Professor Nashwan Dawood

Summary of my academic career
I have spent many years as an academic and researcher within the field of project and construction management. This has ranged across a number of topics including application of VR in the construction processes, risk management, intelligent decision support systems, cost forecasting and control and business processes. This has resulted in over 80 published papers in refereed international journal and conferences, and research grants from British Council, Industry, Engineering Academy, EPSRC, DETR and Peter Berg Foundation, totaling about £600,000 in cash (£160,000 Cash from the industry) and £600,000 in kind. Most of my research projects are multi-disciplinary in nature and complementary knowledge and expertise within my research centre, the VR centre, national and international research institutions and collaboration with the UK and EU construction industry has led to successful research bids and exciting research projects.
I am currently supervising 5 Ph.D., 1 MPhil students and two research associates have directed and supervised four previous successful research projects and students (MPhil and Ph.D.). I have been appointed as an external examiner for research degrees at Leeds University, University of Nottingham and University of Salford. I am an external examiner for B.Sc. CAD in Construction, Wolverhampton University. I am a visiting professor to Aalborg University, Denmark.
I am also on the editorial board for project management journal, referee for EPSRC and three international journals.
I have been a visiting fellow at VTT -Finland, University of Calgary- Canada, University of Bahrain- Bahrain, Central University of Taiwan, AIT- Thailand, Stanford University-USA, PWRI, Japan, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech, USA. Currently, I am chair of the School Research Policy Committee with the responsibility of developing and promoting research policies and chair/attend the relevant School and University Research and Enterprise committees. I am the Leader for the Centre for Construction Innovation Research with the responsibility of providing leadership, promoting and developing research proposals for funding, liaise with industry, providing research supervisory and networking with external and internal bodies to develop opportunities for collaborative research and enterprise projects..
I teach a wide range of academic subjects (Engineering management related areas)
I am also a graduate member of the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Project Management Institution (PMI)-Special Interest Group in Risk Management (SIG), International Council for Building Studies, Working Commission for Industrialised Building (CIB W24), Working Commission for Construction Management (CIB, W78), VR SIG Construct IT, University of Teesside Research Degree Committee, University RAE Strategy panel and University Research Policy committee.
I have originated the CONVR conference series (Construction Applications of Virtual Reality: Current Initiatives and Future Challenges). The mission of this is to bring together researchers and practitioners in all areas of the construction industry in the world and promote efficient exchange of ideas and develop mutual understanding of needs and potential applications of VR modelling. CONVR 2000 was oragaised at Teesside and attended by participants from 9 countries, CONVR 2001 organised at Chalmers University, Sweden and attended by participants from 12 countries. CONVR 2003 will organised by Virginia Tech, USA and CONVR 2004 will be organised by ADETTI (Portugal).
I have attended over 40 international conference where at least one paper was presented in each conference to international audience.

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 10/10/1960
Nationality: British
Marital Status: Married
Spoken language: English and Arabic

Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Loughborough University of Technology, 1991, UK.

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Nottingham University, 1987, UK

Hon, Bachelor of Science (BSc Hon) in Civil Engineering, 1982.

Graduate member of ICE. Currently working for the MICE membership

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Current Post
Professor in Construction Management & IT, Chair of the School Research Policy, Leader of the Centre of Construction Innovation Research at a UK university, School of Science and Technology, UK university (Appointed Senior Lecturer Sept. 1991 promoted to a Reader in March/1998).

Current duties

Administration
Chair of the School Research Policy Committee. Responsibilities: developing and promoting research polices, chairing the School Research Policy Committee, liaise with R&E office and developing marketing marketing strategies.
Leader for the Centre of Construction Innovation Research: Responsibilities: Developing and promoting research activities, developing research bids, promoting and providing research leadership and supervisory, networking with national and international bodies and developing international research activities.

Teaching
Engineering Management 1 and 2 for B.Eng. level 2 and 3,

Industrial visit
Monitoring students under training with major contractors and clients.

Final year projects
Supervision of final year individual projects.

Research activities (details given in page 4-16)

1987-1991
Researcher. Development of a computerized planning system for the building materials industry. Loughborough University of Technology (UK).

1991(for two months)
Consultancy jobs for ECC Building Products. The works involved installation and commissioning of a capacity planning system with the production manager.
1990-1991
Working in Wolverhampton Polytechnic as PT lecturer, School of Construction. The teaching involves system analysis, spreadsheet models, data base systems and cash flow forecasting.
1982-1984
Project manager. The Iraqi General State Contractors. The work involved the organisation and consequent monitoring of on-site schedules, plus the preparation of materials and equipment for the site.
1984-1985
Project manager. The Iraqi Establishment for Long Panel Precasting Production. My work as a planner involved the preparation of weekly and monthly schedules of moulds (Tables and Batteries).The factory was responsible for constructing about 1000 housing units at the ALDORA site.

EDUCATION

1978-1982
University of Baghdad (Iraq), B.Sc. (Hon) Civil Eng. (First Class)

1985-1987
University of Nottingham (UK), MPhil. Construction Management, Thesis title “Scheduling in the precast concrete industry”

1987-1991
University of Loughborough (UK), Ph.D. Construction Technology and Management. The thesis topic is “Computer-based capacity planning system in the precast industry in the UK”

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Grants

Previous

1989-1990
ECC Quarries plc. Grant of approximately £5500, in support of my Ph.D. research.

