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Ahmad, A G B (1994) Conservation of British colonial buildings built between 1800 and 1930 in Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Ahmed, A L (2019) Development of conceptual constructs for organisational BIM adoption and their systematic application within the UK architecture sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.

Al-Sedairy, S (1984) Large scale projects: management, design and execution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.

Al-Wareh, M (1979) Investigation of the design procedures for buildings of quality in modern architecture, with notes on the relevant contemporary situation in Syria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Andrade de Alencar Loiola, F (2014) The formulation of Public-Private Partnership projects for infrastructure development in Brazil: an institutional analysis of the Municipality of Fortaleza, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Belhadj, T A (1989) Computer-aided architectural evaluation and design: a cost modelling experiment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.

Brocklesby, M (1999) The environmental impact of frame materials: an assessment of the embodied impacts for building frames in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.

Buckman, A H (2016) An exploration of the applications of increased information availability in smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Butchers, A M (2004) Learning off the job: engineers and professional education, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Densley Tingley, D (2013) Design for deconstruction: an appraisal, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Donohoe, S W (2008) Can surveying and construction management undergraduate sudents' attitudes to construction law be changed by changes in teaching?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Eccles, S D (2000) Quantitative evaluation of contract strategies for construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.

Fletcher, S L (2001) Developing disassembly strategies for buildings to reduce the lifetime environmental impacts by applying a systems approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.

Gillott, C (2022) Potential for the vertical extension of existing buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Gyoh, L E (1999) Design-management and planning for photovoltaic cladding systems within the UK construction industry: An optimal and systematic approach to procurement and installation of building integrated photovoltaics: An agenda for the 21st century, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Hamed, O (2022) Developing a BIM-based tool to automate green buildings assessment: the case of Jordan Green Building Guide, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Hughes, A J (2022) On risk-based decision-making for structural health monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Ibarra, G (2016) The meaning of 'social' in Mexican social housing: A study of housing developments in Mazatlán, Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Jiang, H (2019) An institutional analysis of the green housing transition in China: examining developers' capacity to deliver green housing in the Chinese housing market, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield.

Li, S (2018) Knowledge domains and skills that facilitate knowledge sharing in project management: a case study in the Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Information School, University of Sheffield.

Morland, K V (2020) Multi-level learning of a quality management routine: a UK housebuilder case study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.

Nguyen, B K (2012) Developing a framework for assessing sustainability of tall-building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Palit, N (2017) Analysis of the project supply chains: coordination and fair allocation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.

Pirooz Far Poorang, A E (2008) Mass-constomisation: The application on design, fabrication and implementation (DFI) processes of building envelopes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.

Price, D A (2003) Community involvement in the design of social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.

  • Type: Thesis
  • Keywords: built environment; housing associations; housing development; occupancy; participation; landlord; tenant; design process; case studies; case study; questionnaire survey; London
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  • URL: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14747/
  • Abstract:
    The literature shows that there is much value placed in community involvement in the design of new social housing schemes, but little in the way of conclusive proof that it is effective. It was decided to establish the built effect of this involvement - did it make a difference to the houses? The research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative elements. A questionnaire survey of all developing housing associations was used to establish the current situation and four case study developments were selected and investigated in detail. The case studies were similarly sized housing developments located in London, Birmingham, Sheffield and Sunderland The survey shows that housing associations are involving tenants in a variety of ways. The predominant picture is one of participation in the latter stages of the design process, in the selection of the fixtures and fittings. There is also significant use of post occupancy surveys with results feeding into the housing associations' design briefs. There are no significant regional differences in approach but the size of association does appear to affect the community involvement techniques adopted, as does the procurement of the development site. Larger landlords use more involvement techniques and do so earlier in the process. The four case study developments show similarities in the pattern of the community involvement. Two types of involvement were isolated, and these are termed generic and specific. The former being where representative tenants are used to develop design briefs that are used in the development of all schemes, and the latter where the community is involved in the design of its own built environment. Overall the effect of involvement on the houses produced is small, with other factors in the development process being more significant; yet the processes isolated are associated with some built changes and these are unlikely to have been made independently of tenants' views.

Sami Kashkooli, A M (2013) A critical building lifecycle assessment framework for building designers and decision makers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.

Sanusi, I E (2019) Optimal and adaptive control frameworks using reinforcement learning for time-varying dynamical systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield.