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construction PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
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Assessing and improving the productivity of construction labour through resilient interventions against stagnation (in respect of the evolving perspectives of the impacts of pandemics like the coronavirus)
The construction sector, covering other professional services, accounts for a substantial value addition of every economy globally and generates substantial incomes in export earnings, especially in advanced economies. Read more
Optimising Sustainable Construction with Artificial Intelligence: Integrating Machine Vision, Natural Language Processing, and Predictive Analytics
This PhD research focuses on exploring the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimise and enhance sustainable construction practices. Read more
Construction Safety Research Alliance PhD Fellowships
Housed in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, the CSRA is a unique, industry-funded research group focused on construction safety. Read more
Construction materials and products. Investigation about embodied carbon assessment methods and solutions
Buildings consume 40% of energy produced in the world. This percentage increases to over 60% in the UK. In European countries, existing regulations limit operational energy consumption/carbon emissions and have brought to considerable savings. Read more
Development of framework to promote model-drive practice that would enhance “collaborative costing” approach across value chain in construction.
Although collaboration has been recognised as a necessary component of success in the construction industry, concepts like building information modelling (BIM), integrated project delivery (IPD) and target value design (TVD) are still emerging. Read more
Using computer vision technologies for analysing awkward postures in construction workers
This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Read more
Organisational implications of robotics and automation in construction supply chains
Over the next 20 years around 50% of construction work could be automated using new and emerging technologies to support advancing automation in the construction sector. Read more
Vibrational Performance of timber floor - an Investigation of influence of construction parameters
Traditional timber floor systems are usually composed of a series of parallel timber joists (eg. solid and engineered I-joist or Laminated-Veneer-Lumber) which support wood-based sheathing. Read more
Understanding and managing cultural diversity on UK construction sites
Despite stringent health and safety regulations, the construction industry continues to suffer the highest proportions of fatalities and injuries of all major UK industries. Read more
Construction and demolition waste disposal to energy generation: An exploratory study
Research Group:
Centre For Sustainable Environments
Globally, there is an alarming concern about the increasing statistics on the generation of construction and demolition waste. The waste hierarchy – prevent, reduce, recycle, recovery and disposal – which encourages the sustainable use of resources, unwittingly considers waste disposal. Read more
Recycling Polymeric-based Composites for Construction Applications
In the UK, glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) contributes to 75,000 tons end of life waste in addition to 6,200 tons of production waste. Read more
The intersection between industrialised construction, digitilisation and automation: evaluating successes, failures, and everything in between
Industrialised Construction (IC) or Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have emerged to help meet the rising need for housing, particularly for affordable housing. Read more
Environmental Impact of Construction on Peatlands
Reducing greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions is one of the main goals of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement (signed in 2015 during COP21) which seeks to limit the global raise in temperature to 1.5 °C. Read more
Problem-solving in cross-sector collaboration between technology companies and the construction industry
New technology development within the construction sector often stems from the appeal of replicating efficiencies seen in other sectors such as automation and manufacturing. Read more
Circular Economy of Mineral-Based Construction Materials
Research Group:
School of Civil Engineering
As part of the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-Based Construction Materials (ICEC-MCM), we have a PhD scholarship to investigate technical aspects of circular economy applied to construction materials. Read more
