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Identification and assessment of disruption claim management risks in construction projects: a life cycle-based approach
Murat Cevikbas, Ozan Okudan, Zeynep IşıkThe purpose of this paper is to propose a disruption claim management (DCM) life cycle and a risk management framework to provide comprehensive guidance to construction…
How does contract flexibility affect the sustainability performance of public–private partnership projects? A serial multiple mediator model
Bo Tian, Jiaxin Fu, Yongshun Xu, Longshan SunThe risks and uncertainties of public–private partnership (PPP) projects threaten their sustainability. Contract flexibility, which is based on the theory of incomplete contract…
The concept of integration in an IPD context: a grounded theory review
Sara Rankohi, Mario Bourgault, Ivanka IordanovaRecent construction literature has been focusing more on integrative contracting approaches such as integrated project delivery (IPD). However, conceptual studies on integration…
Effect of project organization elements on the mental health of project management practitioner in AEC projects
Bashir Tijani, Xiaohua Jin, Robert Osei-KyeiDue to the frenetic and dynamic working conditions ascribed to architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) project organizations, enormous research has addressed the poor…
Safety tag generation and training material recommendation for construction workers: a persona-based approach
Pinsheng Duan, Jianliang Zhou, Wenhan FanEffective construction safety training has been considered to play a significant role in reducing the incidence of accidents. However, the current safety training methods pay less…
From Industry 4.0 to Construction 4.0: barriers to the digital transformation of engineering and construction sectors
Kaiyang Wang, Fangyu Guo, Cheng Zhang, Dirk SchaeferThe purpose of this study is to systematically identify, assess, and categorize the barriers to digital transformation (DT) in the engineering and construction sectors, and thus…
Evolutionary mechanism of green innovation behavior in construction enterprises: evidence from the construction industry
Xingwei Li, Xiang Liu, Yicheng Huang, Jingru Li, Jinrong He, Jiachi DaiThe green innovation behavior of construction enterprises is the key to reducing the construction industry's carbon emissions and realizing the green transformation of the…
Institutional isomorphism and adoption of building information modelling (BIM) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the Nigerian Construction Industry
Abdullahi B. Saka, Daniel W.M. Chan, Saheed O. AjayiAlthough there has been a surge in the adoption of building information modelling (BIM) in the construction industry, the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still…
Obstacles to the career progression of professional female project managers (PFPMs) in the Ghanaian construction industry
Kofi Agyekum, Samuel Amos-Abanyie, Victoria Maame Afriyie Kumah, Augustine Senanu Komla Kukah, Burcu SalginThere are significantly fewer women than men in managerial positions, mainly project management. This problem is noticeable in the construction and engineering sectors…
Evolution model and quantitative assessment of risk network in housing construction accidents
Lianhua Cheng, Dongqiang CaoClarifying the risk evolution mechanism of housing construction for work-safety management is essential. Existing studies have inadequately discussed the risk-accumulation process…
On the challenges of inter-organisational data in real estate: the role of knowledge sharing
Niklas Wiesweg, Philipp Schäpers, Torben Bernhold, Timo HartmannTo take full advantage of new technologies (e.g. machine learning), a consistent and more comprehensive knowledge sharing across organisational boundaries is required. The real…
Public–private partnerships: a collaborative framework for ensuring project sustainable operations
Bingsheng Liu, Juankun Li, Dan Wang, Henry Liu, Guangdong Wu, Jingfeng YuanThis study aims to develop a collaborative governance framework (CGF) to systematically investigate the impeding factors (IFs) in terms of the operational sustainability of PPPs…
Evaluating and optimizing performance of public–private partnership projects using copula Bayesian network
Siavash Ghorbany, Saied Yousefi, Esmatullah NoorzaiBeing an efficient mechanism for the value of money, public–private partnership (PPP) is one of the most prominent approaches for infrastructure construction. Hence, many…
Modeling influence mechanism of factors on corporate social responsibility implementation: evidence from Chinese construction firms
Qian Zhang, Bee Lan Oo, Benson Teck-Heng LimThe interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become burgeoning in the construction industry as firms are under constant pressure from socially conscious stakeholders…
Critical success factors for the implementation of urban regeneration REITs in China: a TISM–MICMAC based approach
Xiaer Xiahou, Zirui Li, Jian Zuo, Ziying Wang, Kang Li, Qiming LiReal estate investment trusts (REITs) have shown great potential in addressing the current contradiction between underinvestment and sustainable development of urban regeneration…
Age-performance consideration in the recruitment of tradespeople in Nigerian construction industry
Adefemi Aka, Abdulkabir Opeyemi Bello, Adebisi Abosede Bamgbade, Abdulquadri Ade BilauAge is one of the critical factors used by many organizations to determine employees' performance. It is being considered in the retirement process of construction professionals…
Dispute root causes and prevention in Iranian public-private partnership projects: a causal-predictive model
Ali Mohammad Mirzaee, Towhid Pourrostam, Javad Majrouhi Sardroud, M. Reza Hosseini, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, David EdwardsPublic–private partnerships (PPPs) are notoriously prone to disputes among stakeholders, some of which may unduly jeopardize contract performance. Contract disputes arising in…
Configuration processing and construction of large-span karbandi vaults: a case of the karbandi vaulting of Haj-Mohammad-Qoli Timche in Tabriz Historic Bazaar
Amir Amjad Mohammadi, Hadi Safaeipour, Mohammad Reza Chenaghlou, Alireza Behnejad, Roham Afghani KhoraskaniThis paper aims at discovering the traditional techniques of Persian architecture for covering large-span spaces with a kind of ribbed vault titled “Karbandi”. This structure is…
Experience-based systematic construction hazard warning
Mohan Wang, Pin-Chao LiaoHazard warning schemes provide efficient hazard recognition and promote project safety. Nevertheless, these schemes perform poorly because the warning information is calibrated…
A critical review and analysis of decision-support processes and tools for project delivery method selection
Vassiliki Demetracopoulou, William J. O'Brien, Nabeel Khwaja, Jeffrey Feghaly, Mounir El AsmarOver the last three decades, construction projects have increasingly been delivered through alternative delivery methods. As a result, many owners have a range of delivery methods…
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