1992-1994
Polytechnic Committee funding Council (PCFC) Grant of £30000, for the development of “Artificial Intelligence application in planning and scheduling: An application to the Precast Industry”.

1993 (June/July)
The Nuffield Foundation. Grant of approximately £1500 in support of a research work.

1993 (Oct) – 1996 (Sept)
CAMAS Building Materials. Grant of £40000 in support the development of a computer-based budget planning system for the company. The company has seconded one of their employees to tackle the project.

1994 (Sept.)
The British Council. Grant of £1000 in support my visit to the Technical Research Center in Finland.

1994(Sept.) – 1995(Sept.)
Faithful & Goulds Project Management and Southern Water. Grant of approximately £14000 in support of research on Risk Management in the water industry

1995 (Jan.) – 1996 (Jan.)
Peter Berg Foundation. Grant of £2000 in support of research on Risk Management

1996 (Jan)
The British Council. Grant of 1000 in support of visits to the VTT in Finland and the University of Galgry in Canada for collaborative research on risk management.

1996(Jan) – 1998(Jan)
£50,000 grant from Faithful & Goulds (project management and cost engineers) in support of research work in cost indices forecasting methodology.

1996 (Sept) – 1998(Sept)
Grant from Taylor Woodrow Construction and The University of Teesside in support of research work in the development of a computer-aided ground modeling methodology for building and civil engineering projects, £33,000. (£15,000 cash from Taylor Woodrow)

1997 (Jan-Jun)
ESF Grant in support of the utilization of VR in construction, £7000.

1998(Sept) – 2001(Aug)
Development of a Web based Methodology to assist in managing construction processes. Sponsor: European Union (Procure Project), TaylorWoodrow Construction, £40000.

1998(Oct)-2001 (April)
Standardisation in Brick Work Construction, EPSRC and Industry, IMI Initiative, £180,000.The project is concerned with the re-engineering of the business processes of brickwork construction by developing suitable strategies for standardised procedures and design features of prefabricated brickwork construction. Industrial partners: Trent Concrete Ltd., Marshalls, Curtins, Faithful & Goulds, Redrow Homes, Brick Development Association and Yuill group.

1998(Oct) – 2000 (July)
NOW (New Opportunity for Women in Construction), Sponsor: Europe, In conjunction with the Business School and construction companies, £300,000.

2000 (July-Oct)
The Japanese Science Agency, STA fellowship in the Ministry of Construction (MOC), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), £20000. The objective of the project was to develop a methodology for managing risk of infrastructure projects. The project involved working in Japan at the Public Works Research Institute, for three months.

Grants

Current

1999 (Dec) – 2002 (June)
The Virtual Construction Site, A construction Planning Support System, EPSRC, IMI, in conjunction with UCL and Wolverhampton University, £500000. The objective is to provide a desktop strategic decision support system and allowing planners to trade off the temporal sequencing of tasks with their special distribution using VR technologies. Industrial Partners: Stent, Services Design Association, Bond Bryan Architecture, Kvaerner Construction, WS Atkins, Turner & Townsend, Tarmac, AMEC.

1999(Oct) – 2002 (Sept)
Development of Stockyard modeling Methodology for the Building Products Manufacturing Industry. CAMAS Building Products, £25000.

1999(Oct)-2001(Dec)
Development of a Cost Management System for the Greek Construction Industry, Dalaklidis Bros SA, Greece, £30000.

2001 (Oct) – Sept 2004
NETWORK: EPSRC Network of Experts in VR applied to construction processes and products
(NET-VR), Principal Investigators: N. Dawood (UoT), Co-investigators: G. Winch (UCL), G. Aouad (Salford), Cost of project: EPSRC, £70,000, Industry, £40,000K

2001 (Oct), 2003 (May)
Development of an innovative dynamic managerial control system: an application to the building product industry, ROPA grant, Principle investigator: N Dawood. Cost of project; EPSRC £60,000, industry, £50,000.

2002( Feb) – 2003 (Feb)
Developing an integrated simulation/VR system, University of Teesside, £5000.

