UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Daniel van der Walt

Contact

Department: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Email: daniel.vanderwalt@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3693276

Office: Civil/Mechanical Rm E406

Languages: English, Afrikaans

My research focuses on the use of interdisciplinary skills to improve value, adaptation and productivity of civil infrastructure systems.

About

Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

Procurement
Asset Management
Pavement Engineering
Network Data
Construction
Productivity

Researcher Summary

My research interests are in the areas of asset management, pavement engineering, network data, construction management, project delivery, procurement and productivity.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Engineering and Technology: Civil ; Engineering Management ; Modelling ; Transportation

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Guo BHW., Weston R., Jianphinitnan P., Liu W., Scheepbouwer E., van der Walt D. 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.

Patel T., Bapat H., Patel D. and van der Walt JD. (2021) Identification of critical success factors (Csfs) of bim software selection: A combined approach of fcm and fuzzy dematel. Buildings 11(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070311.

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.

Conference Contributions - Published

Scheepbouwer E. and van der Walt D. (2021) Dynamic Performance Management of Non-cost Objectives in Alliance Projects. In http://www.trb.org/AFH15/AFH15.aspx.

Paul Stephanus B., van der Walt D. 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. In.

Wood-Aliberch X., Barutha P. and van der Walt D. (2020) Minimizing Disruption to the Transportation Network Using Low Volume Roads to Recover from Natural Disaster: A New Zealand Case Study. In TRB.

Scheepbouwer E., Ezz A., Guo H. and Van Der Walt D. (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. (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. and West NJ. (2017) Lateral Distribution of Vehicles on Chip-Sealed Roads in New Zealand. In http://amonline.trb.org/compendium?qr=1.

van der Walt., Scheepbouwer E., Pidwerbesky. and Guo. (2017) Deterioration cost due to camber for chipsealed pavements over granular bases. In First International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Constructed Infrastructure Facilities (MAIREINFRA1): 7.

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.