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Evaluating the economic and social benefits of multiutility tunnels with an agent-based simulation approach
Chengke Wu, Peng Wu, Rui Jiang, Jun Wang, Xiangyu Wang, Ming WanMultiutility tunnel (MUT) has been recognised as a more sustainable method to place underground utilities than the traditional directly buried (DB) method. However, the…
Understanding the components and magnitude of the cost of quality in building construction
Sahil Garg, Sudhir MisraThough the components and concepts of cost of quality (COQ) are well understood in the domain of manufacturing, only limited data are available from the construction industry for…
Challenges and enabling features of small and medium infrastructure public–private partnerships (P3s): a case study of the US P3 infrastructure market
Yunping Liang, Baabak AshuriIn classical perspective, projects under a certain size are not feasible for P3. However, there is an emerging trend on using P3 to deliver projects which are frequently at small…
Understanding the influence of safety climate and productivity pressure on non-helmet use behavior at construction sites: a case study
Xiaoying Li, Heng Li, Martin Skitmore, Fan WangNeglecting to wear a safety helmet can result in serious injuries at construction sites, but the cause of such unsafe behavior has not been fully understood. Therefore, the…
What's wrong with the public participation of urban regeneration project in China: a study from multiple stakeholders' perspectives
Bingsheng Liu, Xin Lu, Xuan Hu, Ling Li, Yan LiMeasuring the performance of public participation is conducive to improving participation systems. However, such measurement, particularly in urban regeneration projects, is…
Offsite construction in the Australian low-rise residential buildings application levels and procurement options
Tong Lin, Sainan Lyu, Rebecca Jing Yang, Linda TivendalePrefabricated housing has become a boom industry across the world; however, the uptake of offsite construction (OSC) approaches in Australian low-rise buildings is rather low…
The climate of innovation in the UAE and its construction industry
Mohammed DulaimiThe ability to develop new products and services has motivated the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to enter the global race for excellence and surprise the world with…
Forecasting trading volume in local housing markets through a time-series model and a deep learning algorithm
Changro Lee, Keith Key-Ho ParkIt is important to forecast local trading volumes as well as global trading volumes because the real estate market is always characterized as a localized market. The house trading…
Scientometric analysis of BIM adoption by SMEs in the architecture, construction and engineering sector
Choeu Tshepisho Makabate, Innocent Musonda, Chioma Sylvia Okoro, Nicholas ChilesheBuilding information modelling (BIM) has had a significant impact on the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector in the past several years. However, not much is…
Toward an understanding of BPR perception in the construction industry: the employee attitude toward job enlargement and enrichment in Saudi Arabia
Laith Hadidi, Ahmad AbzakhBusiness process reengineering (BPR) is a management improvement tool that entails radical changes to organizations' core processes, culture and legacy systems. Although BPR…
How does the embeddedness of relational behaviours in contractual relations influence inter-organisational trust in construction projects?
Yangbing Zhang, Yousong Wang, Hongjiang YaoThis paper aims to explore the relationship between the embeddedness of relational behaviours in contractual relations and the development of inter-organisational trust between…
The motivation of operatives in small construction firms towards health and safety – A conceptual framework
Sunan Babar Khan, David G. Proverbs, Hong XiaoHealth and safety in small construction firms is often neglected by owners leading to poor health and safety performance and unacceptably high fatality and injury rates. A body of…
Equity gap in construction contracting: identification and ramifications
Liuying Zhu, Sai On CheungThis study conceptualizes the equity gap (EG) in construction contracting and examines its impact on project performance.
The contribution of project management offices to addressing complexities in principal construction contracting
Mahmoud Ershadi, Marcus Jefferies, Peter Rex Davis, Mohammad MojtahediThe purpose of this study is twofold: first, to identify major project management (PM) complexities in principal construction contracting; and second, to study the contribution of…
A hybrid method for optimizing selective disassembly sequence planning in adaptive reuse of buildings
Mehran Mahmoudi Motahar, Seyed Hossein Hosseini NourzadA successful adaptive reuse process relies heavily on the strong performance of disassembly sequence planning (DSP), yet the studies in the field are limited to sequential…
Application of a bottom-up approach to estimate economic impacts of building maintenance projects: cladding rectification program in Australia
Pauline Teo, Akvan Gajanayake, Sajani Jayasuriya, Ali Izaddoost, Treshani Perera, Nader Naderpajouh, Peter S.P. WongThis paper critically reviews economic impact assessment methods adopted in construction-related projects, to develop and present a novel bottom-up approach suitable to estimate…
Total quality management (TQM) implementation in the Nigerian construction industry
Samuel Ikechukwu Egwunatum, Anthony Chukwunedum Anumudu, Emmanuel Chidiebere Eze, Imoleayo Abraham AwodeleLack of strict compliance to the principles of total quality management (TQM) by construction organizations has brought about poor quality of the finished building projects. This…
A review on the interactions of robotic systems and lean principles in offsite construction
Sara Gusmao Brissi, Oscar Wong Chong, Luciana Debs, Jiansong ZhangThe purpose is two-fold: (1) to explore the interactions of robotic systems and lean construction in the context of offsite construction (OC) that were addressed in the literature…
A deployment framework for BIM localization
Jing Wang, Weisheng LuOver the past two decades, building information modeling (BIM) has been promoted as one of the most disruptive innovations across the global architecture, engineering and…
ANP model for evaluating the performance of adaptive façade systems in complex commercial buildings
Ibrahim Yitmen, Amjad Al-Musaed, Fikri YücelgaziDecisions taken during the early design of adaptive façades involving kinetic, active and responsive envelope for complex commercial buildings have a substantial effect on…
Exploring the relations between the physiological factors and the likelihood of accidents on construction sites
Gökhan Kazar, Semra ComuConstruction work involves high-risk activities and requires intense focus and physical exertion. Accordingly, working conditions at construction sites contribute to physical…
Factors influencing transaction costs of prefabricated housing projects in China: developers' perspective
Hongjuan Wu, Queena K. Qian, Ad Straub, Henk J. VisscherThe recent promotion of prefabricated housing (PH) in China has resulted in a prosperous period for its implementation. However, transaction costs (TCs) cause low economic…
Trade decomposition of CO2 emissions of global construction industries
Qun Gao, Bin Liu, Jide Sun, Chunlu Liu, Youquan XuThis paper aims to clarify the CO2 emissions of global construction industries under the consideration of different patterns of international trade and thus to draw a…
Imprecise abstract argumentation as a support for forensic engineering
Franck Taillandier, Cédric Baudrit, Claudio Carvajal, Benjamin Delhomme, Bruno BeullacCivil engineering structures are regularly confronted with failures that can lead to catastrophic consequences. It is important, after a failure, to be able to identify the origin…
Understanding the effects of social media use on construction project performance: a project manager's perspective
Guofeng Ma, Shan Jiang, Ding WangAlthough social media has been increasingly applied and valued in the construction industry, there has been little evidence revealing the influence mechanism of social media use…
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