Projects pending decisions or in the process of preparation

Reengineering Work-Face Information. In collaboration with Nottingham University and a number of industrial partners. Bid to EPSRC, Cost: £300K, (£150K to Teesside). The project addresses information generation and use at the work-face where the construction ‘product’ is being produced and where information is needed to deliver a high quality product, safely within the set time and budget. The overall aim of this research is to reengineer the management of information needed by and generated at the work-face and to develop the technology needed.
Development of an integrated decision support system for production and stockyard planning in the Precast Concrete Industry, Bid to the DTI, cost £120K in collaboration with Trent Concrete Ltd. The objective of the project is to specify, develop and test an integrated computer-based production planning and stockyard decision support system for the precast concrete production components using information, processes and knowledge from both construction sites and factory operations
CONSIMOPT (Construction Simulation and Optimisation) project. IST FP5 EU project in collaboration with 10 industrial companies, total value of the project is Euro 500,000. The objective is to conduct a feasibility studies to develop simulation tools that can be used by the construction team to identify and develop construction products before moving to the site. The ultimate objective is to prepare Integrated Projects for EU FP6.
MIX4D (Mixed Reality 4D System for Building Construction), IST FP5 EU Project. In collaboration with 11 industrial partners, total value of the bid Euro 2000K, Teesside cost Euro 200K.
Development of a knowledge-based Estimating Methodology at the Initiation Stage of Construction Project for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, submitted to WS-Atkins & F&G Project Management (£70000)
Using Intelligent Virtualisation to Improve the Construction Process and Assist in Modelling Uncertainty, White Young Green, Trent Concrete, Willmott Dixon, Shepherd Design&Build, Bovis , University of Nottingham, £360K (50% cash, 50% kind), EPSRC
Auto-PMS: Automatic Project Management System Applied to Construction Processes. Principle investigators N Dawood (University of Teessid), M Mawdesley (University of Nottingham) to EPSRC, value of the bid: 200K.
USA: Application of VR at the product development stage, Virgin Tech. Proposals submitted in the USA, contact. Dr. W. Thabit.
Products and process modelling of precast concrete industry, The project is focusing on the development of process and product models for the precast concrete industry. The research is being developed in collaboration with Georgia Tech, USA. The researcher is expected to work with Georgia tech team. Value £100K.
Integrated stockyard management for building products industry, £60K, Marshall Building Products, To start in Jan 2001.

Research students and assistants

Historical
1992-1993, Job shop scheduling in the precast industry, MSc. student B. Yong, degree awarded 1992.
1992-1993, Development of an expert capacity planning system using simulation for knowledge acquisition, MSc. student T. Chong, degree awarded 1992.
1992-1993, Manufacturing planning from inquiry to delivery using computerised system, MSc. Student: D. Wong, degree awarded 1992.
1992-1995, An expert capacity planning system for precast concrete building products, Research Assistant: S. Saffar.
1993-1995, Computer Aided Budget planning for the Precast Industry, Research Assistant: M. Smith, Sponsored by ECC Building Products.
1993-1994, Land reclamation schemes using expert systems, MSc student: A. Fulker. Degree awarded, 1995.
1994-1995, Total Quality Management in the construction industry, MSc student: Tan Kan Pin, degree awarded, 1995
1994-1996, Financial risk management in the Greek construction industry, MPhil student: A. Molson. Degree awarded 1996.
1995-1996, Risk Management: identifications, Analysis and Response, MSc student: R. Bose, degree awarded, 1996.
1995-1997, A Coherent Information System for the Modular Construction industry, Ph.D. student: Abdullah Kalian, degree awarded 1997.
1996-2000 An Intelligent grid distribution system for the building product industry, Ph.D student: H Petros, writing-up is in progress
1996-2000, Financial Management in the Gulf Construction clients, Ph.D. student: A. Alturki (in conjunction with the University of Liverpool, School of Architecture and Building Engineering). Degree awarded in 2001.
1996 -1999, Development of a Computer-aided Ground Modeling System for the Construction Industry. Ph.D. student: Paula McMahon.
1995-1998, Development of cost forecasting indices for construction in the process industry, Research Assistant: W. Bates, Ph.D. awarded in 1999.
1998-2001, Development of a Web based Methodology to assist in managing construction processes, Research Assistance, Dr. Abi Akinsola
1998-2001, Standardisation of Brickwork Construction, Research Assistance, Mr. Andrew Fanning.
1999-2001, Development of Stockyard Modelling Methodology for the Building Products Industry, Ph.D student: Ramesh Marsini.
1996-2000, Developing of intelligent system for monitoring of combustion flames, Ph.D. student H Dawood, Degree warded 2000.

Current
2000-2002, The virtual construction site: A strategic decision support system, Research fellow, C. Liu.
1999-2001, The Utilisation of Virtual Reality in the Outline Design Process, Research Assistance: Carlos Caldern.
1999-2001, Development of a Cost Management System for the Greek Construction Industry, Ph.D. student: G Dalaklidis.
1998-2001, Development of a knowledge based system for Identification and Remediation and monitoring of Contaminated Land, PhD student J. Hillary.
2000-2003, Intelligent VR applied to space planning on Construction Site, Ph.D. student, Zaki Mallasi.
2000-2003, Re-engineering information at work-face , Ph.D. student,. Eknarin Sriprasert .
2000-2003, Supply chain management application in the construction industry, Ph. D, Siggi Sigudare.
2000-2003, Integrated GPS technology for Stock Layout Planning, Ph.D., John Dean.
2000-2003, Development of the concept of an integrated Artificial Agents/VR at the outline design of construction projects, Ph.D student A. Katab.
2000-2003, Development of business process for road construction simulation, Ph.D student S. Castro., Prof. PhD.
2001-2003, Development of an innovative managerial control system, Research Fellow, R. Marasini
2002-2005, Risk management approach to PFI contracts, Ph.D. student, S. Tan.

