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The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing (2009)
Journal Article
Madubuko, L., Ingirige, B., & Sexton, M. (2009). The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing. ˜The œbuilt & human environment review, 2(1), 64-101

Different organisations outside the public and private sectors, such as non governmental organisations (NGOs), are involved in generating, introducing, and promoting capacity building and technology, particularly in marginal areas of less developed c... Read More about The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing.

Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment (2009)
Journal Article
Underwood, J., Williams, A., & Thurairajah, N. (2009). Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment. Industry and Higher Education, 23(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.5367/000000009787641314

The poor performance and inefficiencies of the construction industry are well recognized and documented. Through a variety of combined industry and government initiatives there has been a continual expression in the UK over the last decade of the urg... Read More about Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment.

Construction informatics in Turkey: strategic role of ICT and future research directions (2009)
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Isikdag, U., Underwood, J., Kuruoglu, M., Goulding, J., & Acikalin, U. (2009). Construction informatics in Turkey: strategic role of ICT and future research directions. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 412-428

Construction Informatics deals with subjects ranging from strategic management of ICTs to interoperability and information integration in the construction industry. Studies on defining research directions for Construction Informatics have a history o... Read More about Construction informatics in Turkey: strategic role of ICT and future research directions.

Integration of suppliers and manufacturers within construction supply chains through innovative procurement strategies (2009)
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Khalfan, M., Arif, M., & Aburas, H. (2009). Integration of suppliers and manufacturers within construction supply chains through innovative procurement strategies

Recent innovative initiatives within the public sector construction procurement are challenging traditional, non-relational ways of procuring construction projects. The new concepts and practices involved in innovative procurement methods for constru... Read More about Integration of suppliers and manufacturers within construction supply chains through innovative procurement strategies.

State of green construction in India: drivers and challenges (2009)
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Arif, M., Egbu, C., Haleem, A., Kulonda, D., & Khalfan, M. (2009). State of green construction in India: drivers and challenges. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 7(2), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1108/17260530910975005

Purpose: the purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a workshop organized in New Delhi to assess the current state of green construction in India and highlight the major drivers and challenges faced by the construction sector.
Design/met... Read More about State of green construction in India: drivers and challenges.

Construction IT in 2030: a scenario planning approach (2009)
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Erdogan, B., Abbott, C., Aouad, G., & Kazi, S. (2009). Construction IT in 2030: a scenario planning approach. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 539-555

Summary: This paper presents a scenario planning effort carried out in order to identify the possible futures
that construction industry and construction IT might face. The paper provides a review of previous research in
the area and introduces the... Read More about Construction IT in 2030: a scenario planning approach.

Realising benefits in primary healthcare infrastructures (2009)
Journal Article
Sapountzis, S., Yates, K., Kagioglou, M., & Aouad, G. (2009). Realising benefits in primary healthcare infrastructures. Facilities, 27(3/4), 74-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770910933116

Purpose: This paper focuses upon the requirements to manage change, tangible and intangible benefits in a joint approach to deliver outputs on time, to quality and cost without failing to realise the benefits of the change. The aim of the paper is to... Read More about Realising benefits in primary healthcare infrastructures.

Shariah property investment in Asia (2009)
Journal Article
Ghanbari Parsa, A., Muhammad Faishal Bin Ibrahim, M., & Ong Seow, E. (2009). Shariah property investment in Asia. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 17(2), 231-248

Islamic banking and finance is growing at a rapid pace because of its value-oriented ethos. Through interviews with Shariah-compliant property investment players in Singapore, Bahrain, and Dubai, this research is a sequel to Parsa and McIntosh (2005)... Read More about Shariah property investment in Asia.