Yusuf Arayici

Northumbria University · Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Purpose Building Information Modelling in building processes brings significant efficiency gains. However, its use in restoration projects is still experimental. On the other hand, more than traditional methods are needed for communication, collaboration, and shared understanding. Hence, the main research question is how to enhance these aspects in...

Research domain and Problem: HBIM modelling from point cloud data has become a crucial research topic in the last decade since it is potentially considered the central data model paving the way for the digital heritage practice beyond digitization. Reality Capture technologies such as terrestrial laser scanning, drone-mounted LiDAR sensors and phot...

Automated Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) from the point cloud data has been researched in the last decade as HBIM can be the integrated data model to bring together diverse sources of complex cultural content relating to heritage buildings. However, HBIM modelling from the scan data of heritage buildings is mainly manual and image p...

Buildings are responsible for almost half of the world’s energy consumption, and approximately 40% of total building energy is consumed by the heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The inability of traditional HVAC controllers to respond to sudden changes in occupancy and environmental conditions makes them energy inefficient. Des...

Facility management (FM) is the costliest stage in the building lifecycle of healthcare buildings. Building Information Modeling (BIM) has potential solution to enable information management for healthcare FM. However, BIM is not used at FM due to its static nature, while healthcare FM requires dynamic information handling. The FM systems in practi...

Purpose-This research aims to identify and measure the correlations between building information modelling (BIM) and lean construction (LC) principles at the design and construction phases. Design/methodology/approach-The study investigates BIM-LC principles correlations using the Istanbul Grant Airport (IGA) as a case study. The Delphi technique,...

The central purpose of this study is to propose a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the performance of construction small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have been ignored in the performance management literature so far. Secondly, this study aims to determine the most crucial KPIs by using the fuzzy VIKOR method to improve cost...

The use of digital technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and smart meters induces a huge data stack in facility management (FM). However, the use of data analysis techniques has remained limited to converting available data into information within activities performed in FM. In this context, business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) techni...

Healthcare facilities need to ensure providing safer services to patients without interruptions since disease diagnosis and treatments highly depend on medical equipment and spaces. Therefore, facility management (FM) of healthcare facilities requires a clear and rapid information flow for decision making processes to impede possible interruptions....

An increase in the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in Facility Management (FM) induces a huge data stack. Even though these data bring opportunities such as cost savings, time savings, increase in user comfort, space optimization, energy savings, inventory management, etc., these data sourc...

Many Iraqi cities are losing their character and becoming more ambiguous. Basra is the second main city in Iraq after the capital Baghdad; it is the most important economic, cultural, touristic city in Iraq. A city distinguished by its architectural style and identity. However, this identity was threatened many times by external and internal factor...

The concept of a smart city is becoming the leading paradigm worldwide. Consequently, a creative mix of emerging technologies and open innovation is gradually becoming the defining element of smart city evolution, changing the ways in which city administrators are organizing their services and development globally. Thus, the smart city concept is b...

The Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) industry is considered as one of the largest sources of economy incomes. Despite its great importance, it is still suffering from many work process problems, especially in the field of information management process and product development. The main reason for this has been described in a shared par...

The Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) industry is considered as one of the largest sources of economy incomes. Despite its great importance, it is still suffering from many work process problems, especially in the field of information management process and product development. The main reason for this has been described in a shared par...

A significant amount of energy is consumed by buildings due to ineffective design decisions with little consideration for energy efficiency. Yet, performance parameters should be considered during the early design phase, which is vital for improved energy performance and lower CO2 emissions. BIM, as a new way of working methodology, can help for pe...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a solid understanding of how integrated building information modeling (BIM) is implemented in a mega project such as the (Istanbul Grand Airport IGA) construction project, which is the main case study in the research methodology. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines and identifies the lea...

Using the Knowledge Transfer Partnership model as a method of transferring BIM and Lean process related knowledge between academia and industry: A Case Study Approach

Implementation and integration of sustainable development within a management framework is the main problem of urban regeneration projects. Therefore, this paper aims to develop a sustainable heritage-led urban regeneration planning framework, which will act as an urban regeneration project life cycle model and aid sustainable planning and decision...

Interoperability in BIM is low and the focus is on 3D coordination. Despite the available standards including IFC and IDM, there is still no clear guidance how such standards can be effectively used for performance based design. Thus, early collaboration is discouraged and performance analysis is conducted as late as possible to minimize the number...

The widespread adoption of the Smart City concept has introduced a new era of computing paradigm with opportunities for city administrators and stakeholders in various sectors to rethink the concept of urbanization and development of healthy cities. With the world population rapidly becoming urban-centric especially amongst the emerging economies,...