International research activities

Creation of the CONVR (Construction application of Virtual Reality) conference series. The objective was to set the agenda for R&D in the area of VR applied to construction processes and products. CONVR 2000 was oragaised at Teesside and attend by participants from 9 countries, CONVR 2001 organised at the Chalmers University, Sweden and attended by participants from 12 countries. CONVR 2003 will be organised by Virginia Tech, USA and CONVR 2004 will be organised by ADETTI (Portugal).
Actively involved in developing international research projects. The results of this effort have resulted in participating in two R&D EU FP5 bids as outlined in the above section. Research projects have also been established with Georgia Tech and Virginia tech (USA). The main project is being the modelling of products and processes in conjunction with Georgia Tech.
Actively involved in promoting research ideas and setting the research agenda through participation in intentional conference (CIB W78, FIATECH and other international network)
Promoting research and international collaboration through visiting Universities and research centers around the world. This include: VTT (Finland), Stanford (USA), Virginia Tech (USA), Georgia Tech (USA), University of Federal do Parana (Brazil), University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), CSTB (France), University of Endhoven (Holland), University of Bahrain (Bahrain), Jordan University (Jordan), CSIR (South-Africa)
Actively involved in ENCORD (European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development).
Visiting Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Research Honors

Selected as an EPSRC referee for grants and completed project. In total, five completed project s and four proposals have been reviewed.
Selected as a session chairman for numerous international conferences.
Selected as a referee for the Journal of Construction Management and Economics.
Selected as a referee for the International Journal of Information Technology.
Selected as a referee for the Advanced Engineering Software Journal.
Serving on the editorial boards for numerous international and national conferences and project management journal

Conferences attended (at least one paper was delivered in each conference, details for the papers is given in pages 11-19)

The Eighth Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, University LAVAL, Quebec, Canada, 22-26th, May, 1992.
Conference On Education for Structural Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK., 16-18th Sept, 1992.
World Conference on Engineering Education, Portsmouth, UK., 20-25th, Sept, 1992.
The Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Fredericton, Canada, 8-11 June, 1993.
The Third International Conference on the application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil Engineering (CIVIL-COMP 93), 17th-19th August 1993, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
The Eight International Conference of Precast Manufacturing (BIBM 93), 11th-15th September 1993, Washington, DC., USA.
The First European Group for Structural Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence (EG-SEA-AI), March 21st -22nd, 1994, Switzerland, Lausanne.
The Ninth International Conference on the Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Pennsylvania, USA, 19th-21st July, 1994.
Engineering Education Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 12th-14th Sept, 1994.
The Tenth Annual ARCOM Conference (Association of Researchers In Construction Management), 14th-17th September, Loughborough, 1994.
The Third International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, 8-11 Nov., Singapore, 1994.
Information Technology Awareness in Engineering: Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping for Engineering, EPSRC, Jan., University of Salford, Salford, UK. 1995.
International Conference: Financial Management of Property and Construction, 15-17 May, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, 1995.
The 6th International Conference on Computing in Civil Building and Engineering, 12-15 July, Berlin, 1995.
The 4th International Conference on the Application of AI to Civil and Structural Engineering, CIVIL-COMP 95, St. John’s College, 28th-30th Aug., Cambridge, 1995.
“COBRA 1995”, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference, 8-9 Sept. Edinburgh, 1995.
The 11th Annual Conference of ARCOM, York, Sept. 18-20, 1995.
Annual meeting of CIB-W65, University of Cincinnati, USA, 12-14 Oct., 1995.
The Second International Conference in Civil Engineering on Computer Applications, Research and Practice, Bahrain, 6-8 April, 1996.
Third Congress on Computing and Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, June, 17-19, CA, USA, 1996.
IPMA’96 World Congress on Project Management & 12th AFITEP Annual Meeting, June 24-26, CNIT, France, 1996.
“COBRA 1996”, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference, 19-20 Sept. Bristol, 1996.
The 5th International Conference on Innovation in Civil and Structural Engineering, CIVIL-COMP Proess, St. John’s College, 19th-21st Aug., Cambridge, 1997.
Forth Congress on Computing and Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, June, 16-18, Philadelphia, USA, 1996.
FAIM’ 97, Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 25th-27th, June, Middlesbrough, 1997.
CIB-W24 International Seminar on Industrialisation in building; Technion, Haifa, Israel, Nov., 1997.
ARCOM 98, Sept, University of Reading, 1998.
CIB W92, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Jan., 1999.
BIBM’99, Prefabricating on the Eve of the Third Millennium, Venezia, May, 1999.
CIVIL COMP 99, Oxford, Sept., 1999.
IMI Construction Research: Achievements and Future Directions, EPSRC, Loughborough, 29-30, Sept, 1999.
International Conference on Construction Information Technology 2000, Hong Kong, Jan., 2000
CIB W78, Construction Information Technology 2000 Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2000.
CONVR 2000, Construction application of VR conference, Middlesbrough, UK, 4-5 Sept 2000.
VSMM, Virtual System and Multi Media Conference, Gifu, Japan, 4-7 Oct, 2000.
CIB W78, IT in Construction in Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 29 May- 1 June, 2001.
ARCOM 2001, SEPT, Manchester, UK, Sept, 2001.
AVR II & CONVR 2001, Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering and Construction, Sweden, Oct. 2001.
ENCORD, Workshop on Virtual Construction, Essen, Germany, Nov, 2001.
Computing in Civil Engineering, Specialty Conference on Fully integrated and Automated Project Processes, organised by ASCE, Virginia Tech, Jan, 26-28, 2002.

PUBLICATIONS

Key: RJ (Refereed Journal), RC (Refereed Conference),

Dawood, N.N. Scheduling in the precast concrete industry. MPhil. thesis, University of Nottingham, 1988.

Dawood, N.N. and Neale, R.H. A survey of the current production planning practices in the precast industry in the UK. Paper published in the Construction Management and Economics Journal, Vol. 8, pp. 365-383, 1990. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. and Neale R.H. Forecasting in the precast concrete industry. Paper published in the Construction Management and Economics Journal, Vol. 11, pp 81-98, 1993. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. A computer-based capacity planning system for production of precast products. Ph.D. thesis, University of Loughborough, 1991.

Dawood, N.N. Production planning information system for precast industry. The Indian &Eastern Engineer, Construction India Annual, 1992. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. and Neale, R.H A capacity planning system for precast concrete building products. Building and Environment Journal, Vol. 28, No.1, pp 81-95, 1993. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. An educational capacity planning system for the precast concrete industry. Paper presented in the Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, 24-26 May, 1992. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. An educational capacity planning system. Paper presented in the 3rd world conference on Engineering Education, University of Portsmouth, 20-25 Sept. 1992. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. An integrated production planning/stock forecasting model for precast building products. Paper published in the International Journal of Construction Information Technology, Vol. 1, No.2, pp 15-34, 1993. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Sales forecasting and production planning. Paper presented in the BIBM 93 conference, 11th- 14th, September 1993, Washington DC., USA. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. A stock forecasting model for the precast concrete building products. Paper presented in the annul conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Fredericton, pp 67-74, Canada, 1993. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Knowledge elicitation for developing an integrated production management expert system in the precast concrete industry. Paper presented in the Civil-Comp Conference, Edinburgh, 1993. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Knowledge elicitation and dynamic Scheduling using a simulation model: An application to the precast concrete industry. Paper presented in the Civil-Comp Conference, Edinburgh, 1993. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Forecasting the sales of precast concrete building products: a case study. Building Research and Information, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp 41-50, 1993. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Developing a production management modeling approach for the precast concrete building products. Paper published in the Construction Management and Economics Journal, No. 5, Vol. 12, pp. 393-412,1994. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Scheduling in the precast concrete industry using simulation modeling approach. Building and Environment Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp197-207, 1995. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. A computerised production budget planning model for the precast concrete building products: a case study. International Journal of Construction Information Technology, Vol. 1, No.4, pp 15-38, 1994. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. A simulation model for eliciting scheduling knowledge: An application to the precast manufacturing process. Paper published in the Computing System in Civil Engineering, Oct.,1993. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Material management system in the UK’s construction industry: a survey. Paper published in the Building Research and Information, Oct.,1994. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. A survey of the current cost control and forecast practices in the construction industry. Paper published in the Building Research and Information, Oct.,1995. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Developing an integrated bidding management expert system for the precast concrete industry. Paper published in the Building Research and Information, Vol 22, No 2, PP 95-102, 1994. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Knowledge-base approach to production planning: an application to the precast industry. Paper presented in the EG-SEM-AI work shop in Lausanne, Switzerland, 19th March, 1994. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. A knowledge-base system for contamination analysis and Land reclamation schemes. An abstract paper presented in the EG-SEM-AI work shop in Laussane, Switzerland, 19th March, 1994. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Developing an integrated bidding management expert system for the precast companies. An abstract paper presented in the EG-SEM-AI work shop in Laussane, Switzerland, 19th March, 1994. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Discussion paper on the applications of NNs on bidding problems, ASCE, Construction Management Division, Vol. 120, No 4 1994. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Automation of production scheduling using factory modeling approach: an application to the precast industry, Published in the Third International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, 8-11 Nov., Singapore, 1994. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. An intelligent production planning system: an application to the precast industry, Publication in the Ninth International Conference on the Application of AI in Engineering, Penn State University, 19-21 July, USA, 1994. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Simulation models as computer-aided learning: how beneficial are they?, Published in the Working Conference on Engineering Education, 12-14 September, Sheffield, England, 1994. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. An integrated knowledge-base/simulation approach to production planning: an application to the precast industry, Construction Management and Economics Journal, Vol. 13,1995. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. Applications of “knowledge/heuristic” methods on planning and scheduling in precast manufacturing companies: a case study, International Journal of Construction Information Technology, Vol. 2, No 3, Autumn, 1994. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N. and M. Smith, Validation of an automated capacity planning in the concrete building materials industry using an industrial case study, Published in the Built and Environment Journal, Sept, 1995. (RJ)

