A Holistic Approach for Fostering Community Engagement in the Decision-Making of Risk-Sensitive Urban Planning and Development (2023)
Thesis

In the face of increasing extreme climate events, communities are often excluded from decision-making during pre-disaster and urban planning, despite their tacit knowledge and experience in disaster response and recovery. This marginalisation poses a... Read More about A Holistic Approach for Fostering Community Engagement in the Decision-Making of Risk-Sensitive Urban Planning and Development.

The development of a sustainability risk assessment model for construction projects: a case study on the Jordanian construction industry (2022)
Thesis
Al sheikh salem, Y. The development of a sustainability risk assessment model for construction projects: a case study on the Jordanian construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

The construction industry has significant environmental effects. Jordan is one of the countries in the world that is dealing with population growth, a shortage of resources, and unrestricted pollution, for this reason, the construction industry plays... Read More about The development of a sustainability risk assessment model for construction projects: a case study on the Jordanian construction industry.

A BIM Maturity-KPI assessment framework for a UK public sector local authority client (2022)
Thesis

The UK construction industry outlined construction problems related to delivering values to clients and construction performance. UK industry reports aimed to address various problems and provide milestones on how to tackle such problems, through set... Read More about A BIM Maturity-KPI assessment framework for a UK public sector local authority client.

Student experience and the design of campus outdoor spaces : an optimized assessment and comparative cross-case analysis at Universities from two leading nations – England, UK & California, US (2021)
Thesis
Gabr, M. Student experience and the design of campus outdoor spaces : an optimized assessment and comparative cross-case analysis at Universities from two leading nations – England, UK & California, US. (Thesis). University of Salford

Universities are recently pressured to attracting more students and achieving higher rankings. Students’ experience is found to be one of the keyways universities are differentiating themselves. Universities aim to offer diverse landscape settings to... Read More about Student experience and the design of campus outdoor spaces : an optimized assessment and comparative cross-case analysis at Universities from two leading nations – England, UK & California, US.

Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision in Nairobi, Kenya : insights from California, USA (2020)
Thesis
Nzau, B. Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision in Nairobi, Kenya : insights from California, USA. (Thesis). University of Salford

Affordable housing remains a problem for both developed and developing countries. The Government of Kenya recently unveiled affordable housing as one of its main agenda. Housing provision approaches supported by the current planning and housing polic... Read More about Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision in Nairobi, Kenya : insights from California, USA.

An interpretivist approach for the development of a behavioural framework to support the adoption of waste minimisation behaviour of contractors : the case study of Jordan (2020)
Thesis
Alhawamdeh, M. An interpretivist approach for the development of a behavioural framework to support the adoption of waste minimisation behaviour of contractors : the case study of Jordan. (Thesis). University of Salford

In recent decades, with the rapid development of urbanisation and the acceleration of construction, renovation and demolition activities worldwide, enormous volumes of construction waste (CW) have been generated at a colossal rate. CW accounts for ap... Read More about An interpretivist approach for the development of a behavioural framework to support the adoption of waste minimisation behaviour of contractors : the case study of Jordan.

Quantity surveying education and the benchmarking of future needs (2020)
Thesis
Ekundayo, D. Quantity surveying education and the benchmarking of future needs. (Thesis). University of Salford

The education and development needs of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) students has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The dynamic nature of the construction industry coupled with the ever-changing needs of clients h... Read More about Quantity surveying education and the benchmarking of future needs.

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.

Improving competition within Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for infrastructure delivery in Malaysia (2017)
Thesis
Zin Zawawi, M. Improving competition within Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for infrastructure delivery in Malaysia. (Thesis). University of Salford

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) have come to be preferred by governments for infrastructure development over traditional procurement. PPP is seen as the answer to many shortcomings of traditional procurement. Despite the complex nature of a PPP pro... Read More about Improving competition within Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for infrastructure delivery in Malaysia.

A systems analysis of preventative measures and attributes of a resilient enterprise (2017)
Thesis
Tariq, H. A systems analysis of preventative measures and attributes of a resilient enterprise. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of 2014 had a considerable socioeconomic impact on the affected West African countries. The extractive sector plays a key role in these economies in providing employment opportunities, tax revenue and contributi... Read More about A systems analysis of preventative measures and attributes of a resilient enterprise.

