Target costing in construction : a comparative study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sampaio, R., Kaushik, A., Koskela, L., Denis Granja, A., Keraminiyage, K., & Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P. (2014, June). Target costing in construction : a comparative study. Presented at International Group of Lean Construction, Oslo, Norway

Target costing is an approach for the development of new products in the automobile industry, aimed at reducing their life-cycle costs while ensuring quality, reliability and other client requirements, by examining all possible ideas for cost reducti... Read More about Target costing in construction : a comparative study.

On abduction in design (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kroll, E., & Koskela, L. (2014, June). On abduction in design. Presented at Sixth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'14), London

The mechanism of design reasoning from function to form is addressed by examining the possibility of explaining it as abduction. We propose a new interpretation to some definitions of innovative abduction, to show first that the concept, idea, as the... Read More about On abduction in design.

Employee suggestion system assessment model: the best practice scenarios (2014)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2014). Employee suggestion system assessment model: the best practice scenarios

Corporations widely use ‘Employee suggestion schemes’ to elicit employees’ creative ideas. Despite its many benefits, sustaining the suggestion system is still a challenge for the organisation. This paper uses a sustainability assessment model to ass... Read More about Employee suggestion system assessment model: the best practice scenarios.

Challenges of implementing infrastructure megaprojects through public-private partnerships in Nigeria : a case study of road infrastructure (2014)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Udeaja, C., & Zhou, L. (2014). Challenges of implementing infrastructure megaprojects through public-private partnerships in Nigeria : a case study of road infrastructure. International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (Online), 3(2), 142-154. https://doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2014.012

Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit, especially in transport sector is appalling. This triggered the Lagos state government to start addressing its infrastructure deficit through PPPs. The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges at both deve... Read More about Challenges of implementing infrastructure megaprojects through public-private partnerships in Nigeria : a case study of road infrastructure.

Knowledge intensive regeneration versus sustainable communities (2014)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y., & ozturk, Z. (2014). Knowledge intensive regeneration versus sustainable communities. International journal of 3-D information modeling (Online), 3(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2014010101

Regeneration is deemed as the enabler for societies and nations to transform them from industrial age to knowledge. In this regard, knowledge intensive regeneration is one of the latest models, called as New Century Cities (NCC) to make progress and... Read More about Knowledge intensive regeneration versus sustainable communities.

Evolution and development of urban land use planning: analysis from human action theory perspective (2014)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., Hammond, F., Booth, C., & Lamond, J. (2014). Evolution and development of urban land use planning: analysis from human action theory perspective. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management (Print), 9(2), 35-67

While numerous literature discuss urban land use planning theory, it is still unclear the framework that should drive
planning practice signifying the need for further interrogation of the subject. This work analyses evolution and
development of pl... Read More about Evolution and development of urban land use planning: analysis from human action theory perspective.

Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2014, May). Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors. Presented at CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka, 4th-7th May 2014, Sri Lanka

Technology transfer (TT) within construction has emerged as an important business activity across many developing countries across the globe including Ghana. For several years TT from developed countries has been viewed as a key element in addressin... Read More about Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors.

E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2014, May). E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers. Presented at CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World Heritance, Kandalama, Sri Lanka, 4th-7th May 2014, Sri Lanka

This paper reports on a questionnaire survey undertaken to evaluate e-Business use in the Ghanaian construction industry. The views of construction professionals and local construction firms in Ghana were consulted in this questionnaire survey. Add... Read More about E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers.

Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kaushik, A., Keraminiyage, K., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Hope, G. (2014, May). Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry. Presented at CIB- International Conference on Construction in Changing World, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are unique research programmes designed to bring innovation by joint effort of academia and industry to provide innovation in technology, process and management for the UK Industry. This paper describes an underg... Read More about Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry.

The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Allali, B., Keraminiyage, K., & Kulatunga, U. (2014, May). The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya. Presented at CIB 2014 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Knowledge is seen as a crucial factor behind sustainable advantage and success for Information Communication Technology (ICT) business organizations. Consequently, sharing knowledge (SK) has been considered as a main element of success, which is clos... Read More about The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya.

