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Identifying the Contractor’s core competencies in post-COVID-19 scenario: developing a survey instrument
Shumank Deep, Rajesh Joshi, Sanjay PatilConstruction industry is one of the worst affected sectors due to the impact of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Therefore, the purpose of this study was…
Multi-criteria analysis of barriers to building information modeling (BIM) adoption for SMEs in New Zealand construction industry
Andrew Thomas Hall, Serdar Durdyev, Kerim Koc, Omer Ekmekcioglu, Laura TupenaiteBuilding information modeling (BIM) is a prominent concept to digitalize data collection and analysis processes. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for a…
Relationship networks between variation orders and claims/disputes causes on construction project performance and stakeholder performance
Sy Tien Do, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nghia Hoai NguyenThis study aims to examine the mutual influence of causes of variation orders (VOs), claims/disputes (CDs) on project performance (PP) and stakeholder performance (SP).
Barriers to stakeholder engagement in sustainable procurement of public works
Amma Kyewaa Agyekum, Frank Desmond Kofi Fugar, Kofi Agyekum, Isaac Akomea-Frimpong, Hayford PittriThe absence of effective stakeholder engagement at the early planning and implementation stages impact projects negatively. However, the role of stakeholders in Sustainable…
Using secondary data in research on social sustainability in construction project management: a transition from “interview society” to “project-as-practice”
Ashish GoelAccess to unbiased self-reported (primary) data for a normative concept like social sustainability has been a challenge for construction project management (CPM) scholars, and…
Bargaining optimization model for risk renegotiation with fairness concerns in infrastructure PPP projects
Canjun Chen, Lelin Lv, Zhuofu Wang, Ran QiaoReasonable risk sharing is the key to the smooth implementation of infrastructure public-private partnership (PPP) projects and the optimization of benefit distribution among the…
The role of contract incompleteness factors in project disputes: a hybrid fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach
Asli Pelin Gurgun, Kerim KocContract incompleteness with deficiency, inconsistency, defectiveness, and ambiguity in contract clauses, which can cause misunderstandings and misinterpretations, may result with…
Risk allocation and benefit distribution of PPP projects for construction waste recycling: a case study of China
Zhenshuang Wang, Yanxin Zhou, Xiaohua Jin, Ning Zhao, Jianshu SunPublic-private partnership (PPP) projects for construction waste recycling have become the main approach to construction waste treatment in China. Risk sharing and income…
Dynamic incentives for inhibiting private sectors' opportunistic effort diversion in infrastructure PPP projects: an optimal control perspective
Dan-Yi Wang, Xueqing WangAn optimal control model is built considering the private sector's opportunistic effort diversion and reciprocal effort improvement, while a numerical study is conducted to draw…
A bibliometric and content analysis of policy instruments on facilitating the development of prefabricated construction in China
Xiao-Long Gan, Kexin Xie, Hanqiu Liu, Raufdeen Rameezdeen, Tao WenThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the policy instruments used by the China's Government on prefabricated construction (PC) development, with the aim to clarify the pattern…
H-BIM applications for vernacular architecture: a historic rural house case study in Bursa, Turkey
Mustafa Onur Savaşkan, Ozan Önder ÖzenerThis article presents a case study on the Heritage Building Information Modeling (H-BIM) application in a historic village in Bursa, Turkey. The study addresses how tailor-made…
Modelling the cause and effect relationship risks in reverse logistics supply chains for demolition waste
Ruchini Senarath Jayasinghe, Raufdeen Rameezdeen, Nicholas ChilesheThe reverse logistics supply chain (RLSC) for demolition waste management (DWM) is a complex process that inherits significant interdependent risks. However, studies on the RLSC…
Modelling and quantitation of embodied, operational and mobile energies of buildings: a holistic review from 2012 to 2021
Vivian W.Y. Tam, Lei Liu, Khoa N. LeThis paper proposes an intact framework for building life cycle energy estimation (LCEE), which includes three major energy sources: embodied, operational and mobile.
A framework to evaluate sustainable construction principles in government building projects: the case of Jordan
Heba Ayoub, Ghaleb Sweis, Waleed Abu-Khader, Rateb SweisThis study aimed to provide a framework that includes the principles of sustainable construction to evaluate their application in the construction of government building projects…
The influence of effort level on profit distribution strategies in IPD projects
Shuwen Guo, Junwu Wang, Huaping XiongConstruction projects have become increasingly long, complex and costly with waste and inefficiencies and often fail to achieve the desired results. Integrated project delivery…
Cause analysis of construction collapse accidents using association rule mining
Lijia Shao, Shengyu Guo, Yimeng Dong, Hongying Niu, Pan ZhangThe construction collapse is one of the most serious accidents since it has several attributes (e.g. accident type and consequence) and its occurrence involves various kinds of…
A conceptual construction management curriculum model grounded in scientometric analysis
John J. Posillico, David J. Edwards, Chris Roberts, Mark ShelbournThis research aims to present a conceptual model for construction management programme curriculum development from the perspective of higher education institutes (HEIs) and aims…
Barriers to adopting integrated project delivery practices
Qiuwen Ma, Shan Li, Pei Xin Teo, Florence Yean Yng LingCompared with traditional approaches, integrated project delivery (IPD) improves project performance by enhancing integration. To adopt IPD, however, existing practices need to be…
How are social procurement actors shaping a new field of professional practice in the Australian construction industry?
