John Tookey

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at Auckland University of Technology

Decarbonizing the building sector is critical for countries like New Zealand seeking to meet ambitious climate goals and transition towards sustainable energy systems. Green hydrogen presents a compelling yet under-explored opportunity as a versatile energy carrier that can provide emissions-free heat, power and storage to displace fossil fuel usag...

This study investigated the relationship between highway professionals' attitudes toward sustainability criteria and their support for climate action in Ghana. Using structural equation modeling, two models were developed to examine bidirectional influences. The first model showed that economic factors and resource utilization significantly predict...

Purpose Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to transform the infrastructure, mobility and social well-being paradigms in New Zealand (NZ) amid its unprecedented population and road safety challenges. But, public acceptance, co-evolution of regulations and AV technology based on interpersonal and institutional trust perspectives pose signif...

Urban Consolidation Centres (UCCs) have delivered transferrable sustainability benefits in the urban freight logistics domain. Construction logistics have a high transport component, which has acknowledged social and environmental externalities, in addition to cost implications. The low cost-high volume nature of construction materials points to su...

Recognising the importance of selecting a suitable procurement system, interest in procurement system selection has drawn immense attention in the construction sector. Despite the advanced decision supporting techniques and advocation of the importance of utilising PSS in the literature, PSS implementation appears to be at the nascent stage, with...

The extensive, interdisciplinary nature of construction supply chains make them prone to inefficiencies at organisational interfaces. Inefficiencies are accentuated by the project-centric delivery paradigm, and complex logistics systems between multiple stakeholders. They manifest as a multitude of concurrent activities, processes, and systems both...

There is an increase in global concern about sustainability issues across all industrial sectors. Adopting sustainable highway infrastructure development is thus a crucial step toward achieving sustainable transport. This, in turn, is a key component of several sustainable development goals (SDGs) and targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Deve...

Purpose: In New Zealand, building information modelling (BIM) prevalence is still in its early stages and faces many challenges. This research aims to develop a BIM adoption framework to determine the key factors affecting the success of a BIM project. Design/methodology/approach: Both primary and secondary data were employed in this research, in...

Plagiarism has been battering higher education since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, this research aimed to develop a model to elucidate the types, reasons and strategies to mitigate Plagiarism and misconduct in online examinations. The instrument employed for this research was an online questionnaire, and the study population was determ...

The characteristics, strategies, capabilities, and resources of an organisation contribute to its competitive advantage and superior performance. A model to explain performance differences in the New Zealand context will be developed by examining the relationships between construction organisational performance and these constructs. The information...

New Zealand (NZ) construction is highly fragmented, comprises primarily micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs); 32.5% of approximately 67,000 operating businesses are ‘small’ (up to 19 employees), while 65% are sole traders. The construction supply chain (CSC) is extensive, prone to inefficiencies at segmental boundaries accentuated by project-...

Recognising the importance of selecting a suitable procurement system, interest in procurement system selection has drawn immense attention in the construction sector. Despite the advanced decision supporting techniques and advocation of the importance of utilising PSS in the literature, PSS implementation appears to be at the nascent stage, with e...

This paper presents a comprehensive literature review that addresses procurement selection criteria associated with procurement system evaluation in the construction sector. The aim is to consolidate the knowledge of construction procurement selection criteria (PSC) and provide future research directions. A systematic literature review (SLR) of 37...

Purpose A long-term collaborative public water infrastructure procurement contract in New Zealand adopts “Enterprise Alliance” delivery (strategy) with a Construction Consolidation Centre (CCC) (operational) logistics solution. New Zealand's unique spatial, market, regulatory and economic circumstances present a research gap pertaining to the susta...

The construction industry’s inherent fragmentation fuels Construction Supply Chain (CSC) complexity. Logistics form an essential part of the CSC in terms of costs and project management. In turn, transportation accounts for more than half the logistics costs due to construction materials being low-cost/high-volume, and most other logistics processe...