Despite the fact that completion of construction projects has a direct positive impact on the growth of national and local economies as well as humans' wellbeing, construction projects, especially in the urban areas, generate serious environmental nuisances for the adjacent residents and have unintentional adverse impacts on their surrounding envir...

The concept of the Smart City (SC) is currently drawing widespread attention in both theory and practice thus stimulating serious academic discourse especially on the applicability of the concept. Smart Cities (SCs) have the main goal of improving the performance of cities with a vision that not only includes the citizens’ prosperity but also the s...

Purpose The study looks at the characteristics of upswings and downswings for UK housing cycles. Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse cycles in house prices and housing affordability on the characteristics of persistence, magnitude and severity. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws upon the triangular methodolog...

In recent years a variety of new and smart technologies have emerged. Our lives are now enveloped in software, connected by technologies such as smart phones and other gadgets. This in turn has become the stimulus for mankind to adopt new ideas and abandon old ones. The more these technologies become embedded, the more our lifestyles change and the...

The research aims to develop soap based thermal insulation for buildings as a sustainable alternative to the petroleum based counterparts, whilst decreasing the associated environmental costs. The soap insulation is centered on the basic ingredients of waste animal fats, waste oils and a potash derived lye mixture, combined to create a crude soap....

An efficient maintenance of the UK's transportation network is of critical importance to the country's economy and among the top priorities of the government and public agencies (e.g. Network Rail, Highways England). The public transportation agencies have huge data sets related to asset management and maintenance. However, those data sets are usua...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support model for the early diagnosis of housing bubbles in the UK during the maturity process of the phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach The development process of the model is divided into four stages. These stages are driven by the normal distribution theorem coupled with the case s...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is often misinterpreted by practitioners and researchers as REVIT or ArchiCAD since these tools are introduced as BIM by the software vendors. Yet, BIM is much more than a software tool. It is actually more about process and people than it is about technology. The e-book provides a detailed and complete percepti...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has proved to be a useful methodology for the AEC industry, bringing into it a large number of benefits. Despite all these advantages, BIM faces barriers that hinder its broad implementation within AEC companies. The largest barrier pointed out by the literature is the high initial investment (hardware, software...

Purpose – Thermal insulation is important to achieve energy efficiency in a buildings’ lifespan while maintaining comfort. Traditionally, the majority of insulation in buildings is man-made petroleum based products with limited or no-end life usage. However, from an environmental and economic sustainability perspective, they are not sustainable as...

Construction companies are facing barriers and challenges in Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption as there is no clear guidance or best practice studies from which they can learn and build up their capacity for BIM use to increase productivity, efficiency, and quality. One of the key challenges in the BIM adoption is the ability of optimis...

Facilities Management (FM) as the total management of all services supports the core businesses of an organisation in a building. However, today’s buildings are increasingly sophisticated and the need for information to operate and maintain them is vital. Facility Managers have to acquire, integrate, edit, and update diverse facility information...

Regeneration is deemed as the enabler for societies and nations to transform them from industrial age to knowledge. In this regard, knowledge intensive regeneration is one of the latest models, called as New Century Cities (NCC) to make progress and ultimately achieve the transformation towards knowledge societies, which have the features and chara...

Regeneration is deemed as the enabler to transform for societies from industrial age to knowledge. Knowledge intensive regeneration is one of the latest urban regeneration models, called " Ideopolises " , to make progress and achieve the transformation towards knowledge societies and economies. Unleashing the concealed or internal economic potentia...

BIM adoption entails substantial challenges such as the operational skills and knowledge for the users and it is required to understand the commands, protocols and standards of the environment in which they operate. Furthermore, different building types and applications or purpose of use of a BIM model add another layer of complexity in understandi...

Purpose Building information modelling (BIM) implementation is a major change management task, involving diversity of risk areas. The identification of the challenges and barriers is therefore an imperative precondition of this change process. This paper aims to diagnose UK's construction industry to develop a clear understanding about BIM adoption...

The construction industry has been facing a paradigm shift to (i) increase productivity, efficiency, infrastructure value; quality and sustainability (ii) reduce lifecycle costs, lead times and duplications via effective collaboration and communication of stakeholders in construction projects. This paradigm shift is becoming more critical with remo...

Residential energy use accounts for 29% of global energy consumption and 21% of global CO2 emissions, making the residential sector an important focal point in relation to the dual issues of climate change and resource depletion. Improving heating in households would also have important socio-economic impacts, especially in relation to the health o...

Traditionally Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is conducted against the prescribed performance specification and it mainly relies on two activities; i) The effective collection of real world data and information and ii) the formulation of this data / information into models that allow trends and deviations to be observed. However, it is required to...