Dawood, N. N. A strategy for materials management systems for the construction industry, International Conference on Financial management of Property and Construction, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, 15-17 Man, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. Evaluation and Review of the utilisation of AI technology in construction scheduling and planning, The Sixth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Berlin, 12-15 July, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. A comparison study between Neural Networks and Heuristics for construction scheduling and planning, The Annual Conference of Canadian Civil Engineering, Ottawa, 30 May -2 June, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. A method for allowing dependency between activities’ duration in solving the problem of stochastic network analysis, “COBRA 1995”, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference, 8-9 Sept. Edinburgh, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. Development of a risk management methodology for the selection of a contract strategy from clients’ point of view, “COBRA 1995”, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference, 8-9 Sept. Edinburgh, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Smith, M. An intelligent approach to automate production budget planning in the building products industry, the 4th International Conference on the Application of AI to Civil and Structural Engineering, CIVIL-COMP 95, St. John’s College, Cambridge, 28th-30th Aug., 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Thabit, W. Generating alternative schedules using an interactive graphic based system, the 4th International Conference on the Application of AI to Civil and Structural Engineering, CIVIL-COMP 95, St. John’s College, Cambridge, 28th-30th Aug., 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Smith, M. Developing an integrated strategic grid distribution system for the building products manufacturing industry, Eleventh annual conference of ARCOM, York, Sept. 18-20, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., A strategy for risk management in the water and sewage industry, Eleventh annual conference of ARCOM, York, Sept. 18-20, 1995. (RC)

Dawood, N.N., A strategy for computerised materials management system for the construction industry, published in The Second International Conference in Civil Engineering on Computer Applications, Research and Practice, Bahrain, 6-8 April, 1996. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., An integrated intelligent planning approach for modular construction, paper published in the Third Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 17-19, 1996, CA, USA. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., An integrated intelligent planning approach for standardised prefabricated components, The 13th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, June 11-13, 1996, Tokyo, Japan. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Development of a computer aided forecasting system: an application to the building product industry, Third Canadian Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Aug. 26-28, Montreal, Canada. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Development of a pre-contract risk management methodology from client’s point of view, IPMA’96 World Congress on Project Management & 12th AFITEP Annual Meeting, June 24-26, 1996, France. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Bates, W., Development of a cost indices forecasting methodology for the heavy civil engineering industry, “COBRA 1996”, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference, 19-20 Sept. Bristol, 1996. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Molson, A., Development of a cost forecast and control strategy for the Greek Construction industry, “ARCOM 96”, 12th annual conference, 11-13 Sept., Sheffield, 1996. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., A simulation model for eliciting knowledge: an application to the manufacturing process, The special issue of Advances in Engineering Software incorporating Computing Systems in Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 2/3 Elsevier Science LTD, March. 1996. (RJ)

Dawood, N. N., A strategy for materials management: an application to the construction industry, Journal of the Financial Management of Property & Construction, Nov., 1996. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N., A strategy of knowledge elicitation for developing an integrated bidding/production management expert system for the precast industry, The special issue of Advances in Engineering Software incorporating Computing Systems in Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 2/3 Elsevier Science LTD, March. 1996. (RJ)

Dawood, N. N., Educational and training issues for construction project managers: A survey, A Working Conference on Engineering Education, 24-27 March, Sheffield, England, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., McMahon, P. and Hobbs, B., Development of an integrated ground modelling system for the construction team, 1st International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, CEC’97, July, London, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., McMahon, P. and Hobbs, B., Development of a computer-based ground modelling system for the construction industry, The Mouchel Centenary Conference on Innovation in Civil & Structural Engineering, 19th-21st August, Cambridge, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Bates, W., Development of a computerised cost indices forecasting model for construction activities in the heavy civil engineering industry, The Mouchel Centenary Conference on Innovation in Civil & Structural Engineering, 19th-21st August, Cambridge, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, W. and Dawood, N. N., Creation of a cost index and forecasting methodology to be applied to the process/heavy civil engineering industry, 41st meeting and the Association of American Cost Engineers, Dallas, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, W. and Dawood, N. N., The affect of IT on construction cost forecasting, Fourth Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 26-18 June, Philadelphia, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Molson, A., An integrated approach to cost forecasting and construction planning for the construction industry, Fourth Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 26-18 June, Philadelphia, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Hobbs, B. and Kalian, A., A computer-aided planning system for the precast concrete industry, FAIM’ 97, Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 25th-27th, June, Middlesbrough, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Petros, H., The development of an integrated production and strategic planning system for building products manufacturing industry, FAIM’ 97, Flexible Automation & Intelligent Manufacturing, 25th-27th, June, Middlesbrough, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., An integrated intelligent planning approach for production planning in the building product industry, The second LAAS international Conference on Computing Simulation, August, Lebanon, 1997. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Development of a risk management approach for allowing dependency and uncertainty between activities’ duration, Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 16, 1998, pp 41-48. (RJ)

Dawood, N. N. and Bates, W., A methodology for creating cost indices for construction in the process industry, paper submitted for publication in the Construction management and Economics Journal, Nov. 1998. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N and W. Bates, Forecasting indices for construction activities in the heavy civil engineering industry, paper submitted for publication in the Engineering Construction and Architectural Journal, Nov, 1998, (RJ)

Dawood, N.N., A framework for integrating design and production system for the off-site building product industry, ARCOM 98, Sept, University of Reading, 1998. (RC)

