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The development of an integrative framework and capability maturity model for the planning and implementation of sustainable rural development projects (2021)
Thesis
David, B. (in press). The development of an integrative framework and capability maturity model for the planning and implementation of sustainable rural development projects. (Thesis). University of Salford

Over the years, development partners and national governments in developing countries have invested heavily in implementing development projects in rural areas. This is in a bid to ensure that economic activities in these areas including Nigeria, are... Read More about The development of an integrative framework and capability maturity model for the planning and implementation of sustainable rural development projects.

Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict (2021)
Thesis
Abdu, Y. Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict. (Thesis). University of Salford

As a result of Boko Haram conflict in Nigeria, many people have been displaced and a lot of houses destroyed. The displaced people are presently domiciled in different temporary camps across the country and the camps are in bad condition without elec... Read More about Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict.

Heritage conservation and digital technologies in Jordan (2021)
Journal Article
Rania, A., Trillo, C., Udeaja, C., Moustaka, A., Gyau, K., & Makore, B. (2021). Heritage conservation and digital technologies in Jordan. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 22, e00197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2021.e00197

Heritage cities are challenged by a combination of pressures, including climate change effects, rapid urbanization and abandonment. Conversely, a plethora of new methodologies and instruments are now available, thanks to digital technologies, which h... Read More about Heritage conservation and digital technologies in Jordan.

Digital storytelling : the integration of intangible and tangible heritage in the city of Surat, India (2021)
Journal Article
Udeaja, C., Mansouri, L., Makore, C., Gyau, K., Patel, D., Trillo, C., & Jha, K. (2021). Digital storytelling : the integration of intangible and tangible heritage in the city of Surat, India. Lecture notes in computer science, 1, 152-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77411-0_11

The impact of digital technologies to the domain of cultural heritage has increased the speed and automation of the processes and practices that involve processing and presentation of digital heritage data. Heritage Building Information Modelling (HB... Read More about Digital storytelling : the integration of intangible and tangible heritage in the city of Surat, India.

Stakeholder perceptions of drivers for, and barriers to, the incorporation of sustainability in PPP infrastructure projects in Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Udeaja, C., & Abubakar, U. (2020). Stakeholder perceptions of drivers for, and barriers to, the incorporation of sustainability in PPP infrastructure projects in Nigeria. Open House International, 45(4), 373-386. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-05-2020-0037

Purpose - Although several studies have been undertaken on sustainability within infrastructure projects, limited attention has paid to the drivers for, and the barriers to, the incorporation of sustainability in public-private partnership (PPP) infr... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions of drivers for, and barriers to, the incorporation of sustainability in PPP infrastructure projects in Nigeria.

An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Udeaja, C., & Abubakar, U. (2020). An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-04-2020-0048

Purpose – In the global construction industry, the concept of sustainability is not new, particularly within building projects. Against this backdrop, several studies have been conducted, mostly in developed countries, on sustainability in constructi... Read More about An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria.

Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms (2020)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Udeaja, C., & Adekunle, A. (2021). Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 39(1), 48-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-05-2019-0047

Purpose –BIM has much potential to improve the effectiveness of construction works with respect to design, construction and maintenance. However, many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firms are still lagging in the adoption and imp... Read More about Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms.

Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India (2020)
Journal Article
Udeaja, C., Trillo, C., Gyau, K., Makore, B., Patel, D., Mansouri, L., & Jha, K. (2020). Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India. Sustainability, 12(6), 2172. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062172

Currently, heritage is challenged in the Indian city of Surat due to diverse pressures,  including rapid urbanization, increasing housing demand, and socio‐cultural and climate changes.  Where rapid demographic growth of urban areas is happening, her... Read More about Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India.

14th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019 Book of Abstracts 16-17 December 2019 (2020)
Book
(2020). A. Marshall-Ponting, Y. Ji, K. Keraminiyage, A. Lee, T. Poppelreuter, W. Swan, …E. van-Dijk (Eds.), 14th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019 Book of Abstracts 16-17 December 2019. Salford: University of Salford

This Book of Abstracts provides a flavour of the various papers and presentations that have been contributed to the conference by the postgraduate delegates, covering the areas of Business, Economics and Finance; Property and Project Management; ICT,... Read More about 14th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019 Book of Abstracts 16-17 December 2019.

Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria (2020)
Thesis
Odewole, A. Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

The high cost of building materials in Nigeria is creating a shortfall of conventional building materials, which is also exacerbating the housing crisis in Nigerian urban areas. In view of the above, there is an urgent need to produce low cost, susta... Read More about Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria.

Developing an improved disaster management framework to enhance resilience in Kuwait (2020)
Thesis
Alfaras, M. Developing an improved disaster management framework to enhance resilience in Kuwait. (Thesis). University of Salford

Disaster management is considered as a priority worldwide where the aim of national governments has been to reduce the loss of life and properties. Different researchers and experts have tried over decades to develop several disaster management mode... Read More about Developing an improved disaster management framework to enhance resilience in Kuwait.