Urbanization itself accounts for a vast amount of energy and cities are centres of resource consumption and buildings can account for 40-60% of the urban energy usage which mostly relies on high GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emitting fossil fuels. Climate change and other environmental concerns drive the policy initiatives to be renewable energy oriented. I...

Design needs to be completed in a multidisciplinary environment. Severe issues about data acquisition and management arise during the design development due to the complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity. BIM is a foundational tool for a team based lean design approach. it can enable the intelligent interrogation of design; provide a quicker and chea...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a systematic approach for building information modelling (BIM) implementation for architectural SMEs at the organizational level Design/methodology/approach – The research is undertaken through a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) project between the University of Salford and John McCall Architects (JMA) a SM...

Justification for researchThe construction companies are facing barriers and challenges in BIM adoption as there is no clear guidance or best practice studies from which they can learn and build up their capacity for BIM use in order to increase productivity, efficiency, quality, and to attain competitive advantages in the global market and to achi...

Building Informational Modeling has been suggested by some as the panacea to address the interdisciplinary inefficiencies in the construction industry. In many cases the adoption of BIM has numerous potential benefits. But when considering individual disciplines within the construction industry the question is how will BIM integrate with their busi...

The transfer of knowledge using the KTP process

This paper looks at the vehicle of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between academia and business and how successful it is in reaching its range of objectives and developing theoretical and practical educational materials for BIM curriculums. The KTP operates by helping businesses improve their competitiveness and productivity through the b...

The construction industry has been facing a paradigm shift to (i) increase; productivity, efficiency, infrastructure value, quality and sustainability, (ii) reduce; lifecycle costs, lead times and duplications, via effective collaboration and communication of stakeholders in construction projects. Construction Lifecycle Management with BIM seeks to...

Contemporarily some firms in the construction industry are attempting to adopt a BIM method of working. Each of these attempts reflects a varying BIM adoption philosophy and inevitably different BIM technologies, implementation strategies and roadmaps. On the other hand, all these attempts are often motivated to attain competitive advantages for pr...

Efficient communication, collaboration, data exchange and sharing are crucial for the success of today's many multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary work environments. The implementation of computer integrated environments (CIE) is increasing and the requirements engineering necessary for the development of these systems is critical. Requirements...

Capturing and modelling 3D information of the built environment is a big challenge. Anumber of techniques and technologies are now in use. These include EDM (ElectronicDistance Measurement), GPS (Global Positioning System), and photogrammetric application,remote sensing and traditional building surveying applications. However, the use of thesetechn...

IntroductionContribution to Knowledge SocietyMain Conclusions Recommendations for the FutureReferences

IntroductionProject Start-offRequirements ElicitationBuilding a Shared UnderstandingVisioning and Process Modelling (Storyboarding)System DesignUse Case and Object Modelling with UMLIncremental Prototyping with the End User Tests as an Agile ProcessSummary of Mastering the Requirements Engineering ProcessReferences

IntroductionImproving the Requirements Engineering ProcessMeasuring the Success of Requirements Engineering ProcessComparative Analysis and EvaluationReferences

IntroductionThe Construction Industry and its FeaturesThe Scope and Roles of CIE in ConstructionImplementation of CIE in the Construction IndustryThe CIE Case Study Project 1The CIE Case Study Project 2The CIE Case Study 3The CIE Case Study 4References

IntroductionRequirements EngineeringRequirements Fundamentals and PrinciplesRequirements Engineering ProcessReferences

DefinitionsWhy Requirements Engineering Is Needed for the CIE DevelopmentHow the Requirements Engineering Approach Is FormulatedReferences

IntroductionCIE Systems from Technological PerspectiveRequirements Engineering in the CIE CommunityInterviews in the Construction CIE CommunityReferences

IntroductionThe Need for the CIE System As a BIM ToolThe Requirements Engineering ProcessThe Requirements Deliverables from Use Case ModellingThe Requirements Deliverables from Contextual Design TechniqueThe Requirements Deliverables from the Incremental Prototyping with the User TestsCritical Analysis and Reflections of the Requirements Engineerin...

IntroductionScope of the Evaluation and Assessment ModelThe Evaluation and Assessment in Case Study 3Survey Results and EvaluationReferences

IntroductionInternal (Dependent) EvaluationExternal (Independent) EvaluationReferences

The construction industry has been facing a paradigm shift to (i) increase; productivity, efficiency, infrastructure value, quality and sustainability, (ii) reduce; lifecycle costs, lead times and duplications. It is advocated that most of them can be obtained through BIM (Building Information Modelling). It can be defined as the use of the ICT tec...