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Abdulkareem, M (2016) Investigation of the daylighting and the thermal environment of Nigeria's low-income housing: the case of Abuja, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth.
Al Dinah, M (2022) Coordination issues and unethical practices in comparison with other determinants of delays and cost overruns in the construction industry: how do the participants respond?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Al Hashemi, A (2011) Examining the relationship between migration, labour and crime in UAE: the case of Dubai, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Alhusban, M (2018) Conceptual procurement framework for building information modelling uptake to enhance buildings' sustainability performance in the Jordanian public sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Portsmouth.
Alotaibi, A B (2019) Project management: the implication of project management practices on project success in Saudi Arabia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Operations and Systems Management, University of Portsmouth.
Arafa, E A B (2015) The impact of knowledge management on project success, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Portsmouth.
Elghaish, F A K (2020) An automated IPD cost management system: BIM and blockchain based solution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Faris, H M A (2020) Improving project collaboration to minimise the energy performance gap in residential construction: case study of Kurdistan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Portsmouth.
Fox, D S J (1994) Knowledge-based systems for the demolition industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Hamidavi, T (2020) Automatic integrated structural design and optimisation in BIM, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Hauer, M (2012) A game-based learning approach to building conservation education in UK undergraduate built environment degrees, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Portsmouth School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth.
Jijingi, A T (2019) A BIM-enabled procurement framework in new buildings for the Nigerian architecture, engineering and construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying, University of Portsmouth.
Marston, V K (1985) Interdependence of the functional element costs of buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Matarneh, S T (2019) BIM-based information exchange framework to support facilities management systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
Petersen, A K (2005) Integrating risk management into the undergraduate construction management curriculum: An investigation into the effect of zero tolerance, 360-degree feedback and competition within a world wide web assisted construction project-based learning environmen, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Portsmouth.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: civil engineering; competition; construction project; feedback; health and safety; integration; learning; performance; risk management; safety; teaching; project-based learning; UK
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419069
- Abstract:
The Health and Safety Executive's contract research report "Identification and Management of Risk in Undergraduate Construction Courses" (Carpenter et al. 2002) concludes that a substantial number of UK Departments of Civil Engineering have not adequately incorporated risk management into their curricula. Against this background this research project was undertaken with the aim of contributing to the effective learning and teaching of risk management concepts in the construction management curriculum and investigate the impact of this contribution on the assessment outcomes at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Portsmouth. In order to achieve the aim of the research project, the following research objectives were pursued: to identify the importance of risk management concepts in the construction industry, to identify methods of assessment, to develop and evaluate construction project-based, World Wide Web assisted, learning materials, to develop and evaluate zero tolerance 360-degree feedback competitive construction project-based learning, teaching and assessment techniques and to propose a framework for the integration of risk management concepts into the UK construction management curriculum. Having designed and developed the learning, teaching and assessment techniques, referred to in this thesis as PUMICE, student feedback collected using on-line questionnaires, shows evidence that throughout their studies students agree that the PUMICE assessment methods are acceptable and clearly understood. Student assessment performance, over the three years of the study (2000-2003), has shown that students are achieving better and better grades in the PUMICE units compared to their year average. Correlation analysis results suggest that a student who performed well in the PUMICE units tended to perform well in other units, and a student who did not perform well tended not to perform well in other units. The contribution to knowledge has been that the original empirical work undertaken supports the propositions that: zero tolerance, 360-degree feedback and competition within a World Wide Web assisted construction project-based learning environment are acceptable and appropriate vehicles for the attainment and assessment of risk management concepts and that they reliably grade the learners.