Martin Loosemore, Robyn Keast, Jo BarraketSocial procurement is becoming an increasing policy focus for governments around the world as they seek to incentivise new collaborative partnerships with private organisations in…
Scientometric review of construction conflict from 1991 to 2020
Nan Liu, Rui Zhou, Ruoyu Jin, Qing Xiao, Zhipeng HuThe purpose of this paper is to summarize the research of construction conflict from 1991 to 2020 and propose research directions for future scholarly work. During the recent…
Influence of social media adoption on the performance of construction small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Abuja – Nigeria
Luqman Oyewobi, Olatunde Folaranmi Adedayo, Seth O. Olorunyomi, Richard Ajayi JimohThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of social media adoption on the performance of construction small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Investigating building information modeling acceptance in the Chinese AECO industry
Xiaolong Xue, Xiliang Sun, Weirui Xue, Yaxin Wang, Longhui LiaoConscious of the benefits building information modeling (BIM) has brought about to the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO) industry, the Chinese…
ISM-based analysis of VR-AEC adoption barriers and their inner mechanisms
Zhengyi Chen, Keyu Chen, Jack C.P. ChengAs an emerging visualization technology, virtual reality (VR) falls into the dilemma of having great potential but a low adoption degree in the architectural, engineering and…
Towards expediting the implementation of sustainable and successful lean paradigm for construction projects: a hybrid of DEMATEL and SNA approach
Gholamreza Dehdasht, M. Salim Ferwati, Saeed Reza Mohandes, Luai El-Sabek, David John EdwardsProper identification of the key motivating factors (or key drivers) is needed to ensure successful adaption and implementation of the lean concept for construction projects…
Mark-up on construction projects: what have we learnt in the last 20 years?
Bee Lan Oo, Benson Teck-Heng Lim, Goran RunesonWith the aim to provide a global view of factors affecting mark-up size on construction projects, this study performs a meta-analytical review of the relevant studies over the…
The latest operational, contractual and organizational trends in IPD literature: review and future directions
Sara Rankohi, Mario Bourgault, Ivanka IordanovaIntegrated project delivery (IPD) has attracted considerable attention in recent years, however only a few review studies captured the dynamic and evolving nature of this topic…
Reference section identification of construction specifications by a deep structured semantic model
Gitaek Lee, Seonghyeon Moon, Seokho ChiContractors must check the provisions that may cause disputes in the specifications to manage project risks when bidding for a construction project. However, since the…
Owner-based benefit evaluation of BIM applications in China's engineering projects
Xiaojuan Li, Zhou Zhang, C.Y. Jim, Jiyu Lai, Xueqing ChenThis paper aims to establish a model to evaluate the benefits of building information modeling (BIM) from the owners' perspective. The model analyzes the correlation between five…
A meta-network-based management framework for megaproject social responsibility behaviour in China
Linlin Xie, Tianhao Ju, Ting Han, Lei HouAs megaprojects bear extensive and profound social responsibilities throughout the project life cycle, formulating effective measures for improving construction enterprise social…
Assessing the impact of peripheral vision on construction site safety
Isik Ates Kiral, Sevilay DemirkesenThis study aims to observe the impact of peripheral vision on construction safety. The study further intends to create awareness of eye diseases in construction safety, an…
Evaluating uncertainties to deliver enhanced service performance in education PPPs: a hierarchical reliability framework
Linna Geng, Nilupa Herath, Felix Kin Peng Hui, Xuemei Liu, Colin Duffield, Lihai ZhangThis study aims to develop a hierarchical reliability framework to evaluate the service delivery performance of education public–private partnerships (PPPs) effectively and…
Prediction of construction accident outcomes based on an imbalanced dataset through integrated resampling techniques and machine learning methods
Kerim Koc, Ömer Ekmekcioğlu, Asli Pelin GurgunCentral to the entire discipline of construction safety management is the concept of construction accidents. Although distinctive progress has been made in safety management…
Effect of commitment on the link between organizational culture and international project performance: a comparison between China and Korea
Yi-Hsin Lin, Wenqing Han, Chan Joong Kim, Li Jiang, Nini XiaThe purpose of this paper is to verify the mediating role of commitment between market-oriented organizational culture and international market performance, and to discuss the…
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