Autonomous Vehicles [AVs] will emerge as a powerful catalyst, thus forming a potentially disruptive technology opening doors to technological, socio-cultural and legal challenges. Present-day research is mainly focused ontechnological orientation, lacking the predominant social and behavioural linkages. NZ being a testbed of innovative technologies...

Increasing fragmentation of the construction industry makes it riskier and more competitive. Construction management researchers have become intrigued by the factors influencing performance differentials due to such fierce competition. This study examines the relationships between the business environment and customer relationship management and th...

Purpose Green building information modelling (BIM) has been highlighted as an essential topic owing to its potential benefits. However, both Green Star and BIM are still in their earlier stages in New Zealand. This paper aims to examine and evaluate the benefits, barriers/challenges and solutions for the integration of Green Star and BIM in New Zea...

Purpose Best value procurement (BVP) has been recognized for some time as offering significant opportunities to advance process excellence in the construction sector. As an innovative approach to strategic procurement, BVP has attracted attention from the New Zealand (NZ) Government. It has similarly been found that the most substantial benefit of...

Purpose In the construction sector, the knowledge-based process outgrows its emphasis on technological aspects. Yet, there is a lack of applied studies showing how a procurement system (PS) could be selected in the digital age. In particular, there is a radical need to establish an innovative process to visualise novel PS decision. Therefore, this...

Purpose This study aims to examine how innovation can be accelerated within the New Zealand (NZ) building industry to improve the productivity and efficiency of the industry. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a mixed philosophical approach combining interpretivism and post-positivism. Data for the study were obtained through a focus gr...

Choosing an appropriated procurement system is a complex and challenging task. A set of up-to-date procurement selection criteria (PSC) is critical to formalise the procurement system selection. The literature of procurement systems and selection criteria, however, is still relatively fragmented and remains unclear for how exactly PSC are identifie...

Purpose Dynamic planning and scheduling forms a widely adopted smart strategy for solving real-world problems in diverse business systems. This paper uses deductive content analysis to explore secondary data from previous studies in dynamic planning and scheduling to draw conclusions on its current status, forward action and research needs in const...

There are certain factors within and outside organisations that can influence organisational performance. The presence or absence of those factors impacts organisations' ability to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals. As a risk-prone business sector, construction organisations need to identify those determinants that could ensure their s...

Purpose A construction project is complex and requires dynamic modelling of a range of factors that deters time performance because of uncertainty and varying operating conditions. In construction project systems, the system components are the interconnected stages, which are time-dependent. Within the project stages are the activities which are th...

Urban Consolidation Centres (UCCs) have delivered transferrable sustainability benefits in the urban freight logistics domain. Construction logistics have a high transport component, which has acknowledged social and environmental externalities, in addition to cost implications. The low cost-high volume nature of construction materials points to su...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an emerging technology which is expected to improve building refurbishments throughout the life cycle of an existing building facility. Refurbishment projects accounts for over 50 percent of cost of the project throughout the life cycle of an existing facility, thus requiring a sustainable platform to holisti...

Purpose: This research aims to explore the perspectives of the key actors in the New Zealand construction industry towards BIM adoption. Specifically, four themes are examined, including what BIM is; BIM knowledge and understanding; benefits of BIM adoption; and challenges/barriers to BIM adoption. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approa...

Uptake of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for complex refurbishment projects is foreseen as an essential resolution which will possibly increase the BIM adoption rate and eventually play a major role in transforming the construction industry. This anticipation is primarily based on the success of BIM with regards to complex construction operat...

Although academia has concentrated on issues related to green building recently, Green Star, considered as the primary green rating system in New Zealand, has not caught adequate attention, leading to its slow development with a modest number of certified projects. This research aims to explore the perspectives of the key stakeholders in the New Ze...

Despite the multidisciplinary networks involved in refurbishment of complex building projects, the lack of BIM adoption signifies lack of real BIM benefits towards acceptance of BIM within Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC). To this end, this study empirically examines the potential real benefits between traditional network and BIM ne...