The relationship between corporate social responsibility and company competitiveness from the perspective of the construction industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ulutas, D., Giritli, H., & McDermott, P. (2014, May). The relationship between corporate social responsibility and company competitiveness from the perspective of the construction industry. Presented at CIB International Conference 2014: W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/74/81/83 Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved to an important agenda for many industries and its scope has been widened from the responsible business to strategic decisions. The increasing importance of CSR affects business relations because orga... Read More about The relationship between corporate social responsibility and company competitiveness from the perspective of the construction industry.

A systems approach to assessing organisational viability – an oil and gas project based organisation case study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2014, May). A systems approach to assessing organisational viability – an oil and gas project based organisation case study. Presented at CIB International Conference 2014: W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/74/81/83 Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Extant literature highlights the increasing inability of Project-Based Organisations (PBOs) to meet infrastructure client’s expectations, particularly as it concerns the delivery of socio-economic outcomes during the delivery process. Viability is de... Read More about A systems approach to assessing organisational viability – an oil and gas project based organisation case study.

Modern method of construction : an experience from UK construction industry (2014)
Journal Article
Nawi, M., Hanifa, F., Kamar, K., Lee, A., & Azman, M. (2014). Modern method of construction : an experience from UK construction industry. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 8(5), 527-532

Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) is commonly used interchangeably with other terms such as offsite construction, prefabrication, offsite manufacturing, modern
method of construction (MMC), industrialised building and industrialised construction... Read More about Modern method of construction : an experience from UK construction industry.

A review of supply chain management issues in Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) construction industry (2014)
Journal Article
Nawi, M., Lee, A., & Omar, M. (2014). A review of supply chain management issues in Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) construction industry. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 8(5), 533-538

The construction industry is a complex and dynamic industrial sector. Malaysia, as a developing country, considers the construction industry as one main contributor of the country‟s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Due to the combination of problems and... Read More about A review of supply chain management issues in Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) construction industry.

The role of the supply chain in the elimination and reduction of construction rework and defects: an action research approach (2014)
Journal Article
action research approach. Construction Management and Economics, 32(7-8), 829-842. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2014.904965

Since 2007, Ireland has suffered a circa 80% reduction in construction output. This has
resulted in bankruptcy, unemployment and bad debt. Contractors have attached greater
emphasis to production efficiency and cost reduction as a means of survival... Read More about The role of the supply chain in the elimination and reduction of construction rework and defects: an action research approach.

The Aristotelian proto-theory of design (2014)
Book Chapter
Koskela, L., Codinhoto, R., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Kagioglou, M. (2014). The Aristotelian proto-theory of design. In A. Chakrabarti, & L. Blessing (Eds.), An Anthology of Theories and Models of Design: Philosophy, Approaches and Empirical Explorations. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6338-1_14

In comparing deliberation to the analysis of a geometrical figure, Aristotle made a highly significant theoretical statement on design, which has largely gone unnoticed. Through an interpretation of the accounts given by Aristotle and the Greek geom... Read More about The Aristotelian proto-theory of design.

Testing of Stormguard secondary glazing film (2014)
Report
Fitton, R. (2014). Testing of Stormguard secondary glazing film

We were asked to test this product in the Energy House over all of the windows in the house. The house currently has 5 main windows (windows to the front bay were not tested). The test consisted of two parts: a control test with no film on the window... Read More about Testing of Stormguard secondary glazing film.

Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands (2014)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Kleerekoper, L., Tenpierik, M., & van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2015). Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands. Building and Environment, 83(Jan 15), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.014

Outdoor thermal comfort in urban spaces is known as an important contributor to pedestrians' health. The urban microclimate is also important more generally through its influence on urban air quality and the energy use of buildings. These issues are... Read More about Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands.

Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house (2014)
Journal Article
Ji, Y., Fitton, R., Swan, W., & Webster, P. (2014). Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house. Building and Environment, 77, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.012

This paper aims to investigate the likely thermal performance of a unique pre-1919 Victorian case study property by using both current and future projected weather data after a deep retrofit. The property is a re-construction within an environmental... Read More about Assessing overheating of the UK existing dwellings – a case study of replica Victorian end terrace house.

New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda (2014)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Pour Rahimian, F., Arif, M., & Sharp, M. (2015). New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 11(3), 163-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2014.891501

Despite the benefits offered by offsite construction, as a percentage, the offsite market is still relatively small. This phenomena is complex; but for brevity, includes a myriad of factors, not least: lack of awareness; supply chain challenges (capa... Read More about New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda.