Causal relationships between construction and national economies have received considerable attention in the past. However, the results of research on this topic provide contrasting views about the nature of the relationship. ...
Montmorillonite (MMT) is a layered silicate clay which belongs to the smectite clay group with a wide range of applications in medicine, polymer industry, ceramic industry and nano materials. This research is focused on ...
There are various models of retrieval mechanisms for effective video retrieval, however, ‘semantic gap’ still persists. This study aims to reduce the gap by providing a graphical user interface that allows user to express ...
Demanuele, C; Mavrogianni, A; Davies, M; Kolokotroni, M; Rajapaksha, I[Article-Abstract]
Urban environments typically experience increased average air temperatures compared to surrounding rural areas – a phenomenon referred to as the Urban Heat Island (UHI). The impact of the UHI on comfort in naturally ...
Manufacturing flexibility is one of the key parameters that determine the organizational success in today’s volatile market. Layout flexibility as a subcategory of manufacturing flexibility plays a major role in handling ...
Fast fashion segment of the apparel industry has shown a rapid growth during past few years. Although there are multiple issues related to sustainability of fast fashion apparel products, its popularity among end customers ...
The role of undergraduate education in any country is widening gradually in new
directions. A variety of external parties are increasingly keen on quality undergraduate
education and construction education is no exception. ...
Integrating research-based knowledge with teaching has become an important area
that needs prompt attention with the growing emphasis on student learning activities,
quality assurance procedures, and research funding ...
The construction industry can benefit from teamworking because construction products are delivered by a collection of diverse professionals. The importance of teams and their development in construction is an issue of ...
Construction industry delivers its products through project-based settings. Thus,
project knowledge is central in construction context, which needs to be disseminated
within organisations in order to improve organisation ...
Organisations frequently need to introduce changes in anticipation of future problems.
Though a change process may be vital there often will be resistance to change processes from the individuals and organisations. Even ...
Three levels or processes of learning are identified in project teams: individual learning, team learning and organizational learning. This article aims to explore the existing learning processes of construction project ...
As knowledge-intensive organisations, consultant organisations in the construction industry need to manage knowledge effectively to enhance both organisational performance and customer value. This research explores how ...
This paper describes a comprehensive programme of testing for strength, durability (sorptivity, carbonation, drying shrinkage, sulphate attack and chloride ingress) and fresh-state properties (slump, slump loss, setting ...
We identify four orthogonal dimensions along which information in engineering design organizations can be ordered, namely (i) the principle of ordering (top down vs. bottom up), (ii) the structure ...
How can human beings learn to live well together? Two of the biggest challenges threatening human well-being and flourishing are climate change and global terrorism. Has engineering systems thinking anything to offer such ...
Around 300 000 people were killed by the tsunami that followed the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake on Boxing Day 2004, making it one of the worst disasters in modern history. Up to 40 000 died in Sri Lanka alone, where around ...
Toughness is arguably a better metaphor than resilience to describe the characteristics of wider systems for which the term ‘resilience’ is currently employed. This argument is presented by describing the various features ...
The purpose of this paper is to outline different notions of the term resilience used in
scientific disciplines and consequently explore how the concept can be applied to energy systems. The concept of resilience has ...
The influence of mix constituents (including corresponding concrete grade), retarding and air entraining admixtures and PFA additives, and the effect of environmental factors on plastic shrinkage cracking of mortar specimens ...