Construction Innovation: Volume 23 Issue 5

Factors influencing buildability assessment implementation in the Nigerian construction industry

Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo, Kevin Chuks Okolie, Opeyemi Olanrewaju Oyeyipo

Due to the need to enhance the buildability of building designs in building construction industry, a buildability assessment framework was developed for use in Nigeria. This paper…

Expanding advanced work packaging to include commissioning and startup for industrial projects

James T. O'Connor, Fernanda Leite, Jong Won Ma

The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive analysis on how the advanced work packaging (AWP) managerial paradigm could be advanced by incorporating and integrating…

Construction 4.0 technologies and applications: a systematic literature review of trends and potential areas for development

Larissa Statsenko, Aparna Samaraweera, Javad Bakhshi, Nicholas Chileshe

Based on the systematic literature review, this paper aims to propose a framework of Construction 4.0 (C4.0) scenarios, identifying Industry 4.0 (I4.0) enabling technologies and…

Lean-offsite-simulation nexus for housing construction: a state-of-the-art review of the existing knowledge

Emmanuel Itodo Daniel, Olalekan Oshodi

The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the existing knowledge on the combined application of lean, off-site and simulation (LOS) in housing delivery.

Critical success criteria for retirement village public – private partnership housing

Robert Osei-Kyei, Timur Narbaev, Michael Atafo-Adabre, Nicholas Chileshe, Joseph Kwame Ofori-Kuragu

The demand for retirement villages globally has been increasing due to the rapid growth in the ageing population in recent years. To address the rising challenges in the…

Predicting the adoption of e-procurement in construction project delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: an application of UTAUT2

Michael Nii Addy, Evans Teye Addo, Titus Ebenezer Kwofie, Joseph Eguei Yartey

The substantial benefits of e-procurement to organizations and institutions have, over the past two decades, become central to supply chain management. This study aims to identify…

The drivers and challenges of adopting the Malaysia industrialised building system for sustainable infrastructure development

Sushilawati Ismail, Carol K.H. Hon, Philip Crowther, Martin Skitmore, Fiona Lamari

Malaysia’s industrialised building system (IBS) has been increasingly adopted for sustainable development by the country’s construction industry. However, although it has been…

Empirical scrutiny of the behavioural intention of construction organisations to use unmanned aerial vehicles

Douglas Aghimien, Matthew Ikuabe, John Aliu, Clinton Aigbavboa, Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, David John Edwards

This paper aims to assess the behavioural intention of construction organisations to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the delivery of construction projects. Using the…

A method for the ontology-based risk management of PPP construction projects

Xiaoyan Jiang, Sai Wang, Yong Liu, Bo Xia, Martin Skitmore, Madhav Nepal, Amir Naser Ghanbaripour

With the increasing complexity of public–private partnership (PPP) projects, the amount of data generated during the construction process is massive. This paper aims to develop a…

Challenges for lean construction adoption in the Brazilian industry: a study in construction companies, universities and class organizations

Edson Neves da Silva, Luiz Carlos Brasil de Brito Mello, Gustavo Oliveira Pinto

This paper aims to evaluate the current level of knowledge about lean construction (LC) practices in construction companies, universities and class organizations in Brazil and…

Diagnosing critical barriers to international construction joint ventures success in the developing country of Ghana

Mershack Opoku Tetteh, Albert P.C. Chan, Saeed Reza Mohandes, Daniel Yamoah Agyemang

International construction joint ventures (ICJVs) implementation is plagued with several barriers, full understanding of which is still lacking due to a lack of an in-depth…

Toward a public sector asset optimization strategy: the case of Indonesia

Rustanto Nanang, Connie Susilawati, Martin Skitmore

Governments in developing countries manage their considerable state assets for public service delivery directly. In Indonesia, the Directorate of State Asset Management…

Systematic review of critical infrastructure resilience indicators

Robert Osei-Kyei, Laura Melo Almeida, Godslove Ampratwum, Vivian Tam

Critical infrastructures (CIs) are essential components of the built environment. They ensure the interconnectivity and good operability of any major urban environment. CIs are…

Factors affecting contractors’ bid or no-bid and mark-up decisions: a case of the Jilin province, China

Yixi Zhang, Bee Lan Oo, Benson Teck-Heng Lim

Contractors of different scales, operating in different construction industries of varying institutional and economic settings, have different considerations when making bid or…

Development and validation of a framework for preventing and mitigating construction delay using 4D BIM platform in Bangladeshi construction sector

Mohammad Nafe Assafi, Md. Mehrab Hossain, Nicholas Chileshe, Shuvo Dip Datta

As a developing nation, Bangladesh still has scarce technological applications in the construction sector, which results in construction delays. This paper aims to propose a…

Antecedents of “power” and “dependence” in the context of collaborations in construction projects: a systematic literature review

Shumank Deep, Thayaparan Gajendran, Marcus Jefferies

The purpose of this study is to identify the antecedents of “power” and “dependence” attributes in the context of a construction project and to explore the impact of the…

Buildability in the construction industry: a systematic review

Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo, Kevin Chuks Okolie, Olalekan Shamsideen Oshodi, Opeyemi Olanrewaju Oyeyipo

Construction management researchers have acknowledged that the use of buildability could improve outcomes of project. Efficient use of resources required for the procurement of…

Innovation transfer in construction: re-interpreting factor-based research from the perspective of the social construction of technology (SCOT)

Mohamad Hassan Wafai, Ghassan Aouad

The construction industry has shown an inherent inability to adopt advanced technological innovations. The construction innovation literature is highly fragmented and outlines an…