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Cities, innovation and expertise: experiences from a formative evaluation (2011)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., & Perry, B. (2011, May). Cities, innovation and expertise: experiences from a formative evaluation. Presented at Second Berlin Forum Innovation in Governance, Berlin, Germany

The dynamics of the knowledge-based era have combined with those of a multi-scalar international political economy to produce the ‘glocalisation’ of science (Swyndegouw,
1992). Public policies at supra-national and sub-national scales have been re-p... Read More about Cities, innovation and expertise: experiences from a formative evaluation.

Extreme weather events and construction SMEs : vulnerability, impacts and responses (2011)
Journal Article
Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., Jones, K., & Proverbs, D. (2011). Extreme weather events and construction SMEs : vulnerability, impacts and responses. Structural survey, 29(2), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630801111132795

Purpose: the UK experienced a number of Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) during recent years and a significant number of businesses were affected as a result. With the intensity and frequency of weather extremes predicted in the future, enhancing the re... Read More about Extreme weather events and construction SMEs : vulnerability, impacts and responses.

Structured approach to measure performance in construction research and development : performance measurement system development (2011)
Journal Article
Kulatunga, U., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011). Structured approach to measure performance in construction research and development : performance measurement system development. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 60(3), 289-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410401111112005

Purpose
– The aim of this study is to explore performance measurement applications within construction research and development (R&D) to develop a structured approach to measure the performance of a collaborative construction R&D project during its... Read More about Structured approach to measure performance in construction research and development : performance measurement system development.

Social individualism : Walter Gropius and his appropriation of Franz Müller-Lyer's idea of a new man (2011)
Journal Article
Poppelreuter, T. (2011). Social individualism : Walter Gropius and his appropriation of Franz Müller-Lyer's idea of a new man. Journal of Design History, 24(1), 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epq049

In 1929, Walter Gropius developed the ‘High-Rise Steel Frame Apartment Building’ that was based on theories about the emergence of a New Man put forward by sociologist Franz Müller-Lyer. In his lecture at the Congrès International d’Architecture Mode... Read More about Social individualism : Walter Gropius and his appropriation of Franz Müller-Lyer's idea of a new man.

Presentation (2011)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2011, February). Presentation. Presented at Innovation sub-panel of 'Prosperity for All: The Greater Manchester Strategy', Mint Hotel, Manchester

The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance : a case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia (2011)
Journal Article
Kamaruzzaman, S., Egbu, C., Ahmad Zawawi, E., Ali, A., & Che-Ani, A. (2011). The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance : a case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia. Energy and Buildings, 43(2-3), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.10.003

This paper presents an assessment of occupants’ opinion of the internal environment of buildings, based upon their responses to questions relating to a range of discrete factors. The survey considers many aspects of the internal environment and seeks... Read More about The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance : a case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia.

L’avenir douloureux de l’université brittanique (The sorrowful future of British University) (2011)
Journal Article
(The sorrowful future of British University). Place publique, 47-53

In the United Kingdom, where no in-depth debate has ever taken place on the missions of higher education, for thirty years we have witnessed a more or less accentuated rapprochement between universities and their territories. But decentralization cou... Read More about L’avenir douloureux de l’université brittanique (The sorrowful future of British University).

An object-based 3D walk-through model for interior construction progress monitoring (2011)
Journal Article
Roh, S., Aziz, Z., & Peña-Mora, F. (2011). An object-based 3D walk-through model for interior construction progress monitoring. Automation in Construction, 20(1), 66-75

The complicated nature of interior construction works makes the detailed progress monitoring challenging. Current interior construction progress monitoring methods involve submission of periodic reports and are constrained by their reliance on manual... Read More about An object-based 3D walk-through model for interior construction progress monitoring.

Preparedness policy implementation (2011)
Book Chapter
Amaratunga, R. (2011). Preparedness policy implementation. In K. Penuel, & M. Statler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief. Sage

Mapping of synchronous activities through virtual management momentum simulation (2011)
Journal Article
management momentum simulation. Construction innovation (London. Online), 11(2), 190-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111124167

Purpose – This paper seeks to present an approach to the improvement of the risk analysis of construction projects by linking risk analysis to the potential variances in time and cost performance of endogenous variables. This link is synchronous, suc... Read More about Mapping of synchronous activities through virtual management momentum simulation.

Client’s championing characteristics that promote construction innovation (2011)
Journal Article
Kulatunga, K., Kulatunga, U., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2011). Client’s championing characteristics that promote construction innovation. Construction innovation (London. Online), 11(4), 380-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111175873

Purpose: clients or users of products, processes or services are being identified as potential sources of innovation in construction. There are concerns on the degree of innovation within the construction industry, despite having potential to be inno... Read More about Client’s championing characteristics that promote construction innovation.