Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment: Volume 4 Issue 1 , Open Access

Deployment of physical access control (PAC) devices in university settings in Ghana

Edward Ayebeng Botchway, Kofi Agyekum, Hayford Pittri, Anthony Lamina

This study explores the importance of and vulnerabilities in deploying physical access control (PAC) devices in a typical university setting.

Awareness and adoption of wearable technologies for health and safety management in the Nigerian construction industry

Kabir Ibrahim, Fredrick Simpeh, Oluseyi Julius Adebowale

Technologies have had a positive impact on the construction industry. Technologies such as BIM, automation, augmented and virtual reality, Internet of Things and robotics have…

Design and analysis of high-gain DC–DC chopper topologies for PV-fed BLDC motor drive system

Zakaria Mohamed Salem Elbarbary, Ahmed A. Alaifi, Saad Fahed Alqahtani, Irshad Mohammad Shaik, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Vijayakumar Gali

Switching power converters for photovoltaic (PV) applications with high gain are rapidly expanding. To obtain better voltage gain, low switch stress, low ripple and cost-effective…

BIM implementation model from the standpoint of concern-based adoption theory

Oluseye Olugboyega, Itunnu Dorcas Elubode, Godwin Ehis Oseghale, Clinton Aigbavboa

This study investigated the concerns and plans of construction professionals about building information modeling (BIM) implementation, found the acceptable BIM implementation…

Assessment of barriers to the implementation of blockchain technology in construction supply chain management in Nigeria

Taofeek Tunde Okanlawon, Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi, Richard Ajayi Jimoh

The purpose of this study is to assess the barriers to the implementation of blockchain technology in construction supply chain management in Nigeria.