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Conference General Programme and Proceedings

	Wednesday 15/08	Thursday 16/06	Friday 17/08
8h30 – 9h30	Welcome coffee and local registration	Industry Day Registration and Opening Session Sponsors’ Notes	Technical Session 4
9h30 – 10h00	Opening Session	Érico Torres – A. Gutierrez	Coffee Break
10h00 – 11h00	Keynote 1 Prof Lucio Soibelman (Univ. of Southern California)	Lucio Soibelman - UCS	Keynote 2 Prof Dino Bouchlaghem (Nottingham Trent University)
		Coffee Break
		Hugo M. Rosa - Método
11h00 – 12h00	Discussion	Silvio Melhado - USP	Discussion
		Round Table 1 Innovation in AEC - Brazil
12h00 – 13h45	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13h45 – 15h00	Technical Session 1	Luiz H. Manetti - Tecnisa	Technical Session 5
		Gustavo Zan - MATEC
15h00 – 16h15	Technical Session 2	Alexandre Lima Agência USP Inovação	Technical Session 6
		Leandro Faro - Método
16h15 – 16h45	Coffee Break	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
16h45 – 18h00	Technical Session 3	Sponsors’ Notes	Round Table Closing Session
		Round Table 2 Innovation in AEC - Brazil
		Conference Dinner

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Wednesday August 15^th

Main Room (Auditorium) – Technical Session 1A
Session Chair: SERGIO SCHEER

Schedule	Title	Authors
13h45 – 15h00	Application of BIM in Safety Analysis through a Factor Modeling Approach	Mojtaba Taiebat
	Some improvements for BIM based cost estimation	Lilian Cristine Witicovski, Sergio Scheer
	Towards a more efficient collaborative working in design and construction teams via enhancing electronic communications and employing Building Information Modelling	Sonia Zahiroddiny, Steve Lockley, Claudio Benghi

Small Room (Upstairs) for Parallel Sessions – Technical Session 1B
Session Chair: EDUARDO TOLEDO SANTOS

Schedule	Title	Authors
13h45 – 15h00	A theoretical model for the introduction of BIM into the curriculum	Maria Bernardete Barison, Eduardo Toledo Santos
	Assessing the Impact of Occupant Behaviour on Electricity Consumption for Lighting and Small Power in Office	Anna Carolina Menezes, Andrew Cripps, Dino Bouchlaghem, Richard Buswell
	How could ICT benefit design managers for assessing sustainability of their projects?	Mesut Pala, Dino Bouchlaghem
	Development of industrialized, flexible and demountable multifamily building <IFD collective housing>	Jelena Nikolic
	Building rating systems & the built environment - an approach to green innovation	Walaa Salah eldeen Ismaeel

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Wednesday August 15^th

Main Room (Auditorium) – Technical Session 2A
Session Chair: SILVIO MELHADO

Schedule	Title	Authors
15h00 – 16h15	A Methodology for Publishing Building Regulatory Documents based on Open Datasets	Lewis John McGibbney, Bimal Kumar
	Teaching innovation in architecture; fusing/ in-fusing/ con-fusing	Markella Menikou, Adonis Cleanthous
	Development of a methodology for improving project knowledge diffusion in construction organisations	Paul Fuller, Andrew Dainty, Tony Thorpe, Stuart Torpy
	Transformation from IFC data of design result to IDF data for analysis of building’s energy consumption	Zhiliang Ma, Tonghua Zeng, Zhenhua Wei, Yan Feng
	Simulation of Absorptive Capacity Impact on the Performance of Project Networks Learning	Mehdi Tavakolan, Baabak Ashuri

Small Room for Parallel Sessions (Upstairs) – Technical Session 2B
Session Chair: DINO BOUCHLAGHEM

Schedule	Title	Authors
15h00 – 16h15	Social housing projects in Chile: the importance of understanding value as a dynamic concept	Jose Salvatierra-Garrido, Christine Pasquire
	Application of corporate responsibility in a construction SME	Angela Lee, E.C.W. Lou, S. Wu, W. Swann
	A decentralised energy system contribution towards a low carbon economy – UK	Oliver Martin-Du Pan, Philip Eames, Dino Bouchlaghem, Alasdair Young, Henrietta Cooke
	Energy Efficiency in Healthcare Facility Retrofits – Key Issues	Atefeh Mohammadpour, Chimay J. Anumba, John I. Messner

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Wednesday August 15^th

Main Room (Auditorium) – Technical Session 3A
Session Chair: SILVIO MELHADO

Schedule	Title	Authors
16h45 – 18h00	Managing construction product innovations	Heli Koukkari, Jorma Kyckling, Simo Peltonen, Meri Viikari
	Evaluating the performance of the management of innovation in construction companies: a case study	Romina Álvarez, Alfredo Serpell
	Accelerating changes in the Construction Industry: exercises and lessons	Raquel Naves Blumenschein, Maria Vitória Ferrari Tomé
	Accumulating intellectual capital for a novel innovative housing construction system in integrated supply chain	Kerry London, Jessica Siva
	Client decision-making to support innovations on megaprojects	Jessica Siva, Kerry London

Small Room for Parallel Sessions (Upstairs) – Technical Session 3B
Session Chair: FLAVIA SOUZA

