Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 20 Issue 5

Critical success factors for implementing design-build: analysing Malaysian public projects

Zheng Ping Lee, Rahimi A. Rahman, Shu Ing Doh

The success rate of design-build (D-B) implementation in Malaysia’s private construction projects is low compared to the nation’s public projects. Thus, the purpose of this paper…

Perceived service quality of architectural consultancy firms and client satisfaction in building projects in Nigeria

Olusola Ralph Aluko, Godwin I. Idoro, Saheed O. Ajayi

Clients in Nigeria have continuously questioned the quality of services being rendered by architectural firms in building projects. This study aims to investigate the areas of…

Resource levelling in projects considering different activity execution modes and splitting

Mohammad Khalilzadeh

This study aims to develop a mathematical programming model for preemptive multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problems in construction with the objective of…

Quality management of RDP housing construction: myth or reality?

Christopher Amoah, Tanya Van Schalkwyk, Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu

South Africa has a large social housing scheme to provide primary housing for less privileged citizens who obtain an average monthly income of less than R 3,500.00. The government…

Workforce safety education and training for oil and gas industry: a conceptual framework for virtual reality-based HAZFO expert 2.0

Muhammad Mujtaba Asad, Fahad Sherwani, Razali Bin Hassan, Zafarullah Sahito, Najmonnisa Khan

Oil and gas industries play a major role for the growth of world economy, and drilling operation is considered as most important and hazardous procedure at the same time for oil…

Utilization of adaptive methodology to underpin rail transportation systems: Sydney metro’s methodical formulation

Koorosh Gharehbaghi, Kerry McManus, Matt Myers

As a part of adaptive and complex system thinking, geographic information systems (GIS) are beneficial particularly for transportation projects, where uncertainty is frequent…

Design and evaluation of exoskeleton for static conditions using Indian anthropometric considerations

Abhilash C.R., Sriraksha Murali, M. Abdul Haq, N.S. Narahari

Various occupations in life require personnel to stand for a prolonged period of time. This causes excessive stress on the joints leading to musculoskeletal disorders. This paper…

Tunicate swarm algorithm-trained multi-layered perceptron for data centre energy demand forecasting and relative percentage contribution analysis of input parameters

Oluwafemi Ajayi, Reolyn Heymann

Energy management is critical to data centres (DCs) majorly because they are high energy-consuming facilities and demand for their services continue to rise due to rapidly…

Making distribution operations lean: the management system approach in a case

Ashkan Ayough, Reza Rafiei, Ashkan Shabbak

The purpose of this paper is to develop a distribution management system that determines the path toward lean distribution through teamwork. This system introduces a set of lean…

Second-order confirmatory factor analysis model for estimating the overall risk of change orders in road projects

Mohamed Badawy

Change orders in construction projects may lead to an increase in time and cost highlighting the need for a systematic analysis of the causes of change orders. Each cause of…

Potential of adopting a resilient safety culture toward improving the safety performance of construction organizations in Nigeria

Mu’awiya Abubakar, Bello Mahmud Zailani, Muhammad Abdullahi, Abubakar Muhammad Auwal

Despite the efforts of organizations to improve safety performance, shortfalls of the strategies have been reported in numerous studies around the globe. However, previous studies…

Developing management policies and analyzing impact of change orders on labor productivity in construction projects

Sharareh Kermanshachi, Behzad Rouhanizadeh, Paul Govan

The inevitable change orders in construction projects have either direct or indirect impacts on a project’s duration. Reduced productivity is one of the indirect consequences that…

Active disturbance rejection-based industrial cascade control plant with cloud monitoring

Tushar Vikas Bhaskarwar, Sumit Suhas Aole, Rajan Hari Chile

The purpose of this paper is to provide benefits for companies or organizations, which deal with fewer input-outputs and wanted to control their industrial processes remotely with…

Steel truss bridge vibration-based condition monitoring using Savitzky-Golay filter, Hilbert transform, MUSIC and ESPRIT

Anshul Sharma, Pardeep Kumar, Hemant Kumar Vinayak, Raj Kumar Patel, Suresh Kumar Walia

This study aims to perform the experimental work on a laboratory-constructed steel truss bridge model on which hammer blows are applied for excitation. The vibration response…

Critical barriers to augmented reality technology adoption in developing countries: a case study of Nigeria

Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, Victor Adetunji Arowoiya

The paper aims to identify the critical barriers to augmented reality technology (ART) in the Nigerian construction industry to allow wider adoption. The objectives are to reveal…

Constraints and limitations of concrete 3D printing in architecture

Chien-Ho Ko

Additive manufacturing of concrete (AMoC) is an emerging technology for constructing buildings. However, due to the nature of the concrete property and constructing buildings in…

Construction project performance: the role of client knowledge and procurement systems

Abimbola Windapo, Abdulrauf Adediran, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi, Nnedinma Umeokafor

This study aims to investigate whether clients’ knowledge about construction procurement systems influence project performance objectives and the role of procurement systems on…