All Outputs (6)

Use of industrial simulation to deliver academic knowledge, vocational knowledge and vocational skills (2018)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2018). Use of industrial simulation to deliver academic knowledge, vocational knowledge and vocational skills. ˜The œjournal. RICS building surveying journal, 2018, 4-5

An article written for the RICS Building Surveying Journal on educating prospective building surveyors. It outlines the pedagogy of using industrial simulation to deliver vocational skills in addition to academic knowledge.

Surveying practice involvement in providing vocational skills training for undergraduate building surveyors : the ICZ way (2018)
Journal Article
building surveyors : the ICZ way. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 7(1), 85-92

The paper starts from a documented premise of there being a critical shortage of skilled building surveyors. It also uses a researched premise that all stakeholders to building surveying education favour the incorporation of vocational skills tra... Read More about Surveying practice involvement in providing vocational skills training for undergraduate building surveyors : the ICZ way.

Can universities help in bridging the skills gap in building conservation surveying (2016)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2017). Can universities help in bridging the skills gap in building conservation surveying. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 5(3), 240-248

This paper comes from the author’s deliberation over a question delivered to a RICS Conservation forum, which highlighted a skills shortage in the field of building conservation surveying. It was suggested by Brian Gowthorpe the forum convener that... Read More about Can universities help in bridging the skills gap in building conservation surveying.

Dementia : an investigation into whether the current process of identifying reasonable adjustment to buildings by access audit is consistent for all disabilities (2016)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2016). Dementia : an investigation into whether the current process of identifying reasonable adjustment to buildings by access audit is consistent for all disabilities. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 5(1),

This paper is part of the author’s investigation of disabled access to goods and services, to assess whether current legislation, policing of that legislation and the processes adopted to facilitate the terms of the legislation are delivering as... Read More about Dementia : an investigation into whether the current process of identifying reasonable adjustment to buildings by access audit is consistent for all disabilities.

The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful? (2015)
Journal Article
20 years on : Has it been successful?. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 3(4), 352-359

It is 20 years since legislation to make access to goods and services equal to both able bodied and disabled people became fully enabled. This paper seeks to establish if the last 20 years have seen significant improvement in access, and whether the... Read More about The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful?.

Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services) (2015)
Journal Article
McLean, S. (2015). Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget
(An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services). Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 4(3),

The paper identifies the economic impact of excluding disabled customers from goods and services offered at locations which are dependent upon tourist income. The economic value and spending power of disabled members of society is established. Sta... Read More about Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services).