Journal Article
Peña-mora, F., Vadhavkar, S., & Aziz, Z. (2009). Technology strategies for globally dispersed construction teams. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 70-80

SUMMARY: Groups of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed members are increasingly being assembled to accomplish a wide range of organizational tasks using a combination of telecommunication and information technologies. The emergence of su... Read More about Technology strategies for globally dispersed construction teams.

Building assessment during disaster response and recovery (2008)
Journal Article
Peña-Mora, F., Aziz, Z., Chen, A., Plans, A., & Foltz, S. (2008). Building assessment during disaster response and recovery. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 161(4), 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2008.161.4.183

During disaster response and recovery operations, civil engineers can be assigned a multitude of tasks including triage of building search priorities, identifi cation and evaluation of structural hazards, as well as the development of appropriate... Read More about Building assessment during disaster response and recovery.

Lean construction in small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) : an exploration of the highways supply chain
Presentation / Conference
Tezel, B., Koskela, L., & Aziz, Z. Lean construction in small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) : an exploration of the highways supply chain. Presented at IGLC Conference: 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Aldemar Knossos Royal & Royal Villas, Anissaras, Iraklio, Greece

Lean Construction (LC) is under the spotlight to improve the overall performance of civil construction projects in England. A strategic target of public clients is to effectively extend the current LC efforts, which have been mainly led by large comp... Read More about Lean construction in small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) : an exploration of the highways supply chain.

Research methodology in the built environment : a selection of case studies
Book
V. Ahmed, A. Opoku, & Z. Aziz (Eds.), Research methodology in the built environment : a selection of case studies. UK, US: Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group

Built environment students are not always familiar with the range of different research approaches they could be using for their projects. Whether you are undertaking a postgraduate doctoral programme or facing an undergraduate or masters dissertatio... Read More about Research methodology in the built environment : a selection of case studies.

A dynamic automated system for site layout planning in Egypt
Presentation / Conference
Elgendi, E., Ahmed, V., Aziz, Z., & Shawki, K. A dynamic automated system for site layout planning in Egypt. Presented at 14th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, Sharjah, UAE

Allocating an optimal space for resources and facilities in the construction site before the project starts is a problem known as site layout planning, solving this problem is a challenging task. A construction site with a well-planned layout could... Read More about A dynamic automated system for site layout planning in Egypt.