Prof Jason Underwood's Outputs (63)

Towards developing an industry led educational framework using LEAN approach
Presentation / Conference
Bassanino, M., Underwood, J., Allen, T., Khosrowshahi, F., & Stokes, E. Towards developing an industry led educational framework using LEAN approach. Presented at 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Manchester, UK

The poor performance and inefficient manner in which the construction industry operates has been recognised through a variety of combined government and industry initiatives over the years. A major challenge towards improvement is recognised as lying... Read More about Towards developing an industry led educational framework using LEAN approach.

Development of an experimental waste framework based on BIM/lean concept in construction design
Presentation / Conference
Mollasalehi, S., Fleming, A., Talebi, A., & Underwood, J. Development of an experimental waste framework based on BIM/lean concept in construction design. Presented at 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Boston, MA, USA

The construction industry faces many problems and challenges especially with the construction of housing which are due to the high level of non-value-adding activities (waste) that reduce the overall construction performance and productivity. In rece... Read More about Development of an experimental waste framework based on BIM/lean concept in construction design.

Low energy–low carbon acute hospital engineering design and operation in the UK : analysis of the impact of In-Use
Thesis

This thesis introduces an innovative contribution to the low energy - low carbon design of acute hospitals in the UK. The need for innovation in acute hospital design arises from the consistently poor energy and carbon performance of the health care... Read More about Low energy–low carbon acute hospital engineering design and operation in the UK : analysis of the impact of In-Use.