Sustainable buildings, planning and construction process in the 21st century require an interdisciplinary approach by which the use of materials and products has to be a result of a complex decision procedure. Every building in its life span has an immense impact on the environment. This study shows that even small changes in material specification...

Building information modelling is perceived as a remarkable innovation in the built environment sector with a handful of expectations towards refurbishment of existing buildings. Despite the motivations and acceptance of BIM within Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), this promise seems to be hampered by less consideration of environme...

This paper describes the early stages of a research project aiming to develop a BIM framework for practical assessment. Globally prestigious models adopted to evaluate the development of an organization including Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), and Australian Business Excellence Fr...

Since most soil improvement techniques are not always economically feasible in large areas involved with soil liquefaction, accurate soil liquefaction prediction is necessary for safe foundation engineering design as well as post-earthquake emergency evacuation design in liquefaction prone areas. Prediction of soil liquefaction potential is a very...

Purpose The New Zealand construction sector is similar to many other countries with a few large companies and many small and micro enterprises. It seeks to achieve a 20 per cent increase in productivity by 2020 which requires a step change in how the sector operates and buy-in from key stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to provide a set of...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has rapidly developed in the construction industry recently; it is also considered as one of the core concepts in the Industry 4.0. However, BIM understanding is always seen as a significant problem for BIM implementation. Therefore, this paper aims to provide the insights into BIM awareness of the construction...

Neither Building Information Modelling (BIM) nor Green Star certification has yet to be widely adopted in the New Zealand construction industry. This paper, therefore, aims to encourage their development by examining the relationship between BIM adoption and Green Star certification. The qualitative approach using 21 semi-structured interviews with...

Emerging immersive technologies comprising Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (VAMR) and Electroencephalography (EEG) environments are creating a revolutionary and non-invasive Brain Robot cum Human-Computer interaction paradigms. The burgeoning rise of autonomy in the vehicles and expected introduction of self-driving vehicles will underpin the...

Inspection of sustainable performance during post-construction has become increasingly essential. However, conventional operation and maintenance processes are limited with a high probability of inaccurate manual building inspections and the lack of real-time input of dynamic factors. In this regard, engagement of an Integrated Knowledge-based Buil...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is an emerging technology. Its application in the refurbishment of building project can significantly improve the construction workflows throughout the project lifecycle. Despite the promising benefits of BIM adoption for the entire Architecture, Engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, this process seems t...

Purpose Construction logistics is an essential part of Construction Supply Chain Management for both project management and cost aspects. The quantum of money that is embodied in the transportation of materials to site could be 39–58 per cent of total logistics costs and between 4 and 10 per cent of the product selling price for many firms. Howeve...

Health and well-being are vitally important aspects of people centric building design and are the roots of productivity. Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a collection of factors that can negatively affect physical health in several ways. Besides physical health is also related to psychological well-being because the human body is one interactive bio...

The construction industry is suffering from lack of innovation where there has been much effort to explain this issue. Searching available literature creates a kind of confusion and reveals an unstructured knowledge base for innovation. On the other hand many significant factors are involved in shaping project characteristics and outcomes which by...

The future is now. While complex forms were once very difficult and costly to design, produce and assemble using conventional construction methods, computerised technologies have now revolutionised the manufacturing of construction components. Evolution of digital fabrication Information technology and information and communications technology (IT/...

Nowadays, research on improving built environment accessibility have a significant effect on occupants’ daily life, especially for disable occupants. The existing smart building facility smart control solutions enhance the built environment accessibility, however, fail to consider the disables. In this regards, electroencephalogram (EEG) technology...

With the increasing need for energy efficient occupant comfort, the maintenance process becomes a key factor. Aspects including failure response time, maintenance treatment time and maintainability have a great influence on the building occupant comfort. Normally, the efficiency and effectiveness of maintenance process largely rely on the knowledge...

ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE REVIEW Newsletter SECOND quarter 2018 Volume 4 No 2

In the last decade, there has been an undoubtedly rising interest in the field of intelligent and smart built environments from design and construction to management, operational and governance perspectives. These recent endeavors, observed at both academic and professional levels, can be classified into city, neighborhood and building scales. In t...

