Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 18 Issue 4

Developing a model for investigating the impact of cloud-based systems on green supply chain management

Sahra Shirzad Talatappeh, Ali Lakzi

Cloud computing is one of the technologies that improves performance and reduces costs in companies through flexible and easy access to computational resources. Supply chain…

Bond–slip constitutive relation of mortar anchor under different loading rates

Haitao Wang, Tao Guo, Haoyu Sun

This paper aims to focus on establishing the bond-slip constitutive relation of mortar anchor under high loading rates by the dynamic pull-out test.

From PBL to innovation: a decennial case-study from an HPV student team

Paolo Baldissera, Cristiana Delprete

The implementation of project-based learning (PBL) activities in the curricula of engineering students has become a consolidated method to improve their skills. The purpose of…

Factors affecting the accuracy of cost estimate during various design stages

Tala Hassan Dandan, Ghaleb Sweis, Lilana Salem Sukkari, Rateb J. Sweis

The purpose of this paper is to identify factors affecting cost estimate accuracy in each of five design stages preceding building construction: order of magnitude…

Investigation of accurate location planning for wind farm establishment: a case study

Ali Mostafaeipour, Sajjad Sadeghi, Mehdi Jahangiri, Omid Nematollahi, Ali Rezaeian Sabbagh

Wind as a major source of renewable energy has received tremendous attentions due to its unique features to reduce carbon emission and also to keep the environment safe…

Employers’ perception of employability skills among built-environment graduates

John Aliu, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa

Universities have become training centres or “academic hubs” where skilled labour for societal and global consumptions are continuously produced. More so, the quality of teaching…

Assessment of health and safety culture maturity in the construction industry in developing economies: A case of Ghanaian construction industry

Justice Williams, Frank Fugar, Emmanuel Adinyira

The degree to which accidents happen or are prevented in any organisation is the function of both the health and safety culture and the safety culture maturity level of the…

Selecting a proper construction system in small and medium mass housing projects, considering success criteria and construction volume and height

Esmatullah Noorzai, Mahmood Golabchi

As the population grows, one of the major global crises is the management of human settlement. A proper solution to deal with this issue is mass housing. Given the variable needs…

A new IR and sprinkler based embedded controller directed robotic arm for automatic cleaning of solar panel

Manish Kumar Ghodki, Akhilesh Swarup, Yash Pal

The purpose of this paper is to design and develop an IR and sprinkler based embedded controller operated robotic arm for automatic dust removal system to mitigate the dust effect…

A scan to as-built building information modeling workflow: a case study in Malaysia

Abdul Rahman Ahsan Usmani, Abdalrahman Elshafey, Masoud Gheisari, Changsaar Chai, Eeydzah Binti Aminudin, Cher Siang Tan

Three dimensional (3 D) laser scanner surveying is widely used in many fields, such as agriculture, mining and heritage documentation and can be of great benefit for as-built…