Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 28 Issue 10

Prediction of multiproject resource conflict risk via an artificial neural network

Libiao Bai, Zhiguo Wang, Hailing Wang, Ning Huang, Huijing Shi

Inadequate balancing of resources often results in resource conflict in the multiproject management process. Past research has focused on how to allocate a small amount of…

Barriers to the development of prefabricated buildings in China: a news coverage analysis

Zhen Li, Shaowen Zhang, Qingfeng Meng, Xin Hu

The Chinese construction industry is experiencing a rapid growth these days. Due to the requirements of energy conservation, emission reduction and construction waste management…

Walkability evaluation of building circulation based on user preference

Meiqing Fu, Rui Liu, Carol K.H. Hon

Building circulation has an important impact on human comfort of buildings and is one of the critical factors in building design. A quantitative walkability evaluation of building…

Forming a driving index for implementing public-private partnership projects in emerging economy: Ethiopian perception

Miliete Negash Gebremeskel, Soo Yong Kim, Le Dinh Thuc, Minh V. Nguyen

The purpose of this study is to identify driving factors and a quantitative model for implementing public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Ethiopia as a case study in…

Implementing a HBIM approach to manage the translocation of heritage buildings

David Heesom, Paul Boden, Anthony Hatfield, Aneuris De Los Santos Melo, Farida Czarska-Chukwurah

The purpose of the paper is to present a study which exploited synergies between the fields of Heritage BIM, conservation and building translocation to develop a new approach to…

Development of risk assessment tool using damaging energy and argumentation theory for evaluating construction occupational safety and health risks

Nor Haslinda Abas, Nick Blismas, Helen Lingard

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a risk assessment model to assess the occupational safety and health (OSH) risks presented by different construction…

Dynamic Bayesian network modelling for predicting adaptability of time performance during time influencing factors disruptions in construction enterprise

Okechukwu Nwadigo, Nicola Naismith Naismith, Ali Ghaffarianhoseini, Amirhosein Ghaffarian Hoseini, John Tookey

A construction project is complex and requires dynamic modelling of a range of factors that deters time performance because of uncertainty and varying operating conditions. In…

Assessing and allocating the financial viability risk factors in public-private partnership wastewater treatment plant projects

Amr Metwally El-Kholy, Ahmed Yousry Akal

This research investigates the financial viability risk factors that threaten the private investor's economic scheme in the public private partnership (PPP) wastewater treatment…

Critical supply chain vulnerabilities affecting supply chain resilience of industrialized construction in Hong Kong

E.M.A.C. Ekanayake, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Mohan Kumaraswamy, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu

Industrialized construction (IC) has been recognized as a game-changing approach in Hong Kong (HK). However, the increasing risks of disruptions in IC supply chains (SCs) raise SC…

Assessment of preconstruction factors in sustainable project management performance

Khalid Naji, Murat Gunduz, Fatema Salat

The construction sector has a global reach, and construction professionals worldwide often encounter challenges in delivering a project on time and within the assigned budget…

Assessment of the cybersecurity vulnerability of construction networks

Bharadwaj R.K. Mantha, Borja García de Soto

The aim of this study is o examine the advantages and disadvantages of different existing scoring systems in the cybersecurity domain and their applicability to the AEC industry…

Application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for sustainable pavement performance management in Qatar

Okan Sirin, Murat Gunduz, Mohammed E. Shamiyeh

Pavement is one of the main elements of the roads network. It is extremely essential to study and understand the factors affecting its performance and highlight the most important…

BIM framework for the specification of information requirements in energy-related projects

Luís Sanhudo, João Poças Martins, Nuno M.M. Ramos, Ricardo M.S.F. Almeida, Ana Rocha, Débora Pinto, Eva Barreira, M. Lurdes Simões

This paper aims to further the discussion on Building Information Modelling (BIM) legal requirements, providing a framework with key energy parameters capable of supporting the…

Improving materials logistics plan in road construction projects using discrete event simulation

Amin Alvanchi, Farshid Baniassadi, Mahdi Shahsavari, Hamed Kashani

Motivated by the high cost of material movements in road construction projects, past studies have used analytical methods to optimize materials logistics plans. A key shortcoming…

Empirical investigation of factors that enhance development of technology in design process improvement in architecture education: analyses of students' views

Elnaz Imani, Maziar Asefi

Technology development quality in architectural design is affected by the quality of the process and factors used to develop it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the…

Environmental impacts cost assessment model of residential building using an artificial neural network

Amneh Hamida, Abdulsalam Alsudairi, Khalid Alshaibani, Othman Alshamrani

Buildings are major contributors to greenhouse gases (GHG) along the various stages of the building life cycle. A range of tools have been utilised for estimating building energy…

Influence of social media use at work on construction managers' work performance: the knowledge seeker's perspective

Jianyao Jia, Guofeng Ma, Shan Jiang, Ming Wu, Zhijiang Wu

Although social media use at work has made great impact on employee work performance, little is known about the effect of social media use at work on construction employees…

Critical capabilities of improving supply chain resilience in industrialized construction in Hong Kong

E.M.A.C. Ekanayake, Geoffrey Shen, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy

Industrialized construction (IC) has accelerated the technological advancements of construction supply chains (SCs) in Hong Kong (HK). However, the usually fragmented IC SCs often…

A thermal performance study of four communities in Ghana's savannah region

Christian Koranteng, Barbara Simons, Frederick Wireko Manu

Many countries the world over continue to grapple with issues of thermal discomfort both within and without – a condition that has arisen due to incessant urbanization, climate…

Identifying impact of variables in deep learning models on bankruptcy prediction of construction contractors

Youjin Jang, Inbae Jeong, Yong K. Cho

The study seeks to identify the impact of variables in a deep learning-based bankruptcy prediction model, which has achieved superior performance to other prediction models but…

Research on the rework risk core tasks in prefabricated construction in China

Kaicheng Shen, Xiaodong Li, Xinying Cao, Zhang Zhihui

The purpose of this paper is to assess the process of prefabricated construction (PC) and analyze the impacts of rework risk to identify the core tasks for which the rework risk…

Contribution of procurement capacity of public agencies to attainment of procurement objectives in infrastructure procurement

Patrick Manu, Richard Ohene Asiedu, Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu, Paul Olaniyi Olomolaiye, Colin Booth, Emmanuel Manu, Saheed Ajayi, Kofi Agyekum

Effective procurement of infrastructure is linked to the attainment of the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. While the capacity of organisations is…

Automated BIM schedule generation approach for solving time–cost trade-off problems

Mohamed ElMenshawy, Mohamed Marzouk

Nowadays, building information modeling (BIM) represents an evolution in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries with its various applications. BIM is…