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Transit-oriented Development from the View of Traditional City Model
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Several communities have adopted the transit-oriented development (TOD) model to improve the urban form of the city. Through the TOD model, citizens are enabled and encouraged to travel by public transit and live near it, ...
The Challenges and Future Aspirations of Implementing Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) in the Urban Facilities of Mega Sport Events [MSEs] in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Sports facilities are built for a specific function and purpose. Once the demand for such purpose no longer exists, it is important to know how both the buildings and the city will adapt to the existence of such megastructures ...
Biogas Production from Cow Manure Using an Anaerobic Digestion Technique
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
The world is suffering from limited sources of energy thus finding a renewable and sustainable source is very crucial. Cow manure is an unexploited treasure and is expected to have a high potential for energy recovery. ...
Reconstructing identities and the idea of Global Regionalism
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
We live in a time of great anxiety and change; a time of shifting allegiances where the certainties upon which we have relied have simply vanished. Our once familiar political landscape is in flux; pandemics, civil rights, ...
Al Thumama Stadium: Local and Global Architectural Reach
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The world cup stadia have been a constant concern for the hosting countries. Many of them have become a burden on the economies of their countries, only to become white elephants after the tournaments end. Therefore, the ...
The Lean Enterprise at the Design Office
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents the lean practice implementation, which led to a transformation in
the design offices/projects explaining how implementing lean principles is affecting the
projects at the design phase and also affecting ...
Evaluation of Bond Strength Between Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composites with Modified Epoxy Resins and Concrete
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Rehabilitation and strengthening of concrete structures are becoming more significant
in civil engineering applications. The use of externally bonded Fiber Reinforced
Polymers (FRP) is one of the methods to strengthen and ...
Smart Interactive Buildings [SIBs]: The use of Ambient Intelligent Systems [AMIS] to enable Smart Interactive Settlements [SISs]
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
The 21st Century is witnessing the dawn of Industry [I4.0], or the fourth Industrial Revolution. With burgeoning technological inventions linked to smart interactive cities and intelligent buildings, where humans-machines-spaces ...
Reflective Crack Mitigation Using AST Interlayer over Soil-Cement Base for Flexible Pavements
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Flexible pavement over soil-cement base deteriorates over time due to reflective
cracking caused by the shrinkage of such base. The propagation of the reflective cracks
in overlaying hot mix asphalt (HMA) could be mitigated ...
Lean Principles Implementation in Construction Management: A One Team Approach
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
"Lean in construction is a relatively new approach in delivering construction projects.
The Lean approach has been introduced to tackle the phenomenal construction projects
delays and budget overruns. This paper shall ...