Dawood, N.N., and Bates W., Development of a risk allocation strategy for construction in the process industry, ARCOM 98, Sept, University of Reading, 1998. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. and Bates, W., Forecasting indices for construction activities in the heavy civil engineering industry, ARCOM 98, Sept, University of Reading, 1998. (RC)

Dawood, N.N., and McMahon, P, The utilisation of IT in optimising earthworks activities, ARCOM 98, Sept, University of Reading, 1998. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Development of a forecasting methodology for cost indices in the Greek Construction Industry, CIB W92, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1999. (RC)

Bates, W. and Dawood, N. N., Development of a decision support system for cost escalation in the heavy engineering industry, CIB W92, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1999. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Hobbs, B. and Fanning, A., Standardisation of brickwork construction: Process Identification, ARCOM 99, Liverpool, Sept, 1999. (RC)

McMahon, P., Dawood, N. N. and Hobbs, Development of an integrated ground modelling systems, ARCOM 99, Liverpool, Sept 1999. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., Marsini, R., Optimisation of stock layout for the precast building industry, ARCOM 99, Liverpool, Sept 1999. (RC)

Dawood, N. N. and Akinsola, A. and B. Hobbs, Development of an intelligent based methodology of integrating design and construction processes, CIVIL-COMP 99, Sept, Oxford, 1999. (RC)

Dawood, N.N. and Bates, B., Development of an intelligent decision support system for cost escalation in the heavy civil engineering industry, CIVIL-COMP 99, Sept, Oxford, 1999. (RC)

McMahon, P., Dawood, N. N. and Hobbs, Development of IT based ground modelling system for optimising earth works activities, CIVIL-COMP 99, Sept, Oxford, 1999. (RC)

McMahon, P., Dawood, N. N. and Hobbs, Development of ground modelling system for the construction team, Construction Management and Economics, 1999 (submitted for publications). (RJ)

Dawood, N. Integrating design and production system for the precast industry, Journal of Concrete plant and precast Technology, pp 74-80, No. 5, 1999, (RJ)

Dawood, N. Fanning, A, Hobbs, B., Standardisation of brickwork construction, BIBM’99 congress, Ref. 103, Venezia, May, 1999. (RC)

Dawood, N. N., An integrated approach to design and production for the precast industry, The International Journal of Construction Information Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, Summer. 1999. (RJ)

Dawood, N. N. and R. Marasini, A simulation model concept for stockyard layout planning in precast concrete products industry, Journal of Concrete plant and precast Technology, Nov, 1999. (RJ)

Dawood, N.N., McMahon, P. and Hobbs, Development of a computer based system to manage ground information, submitted for publication in Engineering Systems Journal, Jan 2000, (RJ)

Akinsola, A and Dawood, N, Development of an intelligent web based methodology of integrating design and construction processes, Submitted for publication in Engineering Systems Journal.Jan, 2000 (RJ).

Dawood N, Optimisation of stockyard layout for the Precast Building Products Industry, International Conference on Construction Information Technology 2000, Hong Kong, Jan, 2000, (RC).

Dawood, N. and Akinsola A., Development of an automated communication system using internet technology for managing construction projects. International Conference on Construction Information Technology 2000, Hong Kong, Jan 2000, (RC).

Dawood, N and Marasini, R, Simulation approach for stockyard layout planning for the Precast Building Products Industry, Accepted for publication in the Logistics Information Management Journal, March, 2000(RJ).

Dawood, N and Marasini, R, Object oriented approach for stockyard layout planning for the Precast Building Products Industry, Presented in Construction Information Technology 2000 Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2000 (RC).

Dawood, N. N. and Bates, W., A decision support system specification for out-turn cost and cost escalation in the heavy civil engineering industry, Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, Dec., 2000. (RJ)

Dawood, N and Marasini, R. A simulation model for stockyard layout planning. Journal of Concrete plant + precast Technology(BFT),Vol 66, pp.42-48, 2000 (RJ)

Dawood, N and Marasini, R., Stockyard layout planning and management for the precast concrete products industry, Logistics Information Management, special issue, 2000. Accepted for publication. (RJ)

Marasini, R. , Dawood, N. and Hobbs, B., Stockyard layout planning in precast concrete products industry: A case study and proposed framework, Journal of Construction Management and Economics,2000 (Paper accepted for Publication) (RJ)

Marasini, R and Dawood, N., A simulation model to manage and optimise stockyard layout: A case study in precast products industry, Proceedings of Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) 2000 conference, Vol 2, pp. 527-536, Sept, 2000. (RC)

Dawood, N. Winch, G. (UCL) and Mahdjobi (Wolverhampton): VIRCON, the virtual construction site: a decision support system, CONVR 2000 conference, Middlesbrough, Sept, 2000. (RC)

Hobbs B., Dawood N., The potential of VR in construction: An overview, CONVR 2000 conference, Middlesbrough, Sept, 2000. (RC)

Mahdioub L.(Wolverhampton), G. Winch, Alan Penn (UCL), N Dawood, B Hobbs, A, Critical review of decision support systems for construction project planning, CONVR 2000 conference, Middlesbrough, Sept, 2000. (RC)

Dawood N, Marasini, R, Visualisation of a stockyard layout simulator: A case study in the Precast Concrete Production Industry, CONVR 2000 conference, Middlesbrough, Sept, 2000. (RC)

Fanning A, B Hobbs and Dawood, N., Standardisation of brickwork construction: Business process re-engineering strategies for conventional brickwork, 12th International Brick Masonry Conference, Madrid, Span, July, 2000. (RC)

Dawood, N. Analysis of Cost Escalation and Risk Assessment of Infrastructure Projects: An Application in the Japanese Civil Engineering Projects, published report, PWRI, Japan, Oct, 2000.

