The need to overcome challenges faced by construction industry has been at the core of
many government reports. Most of the reports suggest the adoption of innovations including …

Modular buildings or off-site construction of building units are increasingly gaining
momentum. Although such construction practices have advantages in terms of cost …

Fire safety engineering is a critical specialization to include in the design of a tall building yet
is often excluded from the Building Information Model (BIM) and integrated design process …

As offsite construction is increasing in popularity, an increasing number of construction
products are fabricated in a controlled factory environment. Due to the complexity of …

Prefabrication offers substantial benefits including reduction in construction waste, material
waste, energy use, labor demands, and delivery time, and an improvement in project …

BIM-based tools can contribute to addressing some of the challenges faced by structural
engineering practitioners. A BIM-based framework for the development of components that …

Timber has recently gained global popularity as a material for taller building typologies. It is
a material much less intensive in resource and energy use and accounts for far less …

In the context of continuous housing shortage, increasing construction standards and rising
labour costs, one of the possibilities to address this array of problems is prefabrication …

The construction industry, business models, and smart cities are recognized as pivotal
domains with profound implications for fostering sustainability, prompting extensive research …

This thesis provides a map for Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) practitioners who are
navigating the complicated and under-studied research area of mass timber in fires and how …