School of Built Environment - Massey University

Happy New Year 🎊

Final Post of the Year – Reflecting on 2024: Challenges, Growth, and Success: 2024 has been a transformative year, marked by extreme challenges, achievements, and progress both personally and for the Modern Methods of Construction and Automation in Built Environment (MOCABE) group at School of Built Environment - Massey University. On a personal level, this year tested my resilience and reignited my passion for advancing knowledge in the built environment. Mentoring doctoral candidates, fostering international collaborations, and driving innovation have reaffirmed my belief in education and research as catalysts for a sustainable future. For MOCABE, 2024 was pivotal. We embraced #advancedtechnologies, #automation, and #generativeAI in #construction, achieving breakthroughs in #offsiteconstruction research. Our team celebrated significant milestones, including PhD completions, impactful publications, and new partnerships with industry and academia. As 2025 approaches, I am filled with optimism. With a shared commitment to innovation and excellence, the possibilities are endless for MOCABE and our academic community. Heartfelt Thanks: To colleagues, students, and collaborators—thank you for your support and shared passion for progress. To my family, especially my wife Sanaz Rezaeefard, thank you for your unwavering love and encouragement through this extremely challenging year. Here’s to a prosperous and inspiring 2025! Happy New Year! 🎉 📸 Picture Highlights of 2024: 1.End-of-year celebration with the SBE and MOCABE team and families at my place 2. MOCABE site visit to EVERGREEN Modular Construction 3. Azin Fathianpour’s successful PhD completion 4. MOCABE group meeting at SBE Labs 5. Research Methods in Construction class – quantitative research workshops for PhD students 6. NZIQS successful accreditation visit 7. Fatemeh Kaleshani successful PhD confirmation 8. Salvia Tagharobi Maryam Tgharobi’s successful PhD confirmation 9. Amir Karimi's successful PhD confirmation 10. Hamid Peivastehgar's successful PhD confirmation 11. Welcoming two new PhD candidates to the team Elham Bayzidi and Negin Karimi 12. Nazanin kordestani’s successful PhD completion 13. Workshop on advanced research methods in the built environment for PhD candidates – quantitative methods 14. SBE and MOCABE team at #AUBEA2024, Victoria University, Melbourne 15. MOCABE team meeting with Rick Herd, our visiting professor from industry Kambiz Radman, PSM I®, PRINCE2®Faezeh Mirhosseini Sanaz Nesarnobari Zhidong Xu Rozha Sadeghi Ali Bidhendi #PhDProgress #BuiltEnvironment #Innovation #Sustainability #ConstructionManagement #phdstudent #research #construction #constructiontechnology #constructionindustry #constructionsector #constructioninnovation #researchmethodology #buildinginformationmodelingbim #buildingindustry #modernmethodsofconstruction #BIM

Merry Christmas from our School

Pepper the bird-napped cockatoo has taken the title of ‘Winner’ in this year’s Quote of the Year competition, after her signature words helped identify her at Porirua Police Station upon rescue. Earlier this year she was stolen from Staglands Wildlife Reserve and Cafe in Upper Hutt. Police got her back but could only confirm she was the same cockatoo when she chirped “Hello Darling” excitedly when Staglands staff came to fetch her. Staglands General Manager Sarah Purdy is so pleased with the win that she has promised to share her muesli with Pepper again, as the bird enjoyed it so much the night she was brought home from the Porirua Police Station. It’s also been revealed that Pepper is going to get muesli again on Christmas morning at Sarah’s home. This is the first time in the 14 years of the competition that a bird – in fact, a non-human – has won the popular vote. This year a majority of the other top quotes were from central government politicians or world-class Kiwi sports stars. Dozens of nominations are received, and the top ten go out for public voting. This year, more than 7,000 votes were received. In second place was Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s retort to a radio interview, “Let me be clear: I’m wealthy, I’m – you know – sorted.” You can read more about what makes a good competition entry in Dr Heather Kavan’s new book on Kiwi quotes, They Said What?! She wrote that Kiwis like the quote more if the person is spontaneous and even stumbles. “The world wants our humanity more than our eloquence".

Our elves are taking a well-deserved break from the evening of December 20th and all campuses will be closed until Monday, 6 January 2025. 🎄 During this period, only authorised staff and students with prior approval will have access to campus buildings. General access will not be available. For urgent advice, get in touch before 4:30pm on Friday 20th December.

It's been a busy 2024. We had lots of reasons to celebrate our scholar community and student success stories. Enjoy your break and we'll catch you in 2025!

Paving the way for net-zero emissions in the building industry with Dr Niluka Domingo Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gnPk2t-S

It was a pleasure to host Dr. Chamila Gunasekara from RMIT University, Australia at the School of Built Environment - Massey University. His presentation was highly informative, and it was wonderful to see the engaging discussions that followed with Dr. Priya V.'s research team. We are excited to build on this momentum and strengthen collaborations between the TREMS Hub and the School of Built Environment, Massey University. A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Chamila Gunasekara for your time, insights, and valuable contributions!

As we wrap up another incredible 2024, the People Research Group at the School of Built Environment - Massey University, Massey University, wishes you all a joyful and restful holiday season. The Christmas holidays are a wonderful time to rest, relax, and recharge for the year ahead. This year, we had the privilege of celebrating the end of the year at the GNZCC - Construction Forum Christmas Get-Together, hosted by the German-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Inc. (GNZCC). A heartfelt thank you to GNZCC for organizing such a fantastic event! It was a great opportunity to connect, reflect, and celebrate the milestones of 2024. We thoroughly enjoyed the evening and are inspired to carry this energy into the new year. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, a relaxing break, and a prosperous New Year ahead! See you all in 2025! Erin Daly Kelvin Zuo Dr Fahimeh McGregor Anjalee Wijethunge Jiayue Ma Rishan Wijeweera Vincent Qian Dilakshan Sivakumaran

Artificial Intelligence for Energy Management by Dr. Eziaku Onyeizu RASHEED Video Credit:Young Practitioners in Construction