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"Waiting for Robbins” Modernist Architecture as a Representation of Transitional Education at the Royal Technical College, Salford, 1961-1964. (2024)
Thesis

Was the University of Salford a ‘new university’? Both technically and legally, Salford became a new university via Royal Charter on 4 April 1967. However, the University’s history can be traced back to its foundations in 1892. The Vice Chancellor, W... Read More about "Waiting for Robbins” Modernist Architecture as a Representation of Transitional Education at the Royal Technical College, Salford, 1961-1964..

Shifting Paradigms and High Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building with Sustainability in Mind (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Yioutani-Iacovides, M., Moustaka, A., & Walker, P. (2023, September). Shifting Paradigms and High Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building with Sustainability in Mind. Poster presented at HIGH TECH HERITAGE, I(M)PERMANCE OF INNOVATION ARCHITECTURE, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

The Centenary Building was created to fuse design and technology, teaching at the University of Salford, as a hub for the Departments of Spatial, Graphic, and Industrial Design. The brief required the architect Stephen Hodder to align the building’s... Read More about Shifting Paradigms and High Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building with Sustainability in Mind.

Shifting Paradigms and High-Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building, with Sustainability in Mind. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Yioutani-Iacovides, M., Moustaka, A., & Walker, P. (2023, September). Shifting Paradigms and High-Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building, with Sustainability in Mind. Poster presented at High-tech Heritage: (Im)permanence of Innovation, Zurich, Switzerland

The Centenary Building in Salford was designed to embody a fusion of
design and technology (Fig. 1), serving as a hub for the University‘s Departments of Spatial, Graphic, and Industrial Design.
The building’s brief required the young architect... Read More about Shifting Paradigms and High-Tech: Revisiting the University of Salford Centenary Building, with Sustainability in Mind..

Perception of Size and Mass Relationships of Moving and Stationary Object in Collision Events in 10-to-11-Month-Old Infants (2023)
Journal Article
Sanal-Hayes, N. E. M., Hayes, L. D., Walker, P., Mair, J. L., & Bremner, J. G. (in press). Perception of Size and Mass Relationships of Moving and Stationary Object in Collision Events in 10-to-11-Month-Old Infants. Behavioral Sciences, 13(1), 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13010056

Around 5.5–6.5 months of age, infants first attend to object size and perceive its mass cues in simple collision events. Infants attend to the size of the moving object and expect a greater displacement following a collision with a large object and s... Read More about Perception of Size and Mass Relationships of Moving and Stationary Object in Collision Events in 10-to-11-Month-Old Infants.

Adults’ Understanding and 6-To-7-Month-Old Infants’ Perception of Size and Mass Relationships in Collision Events (2022)
Journal Article
Sanal-Hayes, N. E. M., Hayes, L. D., Walker, P., Mair, J. L., & Bremner, J. G. (in press). Adults’ Understanding and 6-To-7-Month-Old Infants’ Perception of Size and Mass Relationships in Collision Events. Applied Sciences, 12(19), 9846. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199846

Humans first start to perceive the relationship between object size and mass in simple collision events at about 5.5–6.5 months of age. They perceive this link in simple collision events by attending to the size of the moving object and anticipating... Read More about Adults’ Understanding and 6-To-7-Month-Old Infants’ Perception of Size and Mass Relationships in Collision Events.

Adults Do Not Appropriately Consider Mass Cues of Object Brightness and Pitch Sound to Judge Outcomes of Collision Events (2022)
Journal Article
Sanal-Hayes, N. E. M., Hayes, L. D., Walker, P., Mair, J. L., & Bremner, J. G. (in press). Adults Do Not Appropriately Consider Mass Cues of Object Brightness and Pitch Sound to Judge Outcomes of Collision Events. Applied Sciences, 12(17), 8463. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12178463

Adults judge darker objects to be heavier in weight than brighter objects, and objects which make lower pitch sounds as heavier in weight than objects making higher pitch sounds. It is unknown whether adults would make similar pairings if they saw th... Read More about Adults Do Not Appropriately Consider Mass Cues of Object Brightness and Pitch Sound to Judge Outcomes of Collision Events.

