Valerie Francis

Preparing for Building Equality: Insights for Success

Valerie Francis, Amelia Costigan, eva Cunningham

Report  |  2022

The report was commissioned by the Victorian Government so they could develop their Building Equality strategy. This strategy was ..

Listen and Learn: Insights from women entering historically male-dominated trades

Valerie Francis, Radhika Chugh

Report  |  2022

• This report offers insights from women who took their first steps into a career in a historically male-dominated trade as part o..

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for safety in the construction industry: A systematic literature review

CSR Perera, S Gao, P Manu, V Francis, P Urhal

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors with poor safety performance. With recent technological development..

Augmented Reality adoption in the Australian construction industry: A qualitative framework

Yuxin Wang, Mehran Oraee, Paulo Vaz-Serra, Valerie Francis

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  Proceedings of the 44th AUBEA Conference, 27-29 Oct. 2021, Deakin University, Australia

The adoption of innovative technologies in the construction industry has provided significant benefits to the industry. In Austral..

Critical Appraisal of Building Information Modelling Research in Australia: A Bibliometric Analysis

Mehran Oraee, Valerie Francis, Ajibade Aibinu

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  Proceedings of the 44th AUBEA Conference

Interest in advanced digital technology such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) has grown remarkably in the Architecture, Eng..

The Evaluation of the Victorian Women in Construction Strategy Program

Valerie Francis, Radhika Chugh, Wei Yang, Linda Tivendale, Eva Cunningham

Report  |  2021

This research led report evaluated the Victorian Government Women in Construction Strategy. Qualitative and quantitative research ..

Innovation and Immersive Vocational Education Training for Construction Site Supervisors

V Francis, V Paton-Cole

Book Chapter  |  2021

Significant population growth has occurred, and is set to continue across all major Australian cities. Currently, the State of Vic..

Innovative vocational training for the Construction Industry

Valerie Francis, Vidal Paton-Cole

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  11th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-11)

The advent of the 21st century have resulted in significant population growth across the major Australian cities. Currently, the s..

Use of an Object-Oriented System for Optimizing Life Cycle Embodied Energy and Life Cycle Material Cost of Shopping Centres

Kumudu Weththasinghe, Andre Stephan, Valerie Francis, Piyush Tiwari

Book Chapter  |  2019  |  Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

Shopping centres are an integral part and a critical component of urban cities in most economies. Typically, the shorter refurbish..

Necessary evils: Controlling Requests for Information (RFIs) to reduce cost and improve margins

Ajibade A Aibinu, Simon Carter, Valerie Francis, Paulo Vaz Serra

Journal article  |  2018  |  Construction Research and Innovation