International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation: Volume 36 Issue 3

Multi-storey residential buildings and occupant’s behaviour during fire evacuation in the UK: Factors relevant to the development of evacuation strategies

Michael Gerges, Sholto Penn, David Moore, Chris Boothman, Champika Liyanage

The purpose of this paper is to investigate human behaviour during fire evacuations in multi-storey residential buildings through a focus on the challenges and obstacles that…

Factors for the adoption of green building specifications in China

Wei Wang, Shoujian Zhang, Christine Pasquire

Green specifications are some of the most important strategies for energy saving and describe the best practice in the field of sustainable construction. They have great effects…

Failure is an option: an innovative engineering curriculum

Edward Simpson, David Bradley, Juliette O’Keeffe

Advancements and innovation in engineering design are based on learning from previous failures but students are encouraged to “succeed” first time and hence can avoid learning…

Effect of swine-waste bio-char on the water absorption characteristics of cement pastes

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, Richard Yeboah Abrokwah, Spero Gbewonyo, Elham Fini

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of an admixture, Swine-waste Bio-char (SB), on the water absorption characteristics of cement pastes.

Review and assessment of the causes of deficiencies in design documents for large construction projects

Sadi Assaf, Mohammad A. Hassanain, Abdullatif Abdallah

Design documents’ deficiencies (DDDs) are a major issue that plagues the construction industry in many countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the major causes of…

The consideration of trees in rights of light cases Part 2

Peter Stanley Defoe

The purpose of this paper is to continue the research set out in the consideration of trees in rights of light cases Part 1. To consider whether it is possible to measure a tree…