Professor Nashwan Dawood

Professor of Digital Construction Teesside University

  • Middlesbrough England

His expertise is sustainable infrastructure & in modelling ways to ensure carbon reduction in construction, housing & engineering projects.

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Areas of Expertise

Energy Efficient Buildings
Infrastructure Design
Carbon Reduction
Sustainable Construction
Engineering
Building
Digital Construction

Biography

Professor Nashwan (Nash) Dawood is Professor of Digital Construction in the Centre for Sustainable Engineering at Teesside University. His expertise is in sustainable infrastructure and in modelling ways to ensure cardon reduction in construction, housing and engineering projects. He has long-standing experience of undertaking research projects with major industrial partners in the areas of 5D modelling, serious game engine technology, Building Information Modelling, and the application of digital technologies for energy efficient buildings. He has worked with the Qatar Foundation to examine whole lifecycle approaches to construction (through digital underpinning) and in South Korea to bring about a new way to visualise and plan the construction of bridges.

Nash has published more than 220 research papers, and sits on the editorial board of a number of journals and conferences. His work has been recognized outside of the academic sphere, for example with its short-listing for the Constructing Excellence Innovation Award. His research was recognised in the UK’s best breakthrough list. The list of breakthroughs, compiled by Universities UK, demonstrates how UK universities are at the forefront of some of the world’s most important discoveries.

Multimedia Appearances

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Education

Loughborough University of Technology

Ph.D.

Civil Engineering, Construction Management

1991

Nottingham University

M.Phil.

Civil Engineering, Construction Management

1987

University of Baghdad

B.Sc.

Civil Engineering

1982

Affiliations

  • Member of PMI, Risk Management SIG Group
  • Member of CIB W78 and W34
  • Member, School Research Policy
  • Member of School Enterprise Board

Event Appearances

The role of BIM in improving construction in south Asian countries

CONVR 2019  Thailand

Digital Citizen, the role of Smart Systems and Augmented Reality in Energy Reductions in Built Environment

CONVR 2018  New Zealand

Standardised BIM processes for construction industry in Qatar

FUTURE Projects Qatar 2018  Qatar

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Articles

BIM for facilities management: A framework and a common data environment using open standards

Automation in Construction

2020

BIM for Facilities Management (BIM for FM) is a relatively new and growing topic of inquiry aiming to fulfil the informational needs of the operational phase of assets within increasingly digitalised project workflows.

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Enabling the Development and Implementation of Digital Twins: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality

Tesside University Press

2020

Welcome to the 20th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2020). This year we are meeting on-line due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. The overarching theme for CONVR2020 is "Enabling the development and implementation of Digital Twins".

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Cost-benefit analysis of BIM-enabled design clash detection and resolution

Construction Management and Economics

2020

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is increasingly deployed as part of the processes in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry projects. While the benefits of BIM have been extensively proclaimed, explicit justification in terms of direct cost savings for BIM implementation on real-life projects, particularly for clash detection BIM workstream, are not well documented.

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