Schedule	Title	Authors
16h45 – 18h00	Engaging construction professionals in a two stage training initiative to improve knowledge on renewable energy technologies	Tristan Williams, Dino Bouchlaghem, Dennis Loveday, Charlie Law
	Sustainable production within the construction industry: a case study on a prefabricated company in Brazil	Aguinaldo dos Santos, Michael Antony Carvalho, Maria Carolina Cherchiglia Huergo
	An innovative approach to a new public space; “STERRA: Manipulating Strata”– Europan 9 selected project	Maria Hadjisoteriou, Alessandra Swiny

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Friday August 17^th

Main Room (Auditorium) – Technical Session 4A
Session Chair: SILVIO MELHADO

Schedule	Title	Authors
8h30 – 9h30	Flexibility Concept in Design and Construction for Domestic Transformation	Siddharth Inani, Ashok Kumar
	Structural architectural systems with lightness and beauty aesthetical of designing - the column "diamond"	Decio Gonçalves, Carlito Calil Junior, Francisco Antonio Rocco Lahr, Mauro Augusto Demarzo
	'Malleable' courtyards	Yiorgos Hadjichristou
	Knowledge management in the real estate sector: innovation and competitive advantage	Juliana Pinheiro Gonçalves, Maurício Bernardes

Small Room for Parallel Sessions (Upstairs) – Technical Session 4B
Session Chair: EDUARDO TOLEDO SANTOS

Schedule	Title	Authors
8h30 – 9h30	Mapping the e-Business profile and trends of the UK Construction Industry	Srinath Perera, Chika Udeaja, Lei Zhou, Anushi Rodrigo
	The State of the Art in E-Business: A case study from the Chinese Construction Industry	Lei Zhou, Srinath Perera, Chika Udeaja, Xudong Lu
	Organization-Oriented Knowledge Systems for Construction e-Business	E. A. Obonyo

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Friday August 17^th

Main Room (Auditorium) – Technical Session 5A
Session Chair: EDUARDO TOLEDO SANTOS

Schedule	Title	Authors
13h45 – 15h00	Public and Private Sector Views of Electronic Government advertising in light of the Glover report in Northern Ireland	Robert Eadie, Phillip Millar, McMorran Gary
	The Feasibility and Rationale for using Early Contractor Involvement ECI in Northern Ireland	Robert Eadie, Phillip Millar, Clare McKeown, Mark Ferguson
	Management system for structural steel member using bar-codes between construction site and steel fabrication shop	Junggon Kim, Naiyuan Chi, Satoru Furukawa, Shuzo Furusaka
	Guidelines for the acquisition of new construction technology	Ivi Assimacopoulos, Diogo Gomes

Small Room for Parallel Sessions (Upstairs) – Technical Session 5B
Session Chair: SILVIO MELHADO

Schedule	Title	Authors
13h45 – 15h00	Use of Design For Assembly For The Production of Single Family Houses in Light Steel Framing	André Luiz Vivan, José Carlos Paliari
	Building with shipping containers: a sustainable approach to solving housing shortage in Lagos Metropolis	Enitan Oloto, Anthony Adebayo
	Realising offsite construction and standardisation within a leading UK infrastructure consultancy	Vasileios K. Vernikos, Chris I. Goodier, Alistair G.F. Gibb, Timothy W. Broyd, Peter C. Robery
	Post occupancy interventions – a review of stakeholder role in the decision making process	Kemi Adeyeye, Poorang Piroozfar, Micah Rosenkind, Ian Pegg

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Friday August 17^th

Main Room (Auditorium) – Technical Session 6A
Session Chair: SERGIO SCHEER

Schedule	Title	Authors
15h00 – 16h30	The design process of a post-occupancy decision toolkit (PODIT)	Micah Rosenkind, Kemi Adeyeye, Poorang Piroozfar, Graham Winstanley
	Decision Problem Structuring Method for the Specification and Selection of Active Fire Protection Systems	Simon Bird, Dino Bouchlaghem, Steven Yeomans, James Glockling
	Public and Private Sector Views of Electronic Government Tendering in light of the Glover report in Northern Ireland	Robert Eadie, Clare McKeown, Phillip Millar, Henry Odeyinka, Gary McMorran
	Applicability of second generation Public Private Projects in Turkey: a conceptual framework	Ibrahim Yitmen, Ilknur Akiner, Isilay Tekce
	Optimization Payments of Client to Contactor by the use of Hybrid Genetic Algorithm	Reza Aliverdi
	Achieving Innovative Procurement for Construction Maintenance	Chan K.

Detailed Programme – Technical Sessions

Friday August 17^th

Small Room for Parallel Sessions (Upstairs) – Technical Session 6B
Session Chair: MERCIA BARROS

Schedule	Title	Authors
15h00 – 16h30	Process planning for industrialized housing construction: lessons from the manufacturing industry	Fernanda Silva, Mercia Barros
	Environmentally–conscious social housing in Cyprus using recycled ISO shipping containers; the development of an open prefabrication system	Markella Menikou
	Experimental Investigation of the Integration of Virtual Models and the Physical Construction	Abiola Akanmu, Chimay J. Anumba, John I. Messner, Sanghoon Lee, Deepa Kundur
	A structural engineering platform for timber modern methods of construction	Jesus M. Menendez, Robert Hairstans, Kenneth Leitch, Deb Turnbull
	A disaster management & reconstruction process protocol for the AEC/ FM industry	Angela Lee, Andrew Fleming
	Co-Creation of Knowledge and Value for Post-Occupancy Decision Making	Poorang Piroozfar, Kemi Adeyeye, Micah Rosenkind, Graham Winstanley