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Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings? (2013)
Journal Article
Bassanino, M., Fernando, T., & Wu, K. (2014). Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings?. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 10(3-4), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2013.775102

The development of software to facilitate collaborative working among project teams has been an active research area for the last two decades. However, the recent impetus in deploying BIM in construction has brought teamwork to the forefront and, the... Read More about Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings?.

Face-lift: Social computing in higher education (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hussein, K., Arayici, Y., & Yusof, S. (2013, March). Face-lift: Social computing in higher education. Presented at Exploring ICT in Education Conference 2013, Doha, Qatar

There is no doubt that the world of elearning is growing everyday and the stakeholders of Higher education are looking to empower education with technology. Social Computing represents one of these tools that can help those stakeholders to attain the... Read More about Face-lift: Social computing in higher education.

Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM (2013)
Other
Dave, B., Koskela, L., Kiviniemi, A., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Owen, R. (2013). Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM. London

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean construction have existed as two different initiatives to improve construction, with distinct communities and interests. In the last 10 years or so, both have started to diffuse into advanced practice, wi... Read More about Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM.

A multi-faceted approach to optimising a complex unplanned healthcare system (2013)
Journal Article
Marshall-Ponting, A., Kobbacy, K., Sapountzis, S., & Kagioglou, M. (2013). A multi-faceted approach to optimising a complex unplanned healthcare system. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 15(2/3), 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2013.053769

Unscheduled and urgent healthcare represents the largest area of activity and cost for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Like typical complex systems unplanned care has the features of interdependence and it has structures at different scales t... Read More about A multi-faceted approach to optimising a complex unplanned healthcare system.

Reflexivity (2013)
Book Chapter

This Encyclopedia is the first of its kind in bringing together philosophy and the social sciences. It is not only about the philosophy of the social sciences but, going beyond that, it is also about the relationship between philosophy
and the socia... Read More about Reflexivity.

Towards a lean model for production management of refurbishment projects, VTT Technology: 94 (2013)
Other
Kemmer, S., Koskela, L., & Nykänen, V. (2013). Towards a lean model for production management of refurbishment projects, VTT Technology: 94. Finland

This is the Stage 3 Report for the ApRemodel project, which aims at improving
processes for multi-occupancy retrofit by generating a lean model for project delivery.
In this respect, a process-driven approach has been adopted to investigate
what c... Read More about Towards a lean model for production management of refurbishment projects, VTT Technology: 94.

Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment (2013)
Journal Article
Chynoweth, P. (2013). Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment. Property Management, 31(5), 435-452. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-04-2013-0028

This paper introduces the concept of practice-informed research. It offers this as an alternative approach to scholarship that has the potential to increase the relevance of research within universities, and to generate an increased level of dialogue... Read More about Practice-informed research: An alternative paradigm for scholastic enquiry in the built environment.

Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice (2013)
Journal Article
May, T., & Perry, B. (2013). Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice. Policy Futures in Education, 11(5), 505-514. https://doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2013.11.5.505

There are profound changes affecting universities. Under pressure from the forward march of neo-liberalism, there is a process of forgetting about the origins of the university and its distinctive place in society. Whilst responses by university mana... Read More about Universities, reflexivity and critique: Uneasy parallels in practice.

Quantifying robustness in PFI's (2013)
Journal Article
Eaton, D., & Sundaraj, G. (2013). Quantifying robustness in PFI's. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 18(1), 26-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/13664381311305069

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define and quantify the term robustness within the context of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project environment from the perspective of the Granting Authority. The paper is conceptual, based on conceptua... Read More about Quantifying robustness in PFI's.

Constructing a holistic approach to disaster risk reduction : the significance of focusing on vulnerability reduction (2013)
Journal Article
Palliyaguru, R., Amaratunga, R., & Baldry, D. (2013). Constructing a holistic approach to disaster risk reduction : the significance of focusing on vulnerability reduction. Disasters, 38(1), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12031

As a result of the increase in natural disaster losses, policy-makers, practitioners, and members of the research community around the world are seeking effective and efficient means of overcoming or minimising them. Although various theoretical cons... Read More about Constructing a holistic approach to disaster risk reduction : the significance of focusing on vulnerability reduction.

Understanding sustainability : a view from intra-organizational leadership within UK construction organizations (2013)
Journal Article
Opoku, A., & Ahmed, V. (2013). Understanding sustainability : a view from intra-organizational leadership within UK construction organizations. International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (Online), 2(2), 120-130. https://doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2013.012

There is an increasing demand from UK construction industry stakeholders to address the issue of sustainable construction. As a key sector in the delivery of a sustainable built environment, the construction industry needs to have a clear understandi... Read More about Understanding sustainability : a view from intra-organizational leadership within UK construction organizations.

Community engagement and social exclusion : the BME experience (2013)
Journal Article
Ijasan, K., & Ahmed, V. (2013). Community engagement and social exclusion : the BME experience. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 6(2), 163-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-11-2011-0051

Purpose – The endless and recurrent nature of community regeneration is of massive concern to any government due to the financial and human resources requested. Past research has suggested that by involving members of the community in the process of... Read More about Community engagement and social exclusion : the BME experience.

Creating a disaster resilient built environment in urban cities: The role of local governments in Sri Lanka (2013)
Journal Article
Malalgoda, C., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2013). Creating a disaster resilient built environment in urban cities: The role of local governments in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 4(1), 72-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901311299017

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and challenges for Sri Lankan local governments in creating a disaster resilient built environment within urban Sri Lankan cities.

Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a lit... Read More about Creating a disaster resilient built environment in urban cities: The role of local governments in Sri Lanka.