Strategic realignment of the post-contract cost control process in the Nigerian construction industry using kaizen (2017)
Thesis
Omotayo, T. Strategic realignment of the post-contract cost control process in the Nigerian construction industry using kaizen. (Thesis). University of Salford

Small and medium scale construction companies in Nigeria have many challenges such as management of construction works, employee management, competition in the construction industry and financial management of construction projects. New techniques em... Read More about Strategic realignment of the post-contract cost control process in the Nigerian construction industry using kaizen.

The thermal energy performance of domestic dwellings in the UK (2016)
Thesis
Fitton, R. The thermal energy performance of domestic dwellings in the UK. (Thesis). University of Salford

The central contribution of this work is concerned with the understanding of the real performance of domestic retrofit measures in terms of whole house energy efficiency. The researcher has undertaken studies in a whole house test facility in a clima... Read More about The thermal energy performance of domestic dwellings in the UK.

A framework for the delivery of built environment student satisfaction in England (2016)
Thesis
Cross, J. A framework for the delivery of built environment student satisfaction in England. (Thesis). University of Salford

Significant changes have occurred within the higher education sector in England with further changes are anticipated as a result of the changes to the on-going policy development related to higher education in England. Government policy development f... Read More about A framework for the delivery of built environment student satisfaction in England.

A framework for providing a lifelong social security system for the operational workforce in the construction industry in Sri Lanka (2016)
Thesis
Wijewickreme, S. A framework for providing a lifelong social security system for the operational workforce in the construction industry in Sri Lanka. (Thesis). University of Salford

Construction is a projectised industry. One of the important resource requirements for construction projects is the availability of an operational workforce for its physical production. Hence, the operational workforce is a critical deciding factor i... Read More about A framework for providing a lifelong social security system for the operational workforce in the construction industry in Sri Lanka.

Development of a framework to enhance communication practice for site-based construction workers in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2016)
Thesis
Alaboud, N. Development of a framework to enhance communication practice for site-based construction workers in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Salford

Construction projects are information intensive. A typical project generates tens of thousands of documents in the form of drawings, change orders, requests for information, specifications, etc. To ensure effective construction communication and coor... Read More about Development of a framework to enhance communication practice for site-based construction workers in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The relationship between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in the information communication technology firms in Libya (2016)
Thesis
Allali, B. The relationship between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in the information communication technology firms in Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Examining the nature of the relationship between Organisational Culture (OC) and Knowledge Sharing (KS) has been the concern of a number of academic studies. Most of these studies have suggested that different aspects of Organisational Culture have a... Read More about The relationship between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in the information communication technology firms in Libya.

Development of a tool for diagnosing production management efficiency on construction sites (2010)
Thesis
Henrich, G. Development of a tool for diagnosing production management efficiency on construction sites. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Many studies presented in the literature pinpoint that the construction industry suffers
from a lack of efficiency if compared with other industries; e.g. manufacturing. This
bad construction industry performance can be attributed to many reasons,... Read More about Development of a tool for diagnosing production management efficiency on construction sites.

Assessment of the built environment for healthcare : a case study in the development of an evaluation framework (2009)
Thesis
Ruddock, S. Assessment of the built environment for healthcare : a case study in the development of an evaluation framework. (Thesis). University of Salford

A number of studies (CABE, 2002; Lawson and Phiri, 2005) have shown that good design of healthcare facilities can both benefit patients and raise staff morale. This research focuses on an investigation of patient and staff perceptions of healthcare f... Read More about Assessment of the built environment for healthcare : a case study in the development of an evaluation framework.

An approach to studying urban sustainability from within an ecological world view (2009)
Thesis
Du Plessis, C. An approach to studying urban sustainability from within an ecological world view. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This dissertation engages with the proposition that one of the reasons current efforts at
improving sustainability are failing is because solutions are sought from within the same
paradigm of thought that threatens sustainability in the first place... Read More about An approach to studying urban sustainability from within an ecological world view.

Product data sharing in architecture, engineering and construction : assessment of middleware support and business benefits (2009)
Thesis
Bakis, N. Product data sharing in architecture, engineering and construction : assessment of middleware support and business benefits. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Product data sharing is seen as an important means of improving the performance of the
Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. However, little evidence
of its business benefits has been given. At the same time, key middleware tec... Read More about Product data sharing in architecture, engineering and construction : assessment of middleware support and business benefits.