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Adjei, E A (2015) Multi-objective optimisation of building design variables and its impact on office building performance: a case for Ghana, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Al-Jibouri, S H (1985) Cost models for construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Alzahrani, A (2017) The social value of urban design in mixed use developments in London, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Awad, A M (2005) The interaction between project finance of a large-scale construction project and macroeconomic indicators and policies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Bailey, D (2016) A performance evaluation of mainstream timber framed and traditional masonry housing in the UK, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham.
Bordalo Faustino, P (2017) Public procurement award criteria in the EU member states: a comparative study of the discretionary powers of contracting authorities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Law, University of Nottingham.
Bresnen, M J (1986) A study of forms of project organisation and matrix management: case studies from the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Nottingham.
Brown, J D (2012) Corporate responsibility in the UK construction industry: a study of activities and reporting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Calvert, G S (2021) A multiple defect approach to bridge life cycle modelling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Capra, M (2010) Collaborative mixed reality environments: an application for civil engineering, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Chen, C (2019) Heterogeneous integration of BIM with low-cost indoor mobile laser scanning method for building fabric maintenance in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: building information modelling; case study; China; computer-aided design; coordination; energy consumption; innovation
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- URL: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56920/
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The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry is one of the most energy consuming and waste producing sectors in recent decades. Now it is facing the challenges of technological innovation and structural upgrading due to the increase requirements of sustainable development such as less wastes, lower energy consumption and higher productivity. As the largest AEC market in the world, China is exploring an innovative way based on digitalization and informatization to realize sustainable development of its local AEC industry. However, the conservative management mechanism of China's AEC industry can no longer fulfill the increased demands and requirements of modern AEC projects from planning phase to operation and maintenance (O&M) stage, which is also the longest and most costly phase of a building project lifecycle. The maintenance, particularly the maintenance of building fabric components, is the key to ensure stable physical and operational performances of a building. As uncertainty caused by labors, natural environments, materials and other impact factors can highly influence the maintenance of building fabric components including costs and durations, it is significant to conduct a study for implementing reliable maintenance cost and schedule planning for building fabric maintenance during the O&M phase in China. To support such an implementation, emerging digital technologies are adopted in this study. Building Information Modelling (BIM), which is a promising digital technology embraced by global and Chinese governments and organizations to help realize digitalization and innovation of the conservative management mechanism of the AEC industry. Compared with traditional Computer-Aided Design (CAD), BIM brings a N-dimensional concept, which includes the benefits of three-dimensional (3D) visualization, four-dimensional (4D) schedule simulation, five-dimensional (5D) cost estimation and six-dimensional (6D) facility management for improving productivity and minimizing energy consumptions and wastes throughout the project lifecycle. In addition, through technical integration with other heterogeneous digital technologies, such as 3D laser scanning, which is widely used in reality captures from construction environments for quality control purpose, it is applicable to find a low-cost and time-saving method to implement a reliable and efficient economic planning for building fabric maintenance. Therefore, this study aims to develop a low-cost and efficient mobile laser scanning method that can be integrated with 5D BIM to realize indoor mapping and digital modelling for maintenance cost estimation and planning of building fabric components under the indoor environment of a typical case study in China. In this study, the low-cost and efficient mobile laser scanning method is developed based on an integration of two common indoor positioning techniques - the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) system with an inexpensive and portable 2D laser scanner. By using developed algorithmic solutions, a motion trajectory provided by the indoor positioning techniques can be combined with 2D scan profiles from the laser scanner to generate a 3D point cloud, which shows reality captures from building fabric components existing in the indoor environment. This developed mobile laser scanning method can make a significant contribution to discovering the real conditions of fabric components for better maintenance planning. In addition, through the empirical investigations of BIM-based workflows for design coordination and impact factors influencing both construction process and maintenance management, a knowledge link between the O&M phase with design and construction phases also has been discovered to help explore solutions for improving the performances and productivities throughout the project lifecycle in the future. As there are a few studies that focus on the BIM applications in the cost estimation and planning for the maintenance purpose of building fabric components, even there are rare case studies about indoor mapping and digital modelling applied into building fabric maintenance, this PhD study realizes significant achievements to narrow the knowledge gap between the global BIM development and China's local BIM development through the heterogeneous integration of laser scanning with 5D BIM particularly for digitalization of building fabric maintenance in China. Meanwhile it organically establishes a consistent knowledge link between facility O&M phase with design and construction phases to implement a sustainable project lifecycle management. Therefore, the novelty of the study has been guaranteed and its value to relevant research domains including 3D imaging and facility management also has been proved in the thesis. Future improvements and research work based on the outcome of this study also have been discussed.
Colley, J G (2011) An exploration of competitive advantage in the plasterboard industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Nottingham.
Dawson, P J (1997) A hierarchical approach to the management of construction project risk, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Dickens, G (2002) Teamworking, perceptions and communication within construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Fadoul, A (2020) A BIM-based model for constructability assessment of buildings design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Fahdah, I (2008) Distributed IT for integration and communication of engineering information for collaborative building design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Hassan, H (2020) Psychosocial risks among migrant workers in the Middle East construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham.
Hernandez Delgado, O A (1998) Decision-making for the selection of investment projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of Nottingham.
Jaly Zada, A J (2016) Versioning of IFC-based information models for collaborative design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Jones, C (2014) Assessing safety culture and safety performance in a high hazard industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham.
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Long, G (2010) A detailed investigation of the applicability and utility of simulation and gaming in the teaching of civil engineering students, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Mohammad Shamsudin, N A (2021) Perceptions of critical success factors in the management of dilapidated schools' reconstruction projects using Industrialised Building System method in rural areas in Sarawak, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Morgan, D C (1986) Site layout and construction planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Nicholson, M P (1995) Architectural management: From Higgin to Latham, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Nunes, M C M (1997) Enabling the use of alternative materials in road construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Osorio-Sandoval, C A (2021) BIM-based construction simulation modelling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Oti, A H (2014) Building information modelling for sustainability appraisal of conceptual design of steel-framed buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Oussadou, A (1988) Residential satisfaction in the new urban housing projects in Algeria: a case study of Ain-Allah, Algiers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Architecture and Planning, University of Nottingham.
Pachnou, D (2003) The effectiveness of bidder remedies for enforcing the EC public procurement rules: a case study of the public works sector in the United Kingdom and Greece, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Law, University of Nottingham.
Pantouvakis, J-P (1990) Declarative - configurable estimating systems for the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
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Tene Nengou, C B (2019) Framework for the effective implementation of building regulations and policies: The case of Sub-Sahara African countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Wang, D (2013) Exploring factors associated with workers' safety rule violations in the Chinese construction industry: a multimethod investigation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham.
Wantanakorn, D (2000) Effects of management errors on construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Wei, Y (2019) Data-driven approaches for analysis of building energy consumption and indoor occupancy behavior, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham.
Zhang, L (2021) Artificial neural network intelligent technique and multiple nonlinear regression for prediction and optimization of the transmittance of lightpipes and implementation in BIM, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Zhang, P (2018) Mapping buried utilities in difficult environments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham.
Zhang, S (2022) The development of a low carbon prefabricated house, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Nottingham.
Zhou, S (2017) Project learning, knowledge transfer and the adoption of innovation in project-based organizations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School China, University of Nottingham.