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The importance of integrating cost management with building information modeling (BIM) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sunil, K., Pathirage, C., & Underwood, J. (2015, June). The importance of integrating cost management with building information modeling (BIM). Presented at 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2015), Salford Quays

The UK construction industry has been branded as an inefficient, fragmented and non-value delivering industry by prominent critics such as Michael Latham and Sir. John Egan; both have insisted on the need to change the way the industry delivers and m... Read More about The importance of integrating cost management with building information modeling (BIM).

Importance of leadership in effective implementation of TQM in the Nigeria construction industry (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ahaotu, S., & Pathirage, C. (2015, June). Importance of leadership in effective implementation of TQM in the Nigeria construction industry. Presented at 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2015), Salford Quays

Total Quality Management is a comprehensive and structured approach to organizational management that seeks to improve the quality of products and services through ongoing refinements in response to continuous feedback. Within the construction indust... Read More about Importance of leadership in effective implementation of TQM in the Nigeria construction industry.

The role of effective contingency planning in managing extreme disasters in UAE (2015)
Presentation / Conference
AlShamsi, H., & Pathirage, C. (2015, June). The role of effective contingency planning in managing extreme disasters in UAE. Presented at 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2015), Salford Quays

The ability to manage extreme disasters of any type and their aftermath has been observed to be a challenge for government. This is because extreme disasters are known to disrupt and harm social, economic, business, human welfare and the environment... Read More about The role of effective contingency planning in managing extreme disasters in UAE.

Importance of knowledge capturing (KC) in the design briefing process in the construction industry (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Olatokun, E., & Pathirage, C. (2015, June). Importance of knowledge capturing (KC) in the design briefing process in the construction industry. Presented at 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2015), Salford Quays

Construction is a major contributor to UK GDP (directly 8.5% in 2008, rising to 10% overall when the entire value chain is considered) and a driver of historical GDP growth. The sector employs over 3 million people in a multitude of roles representin... Read More about Importance of knowledge capturing (KC) in the design briefing process in the construction industry.

The importance of tacit knowledge integration within traditional project environment : A critical review (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Takhtravanchi, M., & Pathirage, C. (2015, June). The importance of tacit knowledge integration within traditional project environment : A critical review. Presented at 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC 2015), Salford Quays

Project knowledge mostly remains in minds of involved individuals of project team and is not captured and transferred across the project in order to be used in future projects, mainly in construction industry. The successful completion of a project r... Read More about The importance of tacit knowledge integration within traditional project environment : A critical review.

Tracing the agency of spalling concrete (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Moustaka, A. (2015, June). Tracing the agency of spalling concrete. Presented at International Conference Arquitectonics Network: Architecture, Education and Society, Barcelona

Arriving into Sheffield by train, one is greeted by a vast concrete structure imposing on the urban landscape. Park Hill, a housing estate erected in 1961, once portrayed the vision of a promising future; today, most of it sits in neglect with a smal... Read More about Tracing the agency of spalling concrete.

Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939 (2015)
Journal Article
Poppelreuter, T. (2015). Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939. Fabrications, 25(1), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/10331867.2015.1006761

This paper analyses a selection of houses built by Heinrich Kulka between 1930 and 1939 that were influenced by the spatial design that Kulka termed “Raumplan” in the first monograph on his teacher Adolf Loos in 1931. The exterior organisation and th... Read More about Raumplan after Loos : the European work of Heinrich Kulka, 1930-1939.

Implementing BIM to Streamline a Design, Manufacture and Fitting Workflow. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Machado, M., Underwood, J., & Fleming, A. (2015, May). Implementing BIM to Streamline a Design, Manufacture and Fitting Workflow. Poster presented at Modular and Offsite Construction [MOC] Summit, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Lean and Building Information Modelling (BIM) have synergies. BIM Implementation demands changes in existing process and procedures for design and construction, representing a technology change, but also a process change. Technology should fit organi... Read More about Implementing BIM to Streamline a Design, Manufacture and Fitting Workflow..

Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building? (2015)
Journal Article
King, S. (2015). Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?. Third World Quarterly, 36(4), 741-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1024436

Opinion is divided about the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance the political capabilities of disadvantaged groups in neopatrimonial contexts, and particularly through a hegemonic paradigm which seeks to advance poverty reducti... Read More about Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?.