Dawood, N.., Development of a forecasting methodology for cost indices: An application to the Greek Construction Industry, Journal of Construction Procurement, May, 2001. (RJ)

Dawood, N. and Marasini, R, Stockyard layout management for precast concrete products using simulation, CIB W78 Conference, IT in Construction in Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 29 May- 1 June, 2001, pp 26/1-13. (RC)

Dawood, N. and Marasini, R, An integrated database for real-time management of stockyard “STOKMAN”, A case study in the precast concrete products industry, CIB W78 Conference, IT in Construction in Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 29 May- 1 June, 2001, pp 27/1-7. (RC)

Dawood, N. and Akinsola A., Development of an automated communication system for managing construction site information using internet technology. Automation in Construction Journal, accepted for publication and to be published in Aug 2001 (RJ).

Dawood N., Yasuhara, T,.Usuda, Y,.Matsuda, C, and.Sawada, A, Analysis of cost escalation and risk assessment of infrastructure projects: an application in the japanese civil engineering projects., ARCOM 2001, SEPT, Manchester, UK (RC)

Dawood N, Hobbs, B and Fanning A., Standardisation of brickwork construction: identification and measurement of standard processes, ARCOM 2001, SEPT, Manchester, UK (RC)

Liu Chunlu, Dawood, N. N., Financial analysis on the influence of infrastructure construction on regional economic development, ARCOM 2001, SEPT, Manchester, UK 2001, (RC)

Dawood, N., Sriprasert, E., Mallasi, Z. N and Hobbs, B, Development of an integrated information resource base for 4D/VR construction process simulation, Proceedings of AVR II & CONVR 2001, Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering and Construction, In Eds. O. Tullberg, N Dawood and M. Connell, Sweden, Oct,pp. 18-28, 2001. (RC)
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Sriprasert, E. and Dawood, N.,Potential of integrated digital technologies (IDT) for construction work-face instruction, Proceedings of AVR II & CONVR 2001, Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering and Construction, In Eds O. Tullberg, N Dawood and M. Connell, Sweden, Oct, pp.136-145, 2001. (RC)

Dawood N. and Marasini R, Visualisation of a stockyard layout simulator “Simstock”: A case study in precast concrete industry, pp 190-201. Proceedings of AVR II & CONVR 2001, Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering and Construction, In Eds. O. Tullberg, N Dawood and M. Connell, Sweden, Oct pp 136-145, 2001. (RC)

Dawood, N. The agile construction site, ENCORD, Workshop on Virtual Construction, Essen, Germany, Nov, 2001. (RC)

Dawood, N, Sriprasert, E and Z. Mallasi, VIRCON Project: Data capture and database development, EPSRC report, University of Teesside, July, 2001. (RC)

Dawood, N, Sriprasert, E and Z. Mallasi, Visulisation Development, interim report for the VIRCON project, University of Teesside, Jan, 2002.

Dawood N. and Marasini R , Application of business process simulation in planning and evaluation of stockyard layout for precast concrete products, Proceedings of ASCE, FIAPP conference, Sept, 26-28, 2001, Virginia Tech, USA, pp. 132-142, 2001.

Dawood, N. Development of an automated communication system for managing site information using internet technology, Proceedings of ASCE, FIAPP conference, Sept, 26-28, 2001, Virginia Tech, USA, pp. 189-204, 2001

Papers under preparation and will be published this summer:

Christiansson Per (Aalborg University), Dawood Nashwan , Svidt Kjeld (Aalborg University) ,Virtual Buildings (VB) and Tools to Manage Construction Process Operations, W78 Conference
Zaki Mallasi and N. N. Dawood Registering The Spatial Requirements of Construction Activities to Rehearse Project Schedules Using Site-PECASO System, W78 conference.
Nashwan Dawood, Eknarin Sriprasert, Chunlu Liu, Zaki Mallasi, and 4D-visualisation development: a case study of a whole building, W78 Conference
Nashwan Dawood, Eknarin Sriprasert, Zaki Mallasi, and Brian Hobbs, Development of an integrated information resource base for 4D/VR construction processes simulation, W78 Conference.
Eknarin Sriprasert and Nashwan Dawood, A 4D constraint-based construction planning and control system: A prototype development methodology, W78 Conference.
Eknarin Sriprasert and Nashwan Dawood, Lean Enterprise Web-based Information System for construction (LEWIS): A justification and prototype development, W 78 conference.
Ramesh Marasini1 and Nashwan Dawood, Integrating of GA and simulation for stockyard layout planning. ARCOM 2002.

Numerous research progress and final reports to EPSRC, DETR and Industry, (Available on request)