Abdullah O. Baarimah

• Master of Civil Engineering
• Research Assistant at Universiti Teknologi Petronas

This paper investigates the potential effect of steel fiber added into reinforced concrete slabs. Four-point bending test is conducted on six slabs to investigate the structural behaviour of the slabs by considering two different parameters; (i) thickness of slab (ii) volume fraction of steel fiber. The experimental work consists of six slabs, in w...

This article shows the experimental analysis of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) effects on the mechanical properties upon the addition of kenaf fibres to the concrete mixture. The compression and flexural tests were carried out on seven different concrete mixtures for 28 days to evaluate the mechanical characteristics. Hence, the experimental trials compri...

Post-disaster reconstruction (PDR) is a dynamic, complex system that is chaotic in nature, and represents many challenges and issues. Recently, building information modelling (BIM) has been commonly utilized in the construction industry to solve complex and dynamic challenges. However, BIM has not been thoroughly considered for managing PDR, and th...

Due to a variety of issues and inefficiencies during the construction process, construction projects require a substantial amount of money and resources. Controlling the cost is a critical step in ensuring the success of project and increasing its value. Value Engineering (VE) has been gaining increasing attention from stakeholders in construction...

Total quality management (TQM) is widely regarded as one of the most important approaches toward improving the quality of an organization’s output in the construction industry. The industrialized building system (IBS) or prefabrication process has been described as a valid alternative for replacing traditional construction methods in terms of quali...

Purpose Current manual inspection and monitoring practices of construction productivity (CP) for indoor finishing activities are time-consuming and dependent on the experience of inspectors. As the construction industry undergoes a transformative phase amidst the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution, there is a growing exploration of techn...

Blockchain technology has gained significant attention in several sectors owing to its distributed ledger, decentralized nature, and cryptographic security. Despite its potential to reform the healthcare industry by providing a unified and secure system for health records, blockchain adoption remains limited. This study aimed to identify the factor...

Safety culture plays a vital role in creating safer work environments, making its understanding important. This paper comprehensively analyzes safety culture research trends through a bibliometric study using the Scopus database. This study provided a full insight by analyzing 7058 papers published between 1978 and 2023, employing the PRISMA method...

The Marshall stability and flow of asphalt mixes are key performance indicators of their durability and suitability for use in the pavement industry. Achieving the optimal bitumen content and volumetric properties through mix design is critical and depends on the characteristics of the materials used. Recycling waste materials in asphalt is also vi...

This study develops a model for Total Quality Management (TQM) in Malaysian Industrialized Building System (IBS) projects, examining the impact of critical success factors (CSFs) on TQM application. Within the scope of a survey carried out among construction experts, 371 valid answers were processed, which is regarded as adequate for performing Str...

Pavement design is influenced by traffic load, which affects its lifespan. Traditional methods classify traffic load into fixed traffic, fixed vehicle, variable traffic, and vehicle/axle loads. In fixed traffic, pavement thickness is based on the maximum expected wheel load without considering load repetitions. Meanwhile, in fixed vehicle scenarios...

Adobe buildings are popularly used in different universe regions and comprise an important characteristic of the worldwide cultural heritage. Moreover, in recent years, ecological construction materials like bricks of adobe have become more economically vital. The advantages of using adobe as a main construction material include environment, econom...

Disaster recovery requires urgent but thoughtful decision-making in the face of scarce resources, making it essential to prioritize projects that will strengthen community resilience and functionality. Disasters, defined as sudden, catastrophic events that disrupt the functioning of communities and cause significant human, material, economic, or en...

Recently, microalgae have emerged as a promising feedstock for biorefineries, offering significant potential for producing high-value bio-based products in areas such as biofuels, nutraceuticals, and environmental management. This study, therefore, undertook an in-depth bibliometric review of 535 articles out of 736 publications published between 2...

The construction sector is increasingly shifting towards sustainable and efficient methodologies, with the industrialized building system (IBS) playing a pivotal role in this transformation. Despite this, the adoption of total quality management (TQM) in IBS projects faces significant challenges, including a lack of comprehensive understanding of T...

The growing consumption of natural resources to meet the needs of road construction has become a significant challenge to environmental sustainability. Additionally, the increase in industrial by-products has raised global concerns due to their environmental impacts. The utilization of industrial by-products in asphalt mixtures offers an effective...

The world faces growing water scarcity and the need for efficient wastewater treatment. The application of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques holds great promise in optimizing processes, enhancing predictive capabilities, and supporting informed decision-making in this critical domain. This study, which focuses on research trends and...

Plain asphalt typically is an insulator to the flow of electric current. It can be modified to conductive asphalt by adding various recyclable and environment-friendly conductive additives in it. Such asphalt can provide smart and multifunctional environmentally sustainable applications in the pavement industry. Its production and performance behav...

Plain asphalt typically is an insulator to the flow of electric current. It can be modified to conductive asphalt by adding various recyclable and environment-friendly conductive additives in it. Such asphalt can provide smart and multifunctional environmentally sustainable applications in the pavement industry. Its production and performance behav...

Industry 5.0 aims to leverage the collaborative potential between humans and intelligent machines, surpassing the manufacturing solutions of Industry 4.0 by achieving resource-efficient and customizable processes. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of Industry 5.0, covering its underlying technologies, significant applications, and potent...

The number of publications that are related to e-learning methods in cultural heritage are increasing in current years especially after covid-19 pandemic where many academic institutions transferred to e-learning platforms to handle teaching process. This growth resulted in new trends in CH field by implementing e-learning technologies including vi...

The latest innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have substantially affected development in numerous industries. The construction industry’s growth is significantly hampered by a variety of complicated difficulties, including cost and schedule overruns, safety and health, production, and lack of labour. Furthermore, the construction sector is...

Due to the increase in extensive disasters worldwide, stakeholders usually initiate reconstruction plans to control the effects of these disasters on the community and the environment; nevertheless, some difficulties would occur during the implementation of reconstruction projects based on capacity and resources. Post-disaster reconstruction (PDR)...

Industry 4.0 is one of the top trending topics among academics and practitioners all over the globe. The term Industry 4.0 denotes a set of technologies that facilitate the growth of the development of construction, leading to shorter production delivery times, higher production quality, and greater organizational performance. In latest years, ther...

The increasing use of road traffic for land transportation has resulted in numerous road accidents and casualties, including those involving oil and gas tanker vehicles. Despite this, little empirical research has been conducted on the factors influencing tanker drivers' performance. This study aims to address this knowledge gap, particularly in th...

Plain asphalt typically is an insulator to the flow of electric current. It can be modified to conductive asphalt by adding various recyclable and environment friendly conductive additives in it. Such asphalt can provide smart and multifunctional environmentally sustainable applications in the pavement industry. Its production and performance behav...

The concept of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 refers to the trend of digitization, automation, and use of information technology. Due to the unique environment of construction sites, the con-struction sector is currently lagging behind other industries when it comes to IR 4.0. Several research studies have made significant contributions to the use...

Blockchain technology has gained significant attention in the healthcare industry due to its potential to address critical challenges related to data security, interoperability, and patient privacy. Due to the growing research in this area, it has become essential to gain a comprehensive understanding of the evolving landscape and identify the curr...

Industrialized Building System (IBS) is a method of construction with concentrated practices consist of techniques, products and a set of linked elements which operate collectively to accomplish objectives. The Industrialized Building System (IBS) has been recognized as a viable method for improving overall construction performance in terms of qual...

Total Quality Management could be defined as a transformation in management style aimed at constantly increasing customer satisfaction via the design and improvement of organizational systems and processes. It is critical to use an industrialized building system to increase project successful implementation. Awareness of TQM advantages and its appl...

Total quality management (TQM) is a systematic management technique for developing a process-driven culture inside an organization to achieve quality and customer and employee satisfaction. TQM has started to impact global business systems, and is extensively regarded as a management “revolution”. The implementation of TQM in the industrialized bui...

To prevent the excessive depletion of natural resources, sustainable development requires using alternate sustainable materials. Researchers in the field of advanced construction materials are increasingly paying attention to kenaf fibers as a "green" material because of their possible application in composites to advance sustainable development. H...

Building information modelling (BIM) is an inventive solution for enhancing the operation and maintenance (O&M) phase of construction projects. However, there is still a small and low level of BIM adoption in the O&M phase of construction projects in Malaysia. Hence, a framework is required for the Malaysian construction industry regarding the adop...

Herbal medicine is becoming increasingly popular all over the world. As an alternative to currently used antibiotics, there is a need to find naturally occurring substances from plants that contain bioactive components. Commiphora gileadensis is a significant medicinal plant that has been used historically and, in the future, where this tree specie...