Educating tomorrow design and construction economists (2015)
Book Chapter
Udeaja, C., Ekundayo, D., Zhou, L., Pearson, J., & Perera, S. (2015). Educating tomorrow design and construction economists. In H. Robinson, B. Symonds, B. Gilbertson, & B. Ilozor (Eds.), Design economics for the built environment :impact of sustainability on project evaluation. Wiley Blackwell

Re-using knowledge and leveraging technology to reduce project design and construction costs, in Design Economics for the Built Environment (2015)
Book Chapter
Robinson, H., & Udeaja, C. (2015). Re-using knowledge and leveraging technology to reduce project design and construction costs, in Design Economics for the Built Environment. In H. Robinson, B. Symonds, B. Gilbertson, & B. Ilozor (Eds.), Design economics for the built environment : impact of sustainability on project evaluation. Wiley Blackwell

Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites (2015)
Journal Article
Harun, A., & Bichard, E. (2015). Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites. International journal of innovative research in science engineering and technology (Print), 4(5), 3139-3146. https://doi.org/10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0405092

The use of Mobile Environmental Information System (MEIS) which integrates the use of mobile web,
devices and wireless sensor networks has the potential to enhance environmental information management and
communication processes among users and pla... Read More about Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites.

Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK (2015)
Journal Article
Opoku, A., Cruickshank, H., & Ahmed, V. (2015). Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 5(2), 154-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-12-2013-0074

Purpose

– Sustainable construction project delivery should be supported by committed and inspirational leadership, with a clear understanding of the sustainability challenge. Construction organizations need intra-organizational leadership that pro... Read More about Organizational leadership role in the delivery of sustainable construction projects in UK.

Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey (2015)
Journal Article
May, T. (2015). Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey. Sociological Review, 63(2), 400-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12288

The article examines methodological and theoretical issues related to the GBCS. It acknowledges its importance for the public profile of sociology, whilst arguing that it needs to develop a better sense of what it stands for not only in terms of unde... Read More about Symptomatic social science : reflexivity, recognition and redistribution in the Great British class survey.

Earthworks control automation (2015)
Report
Kirchbach, K., Aziz, Z., & Tezel, B. (2015). Earthworks control automation

Earthwork processes are influenced by a wide range of factors, including varying soil and weather conditions, machine related factors, traffic conditions, local site constraints and other human related factors. Dumpers and bulldozers are heavy duty e... Read More about Earthworks control automation.

Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report (2015)
Report
Tezel, B., & Aziz, Z. (2015). Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report

Visual Management (VM) is a fundamental element of the lean production system that relies on the effectiveness of sensory communication to realise the lean production/construction goals. VM can be implemented by following certain frameworks in an inc... Read More about Visual controls at the workface of road construction and maintenance : Preliminary report.

The research methodology for the development of a kaizen costing framework suitable for indigenous construction firms in Lagos, Nigeria (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Omotayo, T., & Kulatunga, U. (2015, April). The research methodology for the development of a kaizen costing framework suitable for indigenous construction firms in Lagos, Nigeria. Presented at Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Doctoral workshop, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

The need for a cost management paradigm shift in the construction industry is imperative because of the prevailing challenges of managing construction cost during construction. Small and medium scale construction firms in
Nigeria are faced with the... Read More about The research methodology for the development of a kaizen costing framework suitable for indigenous construction firms in Lagos, Nigeria.

Applying case study approach and triangulation methods of data collection in the ICT context in Libya (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Allali, B., & Kulatunga, U. (2015, April). Applying case study approach and triangulation methods of data collection in the ICT context in Libya. Presented at Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) Doctoral workshop, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland

In the last few decades concepts such as organizational culture (OC) and knowledge sharing (KS) have been
conceived as being interrelated phenomena where each one influences the other. In the current business and
technology literature, there is a... Read More about Applying case study approach and triangulation methods of data collection in the ICT context in Libya.

Hartley transform and the use of the Whitened Hartley spectrum as a tool for phase spectral processing (2015)
Journal Article
Paraskevas, I., Barbarosou, M., & Chilton, E. (2015). Hartley transform and the use of the Whitened Hartley spectrum as a tool for phase spectral processing. Journal of Engineering, 2015(3), 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2014.0350

The Hartley transform is a mathematical transformation which is closely related to the better known Fourier transform. The properties that differentiate the Hartley Transform from its Fourier counterpart are that the forward and the inverse transform... Read More about Hartley transform and the use of the Whitened Hartley spectrum as a tool for phase spectral processing.