Cultural dissonance as a risk factor in the construction of megaprojects : the experience of western consultants working in the Gulf Cooperation Council (2021)
Thesis

This research examines the hypothesis that a megaprojects' execution can be negatively impacted if a harmonious relationship and trust are not formed between its delivery partners, and specifically focuses on the relationships between the Arab proje... Read More about Cultural dissonance as a risk factor in the construction of megaprojects : the experience of western consultants working in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Re-evaluating megaproject cost overruns : putting changes into perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Walsh, A., & Walker, P. (2021). Re-evaluating megaproject cost overruns : putting changes into perspective. International journal of innovation and economic development, 6(6), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.66.2002

The vast sums of money involved in megaprojects, and the perceived lack of public benefit, create controversy. Flyvberg’ s iron law asserts that megaprojects are over budget, over time, under benefits, over and over again (Flyvberg, 2018). More recen... Read More about Re-evaluating megaproject cost overruns : putting changes into perspective.

The underestimation of cultural risk in the execution of megaprojects (2021)
Journal Article
Walker, P., Walsh, A., & Ellis, M. (2021). The underestimation of cultural risk in the execution of megaprojects. International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 15(1), 34-40

There is a real danger that both practitioners and
researchers considering risks associated with megaprojects ignore or
underestimate the impacts of cultural risk. The paper investigates the
potential impacts of a failure to achieve cultural unity... Read More about The underestimation of cultural risk in the execution of megaprojects.

QAA subject benchmark statement architecture : version for consultation December 2019 (2019)
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version for consultation December 2019. London

The Statement is intended to guide lecturers and course leaders in the design of academic courses leading to qualifications in architecture, it will also be useful to those developing other related courses.
Higher education providers may need to con... Read More about QAA subject benchmark statement architecture : version for consultation December 2019.

The influence of trust and culture upon Western consultants executing GCC megaprojects (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Walsh, A., & Walker, P. (2019, September). The influence of trust and culture upon Western consultants executing GCC megaprojects. Presented at Trust in Major and Mega Projects – 7th IPMA Research Conference, Zagreb, Croatia

Western consultants must build trust filled relationships if they wish to successfully engage with the local project sponsor to manage GCC megaprojects. Initial research indicates a high staff turnover for senior western consultants in GCC megaprojec... Read More about The influence of trust and culture upon Western consultants executing GCC megaprojects.

The necessity for soft skills training for construction executives in megaprojects (2001)
Presentation / Conference
megaprojects. Presented at American Real Estate Society Conference 2023, San Antonio, Texas

As the recent FIFA World Cup concludes in the host nation of Qatar, a member of the six-nation
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), football appears to have become intertwined in diversity and
inclusion practices executed during the construction of foot... Read More about The necessity for soft skills training for construction executives in megaprojects.

The significance of cultural risks for Western consultants executing GCC megaprojects
Presentation / Conference
Walsh, A., & Walker, P. The significance of cultural risks for Western consultants executing GCC megaprojects. Presented at ICMPME 2020 : Proceedings of the International Conference on Mega-Projects and Macro-Engineering, Rome, Italy

Differences in commercial, professional and personal cultural traditions between western consultants and project sponsors in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC) are potentially significant in the workplace, and this can impact on project outcom... Read More about The significance of cultural risks for Western consultants executing GCC megaprojects.

The importance of understanding the national and professional culture of the project sponsor and stakeholders as a factor in the successful execution of megaprojects
Presentation / Conference
Walker, P., & Walsh, A. The importance of understanding the national and professional culture of the project sponsor and stakeholders as a factor in the successful execution of megaprojects. Presented at OTMC 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Megaproject construction requires a successful union between the critical actors involved in the project delivery: the Stakeholders or Sponsors and the construction delivery team. This study analyses the experience of Western Consultants in the Gulf... Read More about The importance of understanding the national and professional culture of the project sponsor and stakeholders as a factor in the successful execution of megaprojects.