Dr Tabarak Ballal
Dr Tabarak Ballal worked as a site engineer for two years before joining the University of Reading in 1995. Her research experience includes investigating methods of employing the notion of 'Design for Manufacturability' in construction. This has resulted in the use of state of the art Artificial Intelligent techniques for promoting the concept of 'Design for Constructibility'. Tabarak joined the ICRC in 2006. Her current research activities include design process improvement in international multidisciplinary organisations through the use of 'Process Mapping and Process Modelling, and innovation diffusion.
As a Lecturer in Building Technology, Tabarak's teaching focuses on construction technology and the integration of construction knowledge experience and design. She has developed innovative methods of material delivery through the use of computers and the Internet. Tabarak is also Deputy Director of Teaching and Learning.
E-mail Dr Ballal at: t.ballal@reading.ac.uk
Publications list:
Article
Liyanage, C., Ballal, T. and Elhag, T. (2009) Assessing the process of knowledge transfer – An empirical study. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 8 (3). pp. 251-265. ISSN 0219-6492 doi: 10.1142/S0219649209002373
Omar, B. and Ballal, T. (2009) Intelligent wireless web services: context-aware computing in construction-logistics supply chain. ITcon, 14 (Special Issue: Next Generation Construction IT: Technology Foresight, Future Studies, Roadmapping, and Scenario Planning). pp. 289-308. ISSN 1874-4753
Liyanage, C., Ballal, T., Elhag, T. and Li, Q. (2009) Knowledge communication and translation- A knowledge transfer model. Journal of Knowledge Management, 13 (3). pp. 118-131. ISSN 1367-3270 doi: 10.1108/13673270910962914
Elhag, T.M.S., Boussabaine, A.H. and Ballal, T.M.A. (2005) Criticial determinants of construction tendering costs: Quantity surveyors' standpoint. International Journal of Project Management, 23 (7). pp. 538-545. ISSN 0263-7863 doi: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.04.002
Larsen, G.D. and Ballal, T.M.A. (2005) The diffusion of innovations within a UKCI context: An explanatory framework. Construction Management and Economics, 23 (1). pp. 81-91. ISSN 0144-6193 doi: 10.1080/0144619042000287750
Ballal, T. M. A. and Sher, W. (2003) Artificial neural network for the selection of buildable structural systems. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10 (4). pp. 263-271. ISSN 0969-9988 doi: 10.1108/09699980310489979
Conference or Workshop Item
Kwawu, W. , Elhag, T. and Ballal, T. (2010) Knowledge transfer processes in PFI/PPP: critical success factors. In: 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8th September 2010, Leeds, pp. 839-848.
Kwawu, W. , Elhag, T. and Ballal, T. (2010) Knowledge transfer processes in PFI: identification of barriers and enablers. In: Annual COBRA Conference, 2-3 September, Dauphine Universite, Paris.
Liyanage, C.L., Ballal, T. and Elhag, T. (2009) Critical success factors that make knowledge transfer successful in PFI environments. In: Proceedings of the 'Revamping PPPs' Symposium, University of Hong Kong.
Liyanage, C.L., Ballal, T. and Elhag, T. (2009) Effective knowledge transfer in construction – The need for a ‘knowledge mediator’. In: The Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors, 13th Annual Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Omar, B., Abu Hassan, S. and Ballal, T. (2009) Exploring context-awareness in the construction logistics services delivery. In: Managing IT in Construction/Managing Construction for Tomorrow, CIB W078, 26th International Conference, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Liyanage, C., Elhag, T., Ballal, T. and Li, Q. (2008) The process of knowledge transfer and its significance in integrated environment. In: AACE International’s 52nd Annual Meeting & ICEC’s 6th World Congress on Cost Engineering, Toronto, Canada.
Li, Q., Ballal, T., Elhag, T. and Liyanage, C. (2007) Procurement for innovation: a theoretical proposition for enabling innovation diffusion in PFI projects. In: CIB W092: Interdisciplinarity in Built Environment Procurement conference, NSW, Australia.
Ballal, T. M. A. and Elhag, T. M. S. (2006) Knowledge management systems: their benefits and obstacles from an industry's perspective. In: 2nd Specialty Conference in Leadership and Management in Construction, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, pp. 83-91.