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Project management of a relocation project supported by building information modelling (2011)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y., Egbu, C., & Onyenobi, T. (2011). Project management of a relocation project supported by building information modelling

Project managers have responsibility for the planning,execution and closing of any project such as construction projects, which requires improvement for cost and time related productivity, efficiency and effectiveness gains. Building Information Mode... Read More about Project management of a relocation project supported by building information modelling.

The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance : a case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia (2011)
Journal Article
Kamaruzzaman, S., Egbu, C., Ahmad Zawawi, E., Ali, A., & Che-Ani, A. (2011). The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance : a case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia. Energy and Buildings, 43(2-3), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.10.003

This paper presents an assessment of occupants’ opinion of the internal environment of buildings, based upon their responses to questions relating to a range of discrete factors. The survey considers many aspects of the internal environment and seeks... Read More about The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance : a case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia.

Knowledge mapping techniques for sustainable urban environment (2011)
Journal Article
Egbu, C., Arif, M., & Williams, A. (2011). Knowledge mapping techniques for sustainable urban environment. International Journal of Construction Project Management, 3(3), 269-277

Construction industry has quite actively embraced the principles of knowledge management in the last two decades. With sustainability becoming critical for everything we do today, knowledge management has been gaining prominence as a vehicle to manag... Read More about Knowledge mapping techniques for sustainable urban environment.

Financing low income housing in Nigeria (2011)
Journal Article
Wapwera, S., Parsa, A., & Egbu, C. (2011). Financing low income housing in Nigeria. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 16(3), 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/13664381111179242

Purpose: This paper is aimed at identifying and analysing the methods of housing finance adopted by the low income and informal groups in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: A survey of 300 households in selected areas (Low-income/informal) of... Read More about Financing low income housing in Nigeria.

Enterprise-wide information system for construction: a document based approach (2011)
Journal Article
Arif, M., Kulonda, D., Egbu, C., Goulding, J., & Toma, T. (2011). Enterprise-wide information system for construction: a document based approach. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 15(2), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-011-0818-4

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have gained significant popularity in last decade. However, with the growing rate of implementation, we have also heard of growing number of implementation failures and expensive repairs. Construction sector... Read More about Enterprise-wide information system for construction: a document based approach.