Outputs (6)

Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. (2022)
Book Chapter
CHRISTIE, D.S. and MANTE, J. 2022. Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 167-184. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_9

This chapter critically evaluates the way in which the existing United Kingdom (UK) construction payment regime will function with – and assist – payment mechanisms which utilise smart contracts. Blockchain is one of several new developments in the i... Read More about Smart contracts and payment in UK construction: the legal framework..

Collective digital factories for buildings: stigmergic collaboration through cryptoeconomics. (2022)
Book Chapter
DOUNAS, T., LOMBARDI, D. and JABI, W. 2022. Collective digital factories for buildings: stigmergic collaboration through cryptoeconomics. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 207-228. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_11

The chapter describes conceptually how a blockchain (BC), through smart contracts (SC) and tokenisation, can act as a stigmergic information layer for the creation of collective digital factories in construction. The chapter focuses on the orchestrat... Read More about Collective digital factories for buildings: stigmergic collaboration through cryptoeconomics..

Decentralised autonomous organisations for the AEC and design industries. (2022)
Book Chapter
LOMBARDI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2022. Decentralised autonomous organisations for the AEC and design industries. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 35-45. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_3

The chapter presents the concept of Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) and discusses what the current and possible applications are in relation to the AEC, design and design-linked industries. The chapter first introduces theoretical aspects... Read More about Decentralised autonomous organisations for the AEC and design industries..

The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens. (2022)
Book Chapter
HUNHEVICZ, J., DOUNAS, T. and HALL, D.M. 2022. The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 5-33. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_2

This chapter outlines the promise of blockchain for the construction industry. Blockchain is an opportunity to create novel forms of economic coordination toward better collaboration within and across the built asset life cycle phases. Ongoing resear... Read More about The promise of blockchain for the construction industry: a governance lens..

Blockchain technologies in construction. (2022)
Book Chapter
DOUNAS, T. and LOMBARDI, D. 2022. Blockchain technologies in construction. In Dounas, T. and Lombardi, D. (eds.) Blockchain for construction. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 1-4. Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3759-0_1

The purpose of this volume is to inform the reader on the state of affairs of a new subset of construction informatics, Blockchain (B) and Decentralized Ledger Technologies (DLT)s. The initial motivation for writing and editing this volume was that w... Read More about Blockchain technologies in construction..

Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets: the case of the Saharan city of Biskra, Algeria. (2022)
Book Chapter
BENNADJI, A., BELAKEHAL, A., SEDDIKI, M. and TABET AOUL, K. 2023. Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets: the case of the Saharan city of Biskra, Algeria. In Hamza, N. (ed.) Architecture and urban transformation of historical markets: cases from the Middle East and North Africa. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 5, pages 67-78. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003143208-7

In Algeria, the adoption of colonial markets (halles) highlights how various environmental parameters created a distinctive architecture in which daylight, ventilation, and acoustics were centrally based on sensorial relationships. Using thematic con... Read More about Urban and architectural ambiences' complexities in the nineteenth-century colonial markets: the case of the Saharan city of Biskra, Algeria..