The construction industry is demonstrating expansion with time where the position of innovation in construction is significant. This paper performs a systematic review under the guidelines of the PRISMA statement where the Scopus database was chosen to extract the relevant articles based on the selective keywords. The output shows 67 articles that...

Calculations for the production of petroleum, modeling, and reservoir characterization primarily rely on reservoir fluid parameters including the “bubble point pressure” (Pb), “formation volume factor” (βo), “solution gas oil ratio” (Rs), and viscosity. This paper aims to predict the Yemeni crude oil reservoir fluid parameters using different fuzzy...

Industrialized construction continues to emerge globally. Developing countries like Malaysia are still unable to increase industrialized building system (IBS) implementation significantly, demonstrated by the low IBS percentage of less than 3%. Therefore, this research aims to determine the factors blocking IBS implementation through a mixed-method...

Despite previous attempts to alleviate the limitations of traditional monitoring methods, such as being time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone, there still exists a gap in the domain of automated construction productivity monitoring. This study aims to evaluate various techniques employed for monitoring productivity within the context of...

In the attainment of digitization and sustainable solutions under Industry 4.0, effective and economical technology like photogrammetry is gaining popularity in every field among professionals and researchers alike. In the market, various photogrammetry tools are available. These tools employ different techniques and it is hard to identify the best...

Sustainable residential development requires a balance between the increasing demand for housing and the efficient use of materials and resources. The increasing use of industrialized building systems (IBSs) through new building techniques and materials holds high potential as an optimum construction alternative. Although considerable research has...

Aluminum waste-can management in Malaysia has recently become a serious environmental and public health issue, particularly in metropolitan areas. This has prompted the need to valorize these waste-cans into value-added products using the most economical and environmentally friendly techniques. In this study, the sol–gel technique was used to synth...

Workers are a true asset of the construction industry, however, due to the less attention given by industry pro-environmental behaviour of workers got affected. Therefore, the persistence of this study is to investigate the variables that affect the pro-environmental behaviour of workers in construction industry. In this regard, a questionnaire was...

Occupational health & safety is a moral and legislative obligation for every organization, and safety communication is a key factor that determines a positive and safe working environment. Usually, research conducted on safety management are focused on the causes and effects of an accident, however, the impact of communication on Health and Safety...

Modification of a cell’s architecture can enhance the performance parameters. This paper reports on the numerical modeling of a thin-film organic solar cell (OSC) featuring distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) pairs. The utilization of DBR pairs via the proposed method was found to be beneficial in terms of increasing the performance parameters. The e...

Citation: Farooq, W.; Musarat, M.A.; Iqbal, J.; Kazmi, S.A.A.; Khan, A.D.; Alaloul, W.S.; Baarimah, A.O.; Elnaggar, A.Y.; Ghoneim, S.S.M.; Ghaly, R.N.R. Optimized Thin-Film Organic Solar Cell with Enhanced Efficiency. Sustainability 2021, 13, 13087. https://doi.

PVT empirical correlations and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques become the best alternative when laboratory PVT analysis is not ready or very expensive to obtain. The objective of this paper is to determine the most frequently used oil viscosity (µ o ), formation volume factor (βo), and gas solubility (Rs) PVT properties of Yemeni reservoirs...

Adopting sustainable and innovative building materials is becoming an ever-increasing necessity to reduce the impact of construction development on material resources consumption and climate change. Prefabricated construction has received an immense research attention recently, with precast concrete as the main prefabricated technique explored. How...

Building industry is currently under pressing need to move towards a sustainable and productive practice. The demand in residential projects keeps on rising, especially in developing countries. The Industrialized Building System (IBS) is deemed to be more sustainable compared to the traditional construction that uses bricks and mortar. However, the...

This paper investigates the potential advantages of adding hybrid steel-kenaf fibers to concrete mixtures. Compression and flexural test were conducted on six concrete mixtures at 28 days to investigate the mechanical properties of the concrete. The experimental work consists of six concrete mixtures, in which the first mixture was a control mixtur...

The effect of kenaf fibers in reinforced concrete slab with different thickness is discusses and presented in this paper. Kenaf fiber is a type of natural fiber and is added in the reinforced concrete slab to improve the structure strength and ductility. For this study, three types of mixtures were prepared with fiber volume fraction of 0%, 1% and...

Recently, several studies have been conducted to investigate the shear behaviour of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC). Over the last few decades, steel fibers have been shown to be applicable and effective in improving the shear reinforcement. This paper presents a summary of the main findings from the primary research contributors. Besides di...