Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Hayes, S., Fischer, T. B., & Urmila, J. (2015). Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333215500167

In this paper we briefly review the state of academic research in the UK in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Through consideration of the number of articles related to EIA and SEA publis... Read More about Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment research in the UK.

Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case (2015)
Journal Article
Nawi, M., Mydin, M., Kamaruddeen, A., Lee, A., & Ibrahim, S. (2015). Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences, 9(7), 110-112

In embracing globalisation, it is necessary for all industries, including the AEC/FM industry, to be equipped with relevant technology. One such technology available for the sector is the industrialised building system (IBS). Since 1998, a substantia... Read More about Technology acceptance : Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) case.

The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Barrett, P., Davies, F., Zhang, Y., & Barrett, L. (2015). The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis. Building and Environment, 89, 118-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.02.013

Assessments have been made of 153 classrooms in 27 schools in order to identify the impact
of the physical classroom features on the academic progress of the 3766 pupils who occupied each of
those specific spaces.
This study confirms the utility o... Read More about The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis.

Leadership and sustainability in the built environment (2015)
Book

Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together. The real impact of legislation and guidelines designed to promote sustainabi... Read More about Leadership and sustainability in the built environment.

Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event (2015)
Journal Article
Symons, J. (2015). Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event. Ethnos, 81(4), 697-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2014.989877

The Manchester parade is a celebration of ‘all things Manchester’. Explicit attempts to nurture and encourage a creative outpouring from community groups are made by event organisers and artists. I found that the parade took its shape from different... Read More about Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event.

Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review (2015)
Journal Article
Harun, A., Bichard, E., & Nawi, M. (2015). Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 735, 247-252. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.735.247

The negative impacts of construction activities can be controlled and reduced through identification of environmental aspects and impacts of construction activities, implementation of the mitigation measures and site monitoring on a regular basis e.g... Read More about Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review.

Leadership, culture and sustainable built environment (2015)
Other
Opoku, A., Ahmed, V., & Cruickshank, H. (2015). Leadership, culture and sustainable built environment

Purpose– Adopting sustainable construction practices minimizes the overall environmental impact of the built asset throughout its whole life. Currently, there is demand from key stakeholders in the construction industry for organization to deliver su... Read More about Leadership, culture and sustainable built environment.

Capacity building to reduce disaster risk in the UK and Malaysia : CARE-RISK : UK- Malaysia Partnership. Book of abstracts (2015)
Other
Kulatunga, U., Tobi, S., & Ingirige, B. (2015). Capacity building to reduce disaster risk in the UK and Malaysia : CARE-RISK : UK- Malaysia Partnership. Book of abstracts

Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project (2015)
Report
Barrett, P., Zhang, Y., Davies, F., & Barrett, L. (2015). Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project

Based on the results of the HEAD Project (Holistic Evidence and Design), funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, clear evidence has been found that well-designed primary schools boost children’s academic performance in readi... Read More about Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project.

The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful? (2015)
Journal Article
20 years on : Has it been successful?. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 3(4), 352-359

It is 20 years since legislation to make access to goods and services equal to both able bodied and disabled people became fully enabled. This paper seeks to establish if the last 20 years have seen significant improvement in access, and whether the... Read More about The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful?.

Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda (2015)
Journal Article
King, S. (2015). Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 27(5), 887-902. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.74

Social accountability has become an important new buzzword among development actors seeking to understand the forms of state-society synergy that may be supportive of better public services. Advocates suggest demand-side initiatives are key to increa... Read More about Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda.

An industrial report on the Malaysian building information modelling (BIM) taskforce : issues and recommendations (2015)
Journal Article
Haron, A., Marshall-Ponting, A., Zakaria, Z., Nawi, M., Hamid, Z., & Kamar, K. (2015). An industrial report on the Malaysian building information modelling (BIM) taskforce : issues and recommendations. Malaysian construction research journal, 17(2), 21-36

The government of Malaysia has a vision to become a fully developed country by the year
2020, and the construction industry has a significant role to play in assisting the government
to achieve this vision. In order to become an advanced country, t... Read More about An industrial report on the Malaysian building information modelling (BIM) taskforce : issues and recommendations.

Signal processing exercises using Matlab (2015)
Other
Paraskevas, I., & Syrcos, G. (2015). Signal processing exercises using Matlab

Re-writing the city (2015)
Book Chapter

This paper is an output of a two day 'Festival Lab' held at the Future Everything Festival, Manchester, UK, March 2015. The Festival Lab invited a team of academic researchers to develop a model of public engagement during the festival that would exp... Read More about Re-writing the city.

The use of direct current voltage systems to increase a city’s resilience and reduce the vulnerability of economic activity from a disaster (2015)
Book Chapter
Kinn, M., & Abbott, C. (2015). The use of direct current voltage systems to increase a city’s resilience and reduce the vulnerability of economic activity from a disaster. In Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction 2015 (1-26). United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

The overarching purpose of this paper is to address the challenges facing the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 in a holistic way. The emphasis will be on Thematic Research Area 8, which concentrates on what can be done to mi... Read More about The use of direct current voltage systems to increase a city’s resilience and reduce the vulnerability of economic activity from a disaster.

Editorial for special issue on knowledge exchange and innovation in university city-regions (2015)
Journal Article
Abbott, C., & Powell, J. (2015). Editorial for special issue on knowledge exchange and innovation in university city-regions. European Journal of Innovation Management, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-05-2015-0039

In this special edition of the European Journal of Innovation Management we focus on knowledge exchange and innovation. In particular, the papers concentrate on those aspects of education and development that lead to improved innovation and specifica... Read More about Editorial for special issue on knowledge exchange and innovation in university city-regions.

Developing an approach to sustainable return on investment (2015)
Report
Bichard, E. (2015). Developing an approach to sustainable return on investment

Conventional valuation methods relate to the valuation of
existing landed property in relation to commercial rental
or disposal, or for the purposes of asset evaluation. The
Sustainable Return on Investment (or SuROI) framework
described in this... Read More about Developing an approach to sustainable return on investment.

The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system (2015)
Journal Article
Lasrado, F., Arif, M., & Rizvi, A. (2015). The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 32(2), 182-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-02-2013-0035

Purpose
– Although the corporations widely use the suggestion schemes to elicit the creative ideas of their employee, sustaining a suggestion scheme is still a challenge. Employee suggestion schemes have been studied from many perspectives to illust... Read More about The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system.

Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry (2015)
Journal Article
Arif, M., Mohammed, A., & Gupta, A. (2015). Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry. Construction innovation (London. Online), 15(3), 333-354. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-03-2014-0018

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to understand and facilitate more
knowledge sharing (KS) among construction companies in Jordan. Sixteen cultural variables that affect
KS were identified through self-administered questionn... Read More about Understanding knowledge sharing in the Jordanian construction industry.

Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services) (2015)
Journal Article

The paper identifies the economic impact of excluding disabled customers from goods and services offered at locations which are dependent upon tourist income. The economic value and spending power of disabled members of society is established. Sta... Read More about Are all tourist dependant businesses meeting their statutory obligations and taking full advantage of the entire economic value of the tourist budget (An investigation into statutory compliance for providing reasonable adjustment to facilitate equal access for disabled customers to goods and services).