Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector (2018)
Journal Article
Gunarathna, C., Jing Yang, R., & Fernando, N. (2018). Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(2), 178-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2016-0233

The Sri Lankan commercial building industry is currently experiencing a construction boom after thirty years of civil war. Creating a dispute free environment through well conflict management is one of the main ways to keep the continuous demand and... Read More about Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector.

A novel approach for establishing design criteria for refugees' shelters (2018)
Book Chapter
Abumaradan, R., & Trillo, C. (2018). A novel approach for establishing design criteria for refugees' shelters. In New Metropolitan Perspectives (422-432). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92099-3_48

There is currently growing interest amongst the international community of policy makers about finding solutions for accommodating refugees, who currently concentrate mainly in countries located in the MENA region such as Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Palestin... Read More about A novel approach for establishing design criteria for refugees' shelters.

Eye of sustainable planning : a conceptual heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework (2018)
Journal Article
Dogruyol, K., Aziz, Z., & Arayici, Y. (2018). Eye of sustainable planning : a conceptual heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework. Sustainability, 10(5), no.1343. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051343

Implementation and integration of sustainable development within a management framework is the main problem of urban regeneration projects. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a sustainable heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework, which... Read More about Eye of sustainable planning : a conceptual heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework.

The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus (2018)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M. (2018). The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus. Urban Climate, 24, 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2018.03.001

The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor thermal comfort was studied in two phases:

Firstly, the thermal conditions of three locations with different ground surface materials were compared. The study used CFD modelling followed by... Read More about The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus.

Comparison of whole house heat loss test methods under controlled conditions in six distinct retrofit scenarios (2018)
Journal Article
Alezzo, F., Farmer, D., Fitton, R., Hughes, T., & Swan, W. (2018). Comparison of whole house heat loss test methods under controlled conditions in six distinct retrofit scenarios. Energy and Buildings, 168, 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.03.024

The accurate assessment of buildings to assess their performance across a range of parameters is an essential part of understanding both new and retrofit buildings. The growing understanding of the performance gap in terms of its assessment and chara... Read More about Comparison of whole house heat loss test methods under controlled conditions in six distinct retrofit scenarios.

Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Amaratunga, D. (2018). Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements. Procedia Engineering, 212, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.017

Growing trend of disaster-induced displacements and resettlements is alarming the world to address the consequences to retain the stability of the concerned countries. In order to reduce the causes and consequences of displacements, governments and o... Read More about Enablers and barriers of adapting post-disaster resettlements.

Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review (2018)
Journal Article
Sridarran, P., Keraminiyage, K., & Fernando, N. (2018). Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review. Procedia Engineering, 212, 962-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.124

The rate of internal displacements and consequent resettlements are increasing rapidly and drawing the attention of the world. More often than not, the consequences of resettlement will have an impact on two different communities; the community which... Read More about Acceptance to be the host of a resettlement programme : a literature review.

The trickle-down effect of psycho-social constructs and knowledge deficiencies as organizational barriers to cost performance on highway projects (2018)
Journal Article
Amadi, A., & Higham, A. (2018). The trickle-down effect of psycho-social constructs and knowledge deficiencies as organizational barriers to cost performance on highway projects. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 23(1), 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-03-2017-0009

Purpose


The study proffers a theoretical narrative explaining the poor financial performance of public highway agencies in Nigeria. This study critically spotlights seminal works in the literature offering theoretical narratives on the poor fin... Read More about The trickle-down effect of psycho-social constructs and knowledge deficiencies as organizational barriers to cost performance on highway projects.

Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard (2018)
Report
Sherriff, G., Martin, P., & Roberts, B. (2018). Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard

In May 2015, Eastlands Housing (now One Manchester) completed work on its retrofit to PassivHaus equivalent (EnerPHit) standard of 32 social housing flats in two blocks in Erneley Close, in the Manchester area Gorton. With a budget of £3.1 million, i... Read More about Erneley Close passive house retrofit : resident experiences and building performance in retrofit to passive house standard.

Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector (2018)
Journal Article
estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector. https://doi.org/10.1999/1307-6892/10008556

Global carbon reduction is not merely a responsibility
of environmentally advanced developed countries, but also a
responsibility of developing countries regardless of their less impact on global carbon emissions. In recognition of that, Sri Lanka... Read More about Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector.

Improving communication in managing industrialised building system (IBS) projects : virtual environment (2018)
Journal Article
Pozin, M., Nawi, M., Lee, A., & Azman, M. (2018). Improving communication in managing industrialised building system (IBS) projects : virtual environment. Malaysian construction research journal, 2(2), 1-13

Traditional approaches are still dominant in virtually all construction projects in Malaysia. This was highlighted as the main barrier for further developing the Industrialised Building System (IBS) construction process. Indeed, traditional approache... Read More about Improving communication in managing industrialised building system (IBS) projects : virtual environment.

The resilience of urban design to pluvial flood (2018)
Thesis
Abdulkareem, M. (in press). The resilience of urban design to pluvial flood. (Thesis). The University of Salford

Resilient urban design has become an essential concern for cities needing to withstand the increasing number of natural and human-induced disasters. Yet cities and their infrastructures are becoming more vulnerable and threatened as flood protection... Read More about The resilience of urban design to pluvial flood.

Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction (2018)
Journal Article
Gyau, K. (2018). Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction. International Development Planning Review, 40(1), 27-49. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2018.1

Volumes of literature discourse illuminate several weaknesses of Nigeria’s urban planning and governance system particularly in the face of rapid urbanisation, and rising levels of urban poverty and informality. However, these literature discourses o... Read More about Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction.

Integrating sustainability within architectural education in Cairo (2018)
Journal Article
El-Feki, S., & Kenawy, I. (2018). Integrating sustainability within architectural education in Cairo. Proceeding of Science and Technology, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.21625/resourceedings.v1i1.183

Architectural education has great potential to move the entire industry towards sustainability within buildings and cities. Having the fundamental knowledge to apply the sustainable strategies can help in solving different environmental challenges be... Read More about Integrating sustainability within architectural education in Cairo.

Introductory software exercises using Matlab for the visualisation, analysis and processing of signals acquired from racecar sensors (2018)
Other
Paraskevas, I., & Mullis, T. (2018). Introductory software exercises using Matlab for the visualisation, analysis and processing of signals acquired from racecar sensors