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The interplay between financial rules, trust and power in strategic partnerships in the construction industry
Jelle Koolwijk, Clarine van Oel, Mirjam BelTo explore how and why the social structures of strategic partnerships are shaped by actors and how these interrelate with a team's interpersonal relationships over time. Grasping…
Prioritizing the effective strategies for construction and demolition waste management using fuzzy IDOCRIW and WASPAS methods
Maryam Eghbali-Zarch, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Kazem Dehghan-Sanej, Amin KaboliThe construction industry is a key driver of economic growth. However, the adverse impacts of construction and demolition waste (CDW) resulted from the active construction…
Challenges of BIM implementation in GCC construction industry
Tariq UmarIn some regions including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region where construction is one of the main industries, the implementation of BIM is still at a slow rate. This…
Exploring the benefits and trade-offs of design standardization in capital projects
Jin Ouk Choi, Binit Kumar Shrestha, Young Hoon Kwak, Jennifer ShaneFacility design standardization strategy has considerable advantages, highlighted by its widespread and consistent use in the shipbuilding and manufacturing industries. However…
Collaboration in BIM-based construction networks: a qualitative model of influential factors
Mehran Oraee, M. Reza Hosseini, David Edwards, Eleni PapadonikolakiThe purpose of this paper is to present a modified model for collaboration in BIM-based construction networks (BbCNs). Though BIM is increasingly adopted and implemented across…
A measurement model of project control systems success for engineering and construction projects case study: contractor companies in Saudi's petroleum and chemical industry
Sahar Jawad, Ann LedwithThe purpose of this paper is to presents a new modeling approach that provides a measurement tool for evaluating the effectiveness of Project Control Systems (PCS) and the…
Machine learning-aided cost prediction and optimization in construction operations
Virok Sharma, Mohd Zaki, Kumar Neeraj Jha, N. M. Anoop KrishnanThis paper aims to use a data-driven approach towards optimizing construction operations. To this extent, it presents a machine learning (ML)-aided optimization approach, wherein…
Total factor productivity growth and its decomposition in the Chinese construction industry since China's accession to the World Trade Organization
Yuhe Wang, Gui Ye, Chenli Zheng, Shilian ZhangSince China's accession of the World Trade Organization (WTO), its construction industry has attained unprecedented growth. However, for the sources of this enormous growth, a…
Tri-optimization of building shape and envelope properties using Taguchi and constraint limit method
Yaolin Lin, Wei YangThe purpose of this paper is to present a tri-optimization approach to optimize design solutions regarding the building shape and envelope properties considering their…
Drivers and barriers of virtual reality adoption in UK AEC industry
Abdulmalik Abubakar Badamasi, Komal Raj Aryal, Usman Umar Makarfi, Mansir DodoVirtual reality (VR) offers unique features of a three-dimensional (3D) model during early design stages in the virtual environment with immersive functions. Although the…
Transformation paths and influencing factors of tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge in real estate companies: a qualitative study
Guodong Ni, Ziyao Zhang, Zhenmin Yuan, Haitao Huang, Na Xu, Yongliang DengThe purpose of this paper is to figure out the paths about transformation of tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge, i.e. tacit knowledge explicating (TKE) in real estate…
Women CEOs and firm performance in the construction industry: evidence from Spain
Carmen María Hernández-Nicolás, Juan Francisco Martín-Ugedo, Antonio Minguez-VeraThe construction industry has traditionally been a male-dominated economic sector. Barely 10% of managers are women. On the other hand, this sector is considered an engine of the…
Evaluation of postural-assist exoskeleton for manual material handling
Omobolanle Ogunseiju, Johnson Olayiwola, Abiola Akanmu, Oluwole Alfred OlatunjiWork-related musculoskeletal disorders constitute a severe problem in the construction industry. Workers' lower backs are often affected by heavy or repetitive lifting and…
Structural model for the relationships between age-friendly communities and quality of life of older adults in Hefei, China
Jingyu Yu, Guixia Ma, Wenxuan Ding, Jiangfeng Mao, Jingfeng WangChina is experiencing tremendous changes of rapid urbanization and aging society. The development of age-friendly communities (AFCs) has been encouraged for improving health and…
Determining a reasonable concession period for risky transportation BOT projects with government subsidies based on cumulative prospect theory
Jian Guo, Junlin Chen, Yujie XieThis paper explores the impact of both government subsidies and decision makers' loss-averse behavior on the determination of transportation build-operate-transfer (BOT…
Investigating the influence of information complexity on construction quality: a systems thinking approach
Faizan Naveed, Khurram Iqbal Ahmad KhanThis paper investigates the causative relation between information complexity and construction quality. The objectives are to identify the challenges faced in the communication of…
Stability and accuracy of deterministic project duration forecasting methods in earned value management
Alexis Barrientos-Orellana, Pablo Ballesteros-Pérez, Daniel Mora-Melia, Maria Carmen González-Cruz, Mario VanhouckeEarned Value Management (EVM) is a project monitoring and control technique that enables the forecasting of a project's duration. Many EVM metrics and project duration forecasting…
Investigating major challenges for industry 4.0 adoption among construction companies
Sevilay Demirkesen, Algan TezelThe purpose of this study is to explore the challenges hindering the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) among construction companies.
Thermal comfort practices for precast concrete building construction projects: towards BIM and IOT integration
Zul-Atfi Bin IsmailImproper evaluation and information mismanagement concerning thermal comfort appears to negatively affect occupants' satisfaction and building energy consumption in precast…
Developing project evaluation models for smart sustainable practices implementation in construction projects: a comparative study between Nigeria and Hong Kong
Timothy O. Olawumi, Daniel W.M. ChanThe purpose of this paper is to identify the key facilitating factors for smart sustainable practices (SSP) and develop a project evaluation model (PEM) for SSP implementation in…
Comparative study of academic research on project management in Iran and the World with text mining approach and TF–IDF method
Hossein Toosi, Mohammad Amin Ghaaderi, Zahra ShokraniThe purpose of this study is to compare the trend of academic project management research in Iran and the World in five-year periods with a text mining approach and TF–IDF method.
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