Conference proceedings of the 14th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019 : contemporary and future directions in the Built Environment (2019)
Book
(2019). A. Marshall-Ponting, Y. Ji, K. Keraminiyage, A. Lee, T. Poppelreuter, W. Swan, …H. van Dijk (Eds.), Conference proceedings of the 14th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019 : contemporary and future directions in the Built Environment. Salford: University of Salford

Conference Proceedings of the 14th International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019: Contemporary and Future Directions in the Built Environment

Life cycle carbon emissions and comparative evaluation of selected open source UK embodied carbon counting tools (2019)
Journal Article
Ekundayo, D., Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, A., Perera, S., & Udeaja, C. (2019). Life cycle carbon emissions and comparative evaluation of selected open source UK embodied carbon counting tools. Construction Economics and Building, 19(2), 220-242. https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v19i2.6692

Life cycle carbon emissions (LCO2), made up of operational and embodied carbon, have become a major metric of building environmental performance and energy efficiency. Whilst there are now standard methods for operational carbon assessment due to its... Read More about Life cycle carbon emissions and comparative evaluation of selected open source UK embodied carbon counting tools.

Towards the development of a framework for incorporating sustainability education in the built environment curriculum (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ekundayo, D., Udeaja, C., Gyau, K., & Higham, A. (2018, September). Towards the development of a framework for incorporating sustainability education in the built environment curriculum. Presented at 4th Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference, Dublin Institue of Technology

Many proponents believe that there is a linkage between the green agenda and built environment (BE) education. It is increasingly recognised that the BE education curriculum should incorporate sustainability and produce graduates that are confident o... Read More about Towards the development of a framework for incorporating sustainability education in the built environment curriculum.

Implementing GIS to improve hospital efficiency in natural disasters (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Salamati Nia, S., Kulatunga, U., Udeaja, C., & Valadi, S. (2018, March). Implementing GIS to improve hospital efficiency in natural disasters. Presented at GeoInformation For Disaster Management (Gi4DM), Istanbul, Turkey

Over the past decades, the number of natural disasters has been growing around the world. In addition to damaging communities and infrastructures, unexpected disasters also affect service providers such as hospitals and health centers. Markedly, hosp... Read More about Implementing GIS to improve hospital efficiency in natural disasters.

Obstacles and benefits in implementation of gold, silver, and bronze (GSB) model in emergency response in the UAE (2018)
Journal Article
Alawadhi, S., & Udeaja, C. (2018). Obstacles and benefits in implementation of gold, silver, and bronze (GSB) model in emergency response in the UAE. Procedia Engineering, 212(2018), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.055

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis. Emergency response and incident command model have been implemented to help mitigate against these hazards in various part of the world. More... Read More about Obstacles and benefits in implementation of gold, silver, and bronze (GSB) model in emergency response in the UAE.

The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK (2017)
Journal Article
Nwachukwu, C., Udeaja, C., Chileshe, N., & Okere, C. (2017). The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 35(4), 304-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-07-2017-0030

Purpose Built heritage or historic assets (BHAs) constructed in the pre-nineteenth century in the UK are perceived to have certain characteristics which instil cultural significance in them and have seen them become valuable to the economy of the cou... Read More about The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK.

Sustainable development in a construction related curriculum- quantity surveying students’ perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Tan, A., Udeaja, C., Babatunde, S., & Ekundayo, D. (2017). Sustainable development in a construction related curriculum- quantity surveying students’ perspective. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 21(1), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648715X.2016.1246387

Higher education institutions (HEIs) across the globe are increasingly aware of the need to integrate sustainability education within the curricula. This triggered a number of studies that were conducted by earlier researchers in embedding sustainabi... Read More about Sustainable development in a construction related curriculum- quantity surveying students’ perspective.

Analysis of reverse logistics implementation practices by South Australian construction organisations (2016)
Journal Article
Chileshe, N., Rameezdeen, R., Hosseini, M., Lehmann, S., & Udeaja, C. (2016). Analysis of reverse logistics implementation practices by South Australian construction organisations. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 36(3), 332-356. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-01-2014-0024

Purpose – A large number of benefits have been reported when reverse logistics (RL) is fully implemented in the construction industry. However, RL is yet to become common place in the construction sector, particularly in Australia. The particular sub... Read More about Analysis of reverse logistics implementation practices by South Australian construction organisations.

Stakeholder perceptions on critical success factors for public-private partnership projects in Nigeria (2016)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Zhou, L., & Udeaja, C. (2016). Stakeholder perceptions on critical success factors for public-private partnership projects in Nigeria. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 6(1), 74-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-11-2014-0061

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the perceptions of stakeholders on critical success factors (CSFs) for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – A comprehensive literature rev... Read More about Stakeholder perceptions on critical success factors for public-private partnership projects in Nigeria.