Construction Innovation: Volume 23 Issue 4

Applicable areas of biomimicry principles for sustainable construction in Nigeria

Olusegun Johnson Adekunye, Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke

With over three billion years of existence of the world, researchers have seen the need to turn to nature to solve most of the problems faced in not only construction industry but…

A guiding model for developing construction training programmes focusing on productivity and performance improvement for different qualification levels

Kesavan Manoharan, Pujitha Dissanayake, Chintha Pathirana, Dharsana Deegahawature, Renuka Silva

The effectiveness of the construction industry highly depends on the quality of the work practices, education and training. Based on the industry’s need to strengthen the…

A model for visualizing cost shifts when introducing construction logistics setups

Micael Thunberg, Anna Fredriksson

The purpose of this study is to identify how the responsibilities and costs of planning, controlling and executing the material, resource and waste flows are shifted between…

Thematic literature review of working capital management in the construction industry: trends and research opportunities

Emmanuel Asare, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Joshua Ayarkwa, David John Edwards, I. Martek

The construction industry (CI) is a major contributor to the gross domestic product of most economies. Yet, the industry is characterized by poorly performing projects, plagued…

The nature of innovation in hospital building design: a mixed grounded theory study

Anahita Sal Moslehian, Tuba Kocaturk, Fiona Andrews, Richard Tucker

Despite the undeniable need for innovation in hospital building design, the literature highlights the disconnect between research and practice as the primary knowledge gap…

The value for money factors and their interrelationships for smart city public–private partnerships projects

Khalid Almarri

The amount of expenditure required to scale up smart infrastructure projects is often enormous. Public–private partnership (PPP) is one of the proposed and viable solutions for…

Barriers and cost model of implementing unmanned aerial system (UAS) services in a decentralised system: case of the Dominican Republic

Hamlet David Reynoso Vanderhorst, David Heesom, Subashini Suresh, Suresh Renukappa, Keith Burnham

The aim of this paper is to identify the business barriers that influence cost of implementing unmanned aerial system (UAS) and its suitability for a decentralised system. UAS, or…

Analysis of the benefits, challenges and risks for the integrated use of BIM, RFID and WSN: a mixed method research

Senem Seyis, Alperen Mert Sönmez

The purpose of this study is to identify, classify and prioritize the benefits, challenges and risks for the integrated use of building information modeling (BIM), radio frequency…

Financial and economic risk management in coastal land reclamation projects

Hashan Pubudu Perera, B.A.K.S. Perera, Asha Dulanjalie Palihakkara

Coastal land reclamation (CLR) projects have become an effective solution for population growth while creating new market areas and expanding revenue streams. Although a few…

EDU-AI: a twofold machine learning model to support classroom layout generation

Ilker Karadag, Orkan Zeynel Güzelci, Sema Alaçam

This study aims to present a twofold machine learning (ML) model, namely, EDU-AI, and its implementation in educational buildings. The specific focus is on classroom layout…