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Browsing by Author "Jawad, Dima, Ph.D."

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  • Evaluating TOD readiness of lebanese towns along the Northern Coastal Highway 
    Mouawad, Pamela (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2021-08)
    The concept of transit-oriented development (TOD) has been gaining noticeable appreciation in cities that pursue urban and transport sustainability. This term was coined in the late 1980s when the alarming outcomes of vehicle-dependent planning started to materialize. TOD is characterized basically by mixed land-use that fosters the use of transit services by minimalizing the walking distance to its service point. Thus, a transit station must be centered based on the neighborhood typologies to encourage the largest number of people who live or work near the station to use transit as a transport ...
  • Factors affecting the quality of construction projects in Lebanon before and after the economic construction projects in Lebanon before and after the economic crisis, and their impact on the cost overrun of the project 
    Sawsan, Sleiman (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022-12)
    Purpose –This study aims to identify and assess the most important factors affecting the quality of construction projects in Lebanon before and after the economic crisis (in 2019), and to determine their impact on the cost overrun of the project. Design/Methodology/Approach –A quantitative statistical analysis was conducted to achieve the research objectives through a survey of 22 factors (distributed under 6 categories) filled out by 80 engineers working in the construction field. Collected data were used to rank and categorize these factors and to determine their impact on the cost overrun ...
  • The implementation of enterprise resource planning systems in roads and infrastructure construction companies in developing countries 
    Boutros, Marie-Belle (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    Construction Enterprise Resource Planning (CERP) systems are built to fit the needs of construction companies. The major modules that are required to be within this system include management of general contractors, subcontractors, financial work, accounting, payroll, logistics, workflow processes... The collected data are stored within one unique database. However, CERP systems are difficult to standardize and fit the need of all the companies. Hence, this research focuses on the elaboration of a framework that displays the minimum required modules to be included within a CERP, specifically ...
  • Life cycle cost analysis : a decision tool for public procurement award 
    Medawar, Yara (Notre Dame University-Louaize., 2020-05)
    Sustainable development has been tackled for the last four decades in various fields from education, management, climate change to politics all over the world. One of the major challenges faced by humanity nowadays is achieving the economic sustainability of our infrastructure facilities. To fulfill it, an economic tool called Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), which takes into account all costs of an asset during its lifetime, is being used. In some countries, this technique is being incorporated in the procurement. It is used as a decisive factor in the procurement of their infrastructure ...
  • MSW management via PPP in Lebanese medium-size communities 
    El Meouchy, Paolo (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    Public authorities around the world have been historically responsible for the management of their municipal solid waste. The burden of this task has been increasing through the years considering the rapid expansion of urban cities and their corresponding populations along with a decline in land availability. The escalating figures in municipal solid waste generation increased the technical and financial challenges faced by local authorities, especially in developing countries. In the case of Lebanon, political conflicts and corruption, weak law enforcement and lack of planning in addition to ...
  • The penetration and impact of BIM implementation in the construction industry in Lebanon 
    Matar, Joseph (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2019-05)
    Purpose – The topic of this thesis focuses on the Lebanese Construction Industry as it has been lagging in terms of technological advancements in the last few years. The purpose of this thesis is to find out the impact of technological advancements, specifically Building Information Management and Modeling, on the Lebanese Construction Industry, its penetration in the market in Lebanon in comparison to the MENA region, in addition to estimating the payback period of investments in BIM for small and medium engineering consultancy offices. Design/methodology/approach-Philosophic Approach and ...
  • Resilience of urban infrastructure prone to natural hazards 
    Rouhana, Francesco (Notre Dame University-Louaize., 2020)
    Civil infrastructure systems such as transportation networks, power gridlines, water and wastewater networks, telecommunication services are vital modules creating the backbones of modern cities. Transportation networks are key components of civil infrastructure systems that can impede societal and commercial events, and impair post-disaster evacuation, response and recovery. Performance of transportation networks under natural hazards shed light on the necessity to assess their fundamental topological properties in order to provide and correlate appropriate resilience measurements to comprehend ...
  • Urban resilience to pandemics : a multi-faceted framework for cities resilience quantification 
    Salameh, Lourdes (Notre Dame University Louaize, 2020)
    The current coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) affected 218 territories around the world, infected more than 60 million people, and killed more than one million. It is expected that the number of cases will continue to increase unless a vaccine becomes available to all countries. However, the coronavirus outbreak is much more than a health crisis. This pandemic poses numerous challenges on different sectors and exacerbates existing inequalities. COVID-19 exposed major problems with our cities and highlighted their limited resilience. In an ever-more interconnected world (social, environmental, ...