Purpose Green Star is becoming a broadly accepted mark of design quality and environmental sustainability. Compared to other green tools, Green Star is considered as one of main streams green assessment tools, which cover almost sustainable criteria. Simultaneously, building information modelling (BIM) has also been introduced into the industry. BI...

The construction industry has been evolving to embrace sustainability, this has highlighted the necessity to inspect sustainable performances throughout the post-construction building lifecycle. The application of relevant building management systems (BMS) to achieve this goal is essential. Likewise, it is vital to balance the maximization of build...

Smart homes have been predominantly pointed as one of the key constituents of intelligent environments. These are residential units substantially integrated with a communicating network of sensors and intelligentsystems based on the application of new design initiatives and creative technologies. This studyprovides a holistic overview on the essenc...

To assess the performance of construction projects, green rating systems, such as LEED (Leadership in energy and Environmental Design), BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Assessment Method), and Green Star, has been initiated. In the past, they focus only on " green " , which has been usually used interchangeably with " sustainability " ; howe...

The push toward sustainable design has been focused recently to embrace the delicate balance between buildings and the sustainable environment. As a result, various building rating systems have been established around the world to evaluate and rate green buildings. A green product certification is considered as a recognized award to ensure those pr...

Rapid advancement of technology continues to leverage change and innovation in the construction industry. Continued digitization of the industry offers the opportunity to totally reinvent contemporary construction design and delivery practice for future development. Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the context of Architecture, Engineerin...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a new found reality by construction industry towards a Digital Built Envelope (DBE). Realizing its potential, UK government has made achievement of BIM Level 2 mandate essential for all publicly procured projects by 2016. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which form the backbone of UK construction industry...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review extant literature and to provide perspectives on approaches to enhancing built environment sustainability in Africa. There is a mismatch between global societal resources and the increasing demand for natural resources. The consequences of this mismatch are prevalent in many African countries, causing...

The building sector accounts for approximately 40% of total global energy usage. Energy consumption for space heating and cooling makes up 60% of the total consumed energy in buildings. This paper presents a comprehensive technical review of passive wall systems in building envelopes while discussing their respective capabilities in optimizing ener...

There is a wealth of knowledge concerning conflict management and its resolution in the workplace, however there is a dearth of information relating to conflict management and its resolution in engineering project management. This paper set out to examine the reality of conflict management in engineering project management in New Zealand. This was...

With the global target to promote energy saving in buildings, various studies draw attention to the role of environmentally benign building envelopes. In this regard, double-skin façades (DSFs) have been proposed as a promising passive building technology to enhance the energy efficiency and improve the indoor thermal comfort at the same time. A co...

The choice of an appropriate procurement system is crucial to construction project success. Procurement selection is largely based on path determination charts, with at least eight key criteria needing to be weighted by decision-makers. Including certain criteria whilst ignoring client-borne transaction costs (TCs) resulting from environmental unce...

Smart homes have been predominantly pointed as one of the key constituents of intelligent environments. These are residential units substantially integrated with a communicating network of sensors and intelligent systems based on the application of new design initiatives and creative technologies. This study provides a holistic overview on the esse...

With the increasing cost living in the downtown, the issues from misdistribution of the accommodation and the work places for office workers become worse and worse. Linking together them can not only ease urban traffic congestion but also save much time for the office workers. By utilizing the vacant time of some public areas, this study proposes t...

Construction productivity is a primary driver for economic growth. Understanding the factors that contribute to productivity will lead a country to prosperity. The trend for construction productivity in New Zealand is that it has remained stagnant over the past 12 years. For an accurate assessment on construction productivity and the factors contri...

Researchers have indicated promising futures concerning the application of Virtual Reality (VR) for Architecture, Engineering and Construction / Facilities Management (AEC/FM) as an industry. Technological advancements have allowed for utilization of highly-efficient computer-based cloud servers. To cater for this potential, contemporary AEC/FM pra...

