Research
My interests focuses on the use of interdisciplinary skills to improve value, adaptation and productivity of horizontal civil infrastructure systems.
Specific areas of interest include:
Procurement and Collaboration - How do we maximize value in construction and maintenance contracts?
Asset Management - How do we make evidence based decisions and use improved materials for maintenance?
Pavement Engineering - How do we look after New Zealand's largest asset?
Infrastructure Network Data - How do we use data to make informed decisions?
Construction, Health, Safety and Wellbeing - Are we looking after our people?
How do we improve the productivity of the horizontal construction sector?
Publications:
Journal Articles
Patel, T., Guo, B. H., van der Walt, J. D., & Zou, Y. (2022). Effective Motion Sensors and Deep Learning Techniques for Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)-Based Automated Pavement Layer Change Detection in Road Construction. Buildings, 13(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010005
Rahmani F., Scott-Young C., Tadayon A. and van der Walt JD. (2022) Team composition in relational contracting (RC) in large infrastructure projects: a Belbin’s team roles model approach. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 29(5): 2027-2046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-11-2020-0941.
van der Walt, J. D., Scheepbouwer, E., Pidwerbesky, B., Guo, B., Ferguson, M., & Paulin, S. (2022). A case study of PavMD a new tool to identify good performing pavements in New Zealand. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2021-0162.
Patel, Tirth, Hirakraj Bapat, Daksh Patel, and Jacobus D. van der Walt. (2021). Identification of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of BIM Software Selection: A Combined Approach of FCM and Fuzzy DEMATEL. Buildings 11, no. 7: 311. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070311
Guo BHW., Weston R., Jianphinitnan P., Liu W., Scheepbouwer E., van der Walt JD. and Goh YM. (2021) A regulatory perspective on safety in design practices in New Zealand. Safety Science 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105352.
Rahmani F., Scott-Young C., Tadayon A., and van der Walt JD. (2021) Team composition in relational contracting (RC) in large infrastructure projects: a Belbin’s team roles model approach. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-11-2020-0941.
van der Walt JD., Botha PS. and Scheepbouwer E. (2019) When to Engage the Contractor for Pre-Construction Services in New Zealand. Transportation Research Record 2673(2): 562-570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118823516.
Saleh, M and van der Walt, JD. (2018) Evaluation of the Structural Capacity of Rigid Pavements at the Network Level. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2018-0363.
van der Walt, JD., Scheepbouwer E. and West NJ. (2017) Positioning of travelling vehicles in rural New Zealand on chip sealed roads. International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity 2(4): 227-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24705314.2017.1388692.
van der Walt JD., Scheepbouwer E. and Tighe SL. (2016) Differential rutting in Canterbury New Zealand, and its relation to road camber. International Journal of Pavement Engineering : 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2016.1208198.
Peer Reviewed Conference Contributions - Published
Resource Allocation for Transportation Physical Works Contracts. (2022). Nicola West, Eric Scheepbouwer, Jacobus Daniel van der Walt . Proceedings of the International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference 2022. https://www.isec-society.org/ISEC_PRESS/ASEA_SEC_06/xml/CON-03.xml
Relationship between future Construction Capacity and Company Workload. (2022). Arun Kumar Manickavasagam, Scheepbouwer, Eric, Jacobus Daniel van der Walt. Proceedings of the International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference 2022. https://www.isec-society.org/ISEC_PRESS/ASEA_SEC_06/xml/CON-02.xml
An IOT Prototype to Collect Transverse Vehicle Position Data for Local Roads. (2022). Yu Li, Ethan Adams-Cook, Jake Aspin, Jacobus Daniel van der Walt, Eric Scheepbouwer, Tirth Patel. Proceedings of the International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference 2022. https://www.isec-society.org/ISEC_PRESS/ASEA_SEC_06/xml/INF-01.xml
Base isolation: Mind the Gap. (2022).Ronwyn A. Coulson, Eric Scheepbouwer, Jacobus D. van der Walt. Proceedings of the International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference 2022. https://www.isec-society.org/ISEC_PRESS/ASEA_SEC_06/xml/AAE-07.xml
Sensor-based Pavement layer change detection using Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM). (2022). Patel T., Brian H., Guo Y. , van der Walt JD and Li Y.CIB World Building Congress 2022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/8/082005
Scheepbouwer E. and van der Walt JD. (2021) Dynamic Performance Management of Non-cost Objectives in Alliance Projects. In http://www.trb.org/AFH15/AFH15.aspx. Transportation Research Board Annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Paul Stephanus B., van der Walt JD. and Eric S. (2020) Factors that determine when to engage Pre-Construction Services. In 7(2) isec-society. http://dx.doi.org/10.14455/ISEC.2020.7(2).CPM-05.
van der Walt JD., Scheepbouwer E. and Barutha P. (2020) How Multi-Party Agreements Have Been Adapted In Response To Disaster Recovery In New Zealand. Transportation Research Board Annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Wood-Aliberch X., Barutha P. and van der Walt JD. (2020) Minimizing Disruption to the Transportation Network Using Low Volume Roads to Recover from Natural Disaster: A New Zealand Case Study. Transportation Research Board Annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Scheepbouwer E., Ezz A., Guo H. and Van Der Walt JD. (2018) Risk Management and the Effects on Project Success. In Wang C; Harper C; Lee Y; Harris R; Berryman C (Eds). Construction Project Management ASCE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784481271.045.
van der Walt JD. and Scheepbouwer E. (2018) How new performance based contracts add value in maintenance contracts. In Powers N; Frangopol D; Al-Mahaidi R; Caprani C (Eds). Proceedings - IABMAS 2018: 825-831. Taylor & Francis Group.
Guo., Scheepbouwer E. and van der walt JD. (2017) FRAM-CS: A safety assessment approach for the construction industry. In First International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Constructed Infrastructure Facilities (MAIREINFRA1): 6.
Scheepbouwer E., van der walt JD. and West NJ. (2017) Lateral Distribution of Vehicles on Chip-Sealed Roads in New Zealand. In http://amonline.trb.org/compendium?qr=1. Transportation Research Board Annual meeting, Washington D.C.
van der Walt JD, Scheepbouwer E., Pidwerbesky P. and Guo. (2017) Deterioration cost due to camber for chip sealed pavements over granular bases. In First International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Constructed Infrastructure Facilities (MAIREINFRA1): 7.
Industry Publications
van der Walt, J. D., Scheepbouwer, E.(2022). Tips for Construction Procurement. Build Magazine. BRANZ. New Zealand - https://www.buildmagazine.org.nz/articles/show/tips-for-construction-procurement
Theses / Dissertations
van der Walt JD. (2018) Development of a Stochastic Based Multidimensional Matrix for the Analysis of Pavement Performance Data. Christchurch. University of Canterbury. New Zealand
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