Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 28 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Bimal Kumar, Farzad Rahimian

Patterns and trends in Internet of Things (IoT) research: future applications in the construction industry

Arka Ghosh, David John Edwards, M. Reza Hosseini

The Internet of Things (IoT) provides exciting opportunities for the construction industry to solve its time and resource constraints and frequent defaults. This study seeks to…

Generative BIM workspace for AEC conceptual design automation: prototype development

Sepehr Abrishami, Jack Goulding, Farzad Rahimian

The integration and automation of the whole design and implementation process have become a pivotal factor in construction projects. Problems of process integration, particularly…

BIM in the water industry: addressing challenges to improve the project delivery process

Andrew Kamunda, Suresh Renukappa, Subashini Suresh, Haddy Jallow

The UK water industry is a private sector that has no government mandate to implement building information modelling (BIM) but would benefit from its use. Research has identified…

Airport project delivery within BIM-centric construction technology ecosystems

Basak Keskin, Baris Salman, Beliz Ozorhon

The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyse how building information modelling (BIM) transforms complex infrastructure settings (i.e. airports) around digital…

A centralised cost management system: exploiting EVM and ABC within IPD

Faris Elghaish, Sepehr Abrishami

Integrated project delivery (IPD) is highly recommended to be utilised with building information management (BIM), specifically with BIM level-3 implementation process. Extant…

The complexities of managing historic buildings with BIM

James Charlton, Kenneth Kelly, David Greenwood, Leo Moreton

The adoption of building information modelling (BIM) in managing built heritage is an exciting prospect, but one that presents complexities additional to those of modern…

Shifting trust in construction supply chains through blockchain technology

Xiaoning (Alice) Qian, Eleni Papadonikolaki

Blockchain technology is booming in many industries. Its application in supply chain management is also gradually increasing. Supply chain management (SCM) has long been committed…

Planning, management and administration of HS contents with BIM and VR in construction: an implementation protocol

Vito Getuli, Pietro Capone, Alessandro Bruttini

Building construction is considered a complex, dynamic and highly hazardous process, which embraces many factors that are potentially dangerous to workers. Many studies proved…