The construction industry has been evolving to embrace the delicate balance between buildings and the sustainable environment. This has highlighted the necessity to optimize resources to create healthier and more energy-efficient constructions. Likewise, it is vital to determine the viability of architectural design and building process. The applic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the nature and extent of current practice of construction supply chain management (CSCM) in the New Zealand (NZ) construction industry; consequently, to examine the challenges and issues that the industry is confronted in implementing an efficient CSCM. The construction industry, which contribute...

Purpose – The cordiality of the relationship between home owners and house developers is significant in the house building sector. This plays a key role in meeting needs, expectations and overall satisfaction. Home owners’ satisfactions are very often dependent on their encounters and experiences with the building organisations they deal with. The...

Purpose – Within construction procurement, transaction cost economics offers a mechanism to understand “unseen” costs associated with the pre- and post-contract work. Pre-contract, these include costs related to information gathering and procurement. Post-contract they include activities of contract administration and enforcement. The purpose of th...

Water scarcity, imperfect consumption patterns, rapid global population increase, surpassing consumption ratio, and several further factors overstress the urging necessity to systematically access and utilize supplementary and most importantly renewable water supply resources. Moreover, application of suitably designed and well-maintained rainwater...

The need for defect reporting is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore at handover of new residential buildings. A general review in defect studies has consistently shown that newly built properties can be found to have a significant number of defects. Very often the responsibility for rectifying these common defects is borne by the new homeown...

Traditionally construction industries in New Zealand and abroad have a low track record for successful sustainable innovations. This has a negative impact on private and government spending, and on quality, society and the environment. This conceptual paper posits that the construction industry needs non-incremental (i.e. architectural, system, rad...

Traditionally, the construction industry in New Zealand and in other countries has seen a low productivity and a low track record for successful innovations (Fairweather, 2010). The industry also lags in sustainability (e.g. Nemry, 2008) when seen from a broader or lifecycle perspective. This has a negative impact on private and government spending...

Within construction procurement, Transaction cost economics (TCE) offers a mechanism to understand ‘unseen’ costs associated with the pre and post-contract work. Pre-contract, these include costs related to information gathering and procurement. Post-contract they include activities of contract administration and enforcement. This paper aims to est...

The retention system of withholding a portion of payment to contractors and subcontractors is a peculiar feature of the building industry. In the past decade or so there has been much discussion about the practice of retentions in the US and UK construction industries. Anecdotal evidence without concerted research suggests that problems exist withi...

Purpose – Construction logistics is an essential part of construction supply chain management (CSCM). However, limited attention has been paid to this issue in the New Zealand construction industry. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the knowledge about what hampers efficiency in transporting construction materials and plants to a constr...

The delivery of construction projects is typically an assembly operation involving a high number of subassemblies and materials brought on site by the supply chain. However, although supply chain management in construction has attracted significant attention, paradoxically little focus has been placed on construction supply networks and operations....

Transaction cost economics (TCE) has traditionally examined customer-supplier relationships in the context of contractual arrangements. This enables the development of appropriate strategies, such as long-term agreements and alliances, to eliminate the risk associated with contracting uncertainty, limiting the number of instances of bargaining or o...

Concurrent with the development of interest in supply chain management (SCM) in the broad manufacturing sector, there has been increasing interest and research in SCM in relation to construction. The construction supply chain comprises a network of project parties connected upstream and downstream to produce what the end consumer wants – much like...

he purpose of this study was to identify various implementation bottlenecks to the Ghana Public Procurement Law 2003 (Act 663). The study adopted multiple research approaches, including; review of relevant literature, interviews and questionnaire survey of 49 District Assemblies and Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in the Ashanti and Brong Aha...

The efficiency of any transport operation isdependent on the degree to which vehiclecapacity is utilised on the forward and returntrips. Efficiency requirements create thelogistical challenges of finding backloads forreturning vehicles. In the absence ofbackloads, vehicles travel empty on the returnjourney. Construction is fundamentallydifferent fr...