Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 21 Issue 3

Fraud in higher education: a system for detection and prevention

Tony de Souza-Daw, Robert Ross

Academic corruption and fraudulent practices have become problematic in recent years. Governments around the world have introduced dedicated higher education commissions to…

The antecedents of construction project change: an analysis of design and build procurement application

Jessica Smith, David John Edwards, Igor Martek, Nicholas Chileshe, Susan Hayhow, Chris J. Roberts

This study aims to excoriate, define and delineate the main drivers of “change” in commercial construction projects and generate guidelines on how to minimise exposure to the…

A bibliometric review of advances in building information modeling (BIM) research

Ayotunde Babalola, Shamsudeen Musa, Mariam Temisola Akinlolu, Theo C. Haupt

This paper aims to provide a bibliometric analysis of advances in building information modeling (BIM) research globally. It provides a recent state-of-the-art assessment on trends…

Expected competencies of construction project managers in Zimbabwe

Tirivavi Moyo, Benviolent Chigara

Increased construction risk due to the complexity and numerous construction performance challenges requires improved construction project managers’ competence. However, contextual…

Barriers to lean construction implementation in Zimbabwe

Tirivavi Moyo, Benviolent Chigara

Increased waste during projects execution has led to time and cost overruns within the Zimbabwean construction projects industry. However, contextual barriers to lean construction…

Non-reactive test rig for combustor-turbine interaction studies in industrial gas turbines

Lorenzo Fiorineschi, Tommaso Bacci, Francesco Saverio Saverio Frillici, Simone Cubeda, Yary Volpe, Federico Rotini, Monica Carfagni, Bruno Facchini

This paper aims to present the design of a particular non-reactive test rig for combustion swirlers and first stage turbine nozzles. The test rig is required for important…

Barriers to integrating lean construction and integrated project delivery (IPD) on construction megaprojects towards the global integrated delivery (GID) in multinational organisations: lean IPD&GID transformative initiatives

Martin Evans, Peter Farrell, Emad Elbeltagi, Helen Dion

The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry encounter substantial risks and challenges in its evolution towards sustainable development. International…

Support vector machines for predicting the compressive response of defected 3D printed polymeric sandwich structures

Khameel Mustapha, Jamal Alhiyafi, Aamir Shafi, Sunday Olusanya Olatunji

This study aims to investigate the prediction of the nonlinear response of three-dimensional-printed polymeric lattice structures with and without structural defects. Unlike…

Ethical and unethical behaviour of built environment professionals in the Ghanaian construction industry

Ewald Kuoribo, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Roland Yomoah, Caleb Debrah, Alex Acheampong, David John Edwards

The construction industry is an enabler of economic growth in developing countries, but its performance is governed by the professional behaviour of construction professionals…

Effect of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWI-BA) on the structural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams

Jamal Khatib, Ali Jahami, Adel El Kordi, Mohammed Sonebi, Zeinab Malek, Rayan Elchamaa, Sarah Dakkour

The purpose of this paper is to concern with using municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWI-BA) in concrete application.

An analogy between analytical, approximate and numerical methods in nonlinear buckling of functionally graded columns

Kaveh Salmalian, Ali Alijani, Habib Ramezannejad Azarboni

The purpose of this study is to investigate the post-buckling analysis of functionally graded columns by using three analytical, approximate and numerical methods. A pre-defined…

Critical success factors (CSFs) for motivating end-user stakeholder’s support for ensuring sustainability of PPP projects in Nigerian host communities

Luqman Toriola-Coker, Hakeem Owolabi, Hafiz Alaka, Wasiu Adeniran Bello, Chaminda Pathirage

This study aims to investigate two public private partnership (PPP) road projects in Nigeria for exploring factors that can motivate end-user stakeholders for contributing towards…

Generative design and analysis of a double-wishbone suspension assembly: a methodology for developing constraint oriented solutions for optimum material distribution

Aayush Bhat, Vyom Gupta, Savitoj Singh Aulakh, Renold S. Elsen

The purpose of this paper is to implement the generative design as an optimization technique to achieve a reasonable trade-off between weight and reliability for the control arm…