Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 13 Issue 5

Prospects, drivers of and barriers to artificial intelligence adoption in project management

Gao Shang, Sui Pheng Low, Xin Ying Valen Lim

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and differing attitudes towards its adoption in the building and environment (B&E) industry has an impact upon whether companies can meet…

Bibliometric analysis, scientometrics and metasynthesis of Internet of Things (IoT) in smart buildings

Bruno Lot Tanko, Emmanuel A. Essah, Olakunle Elijah, Wyom Paul Zakka, Mustafa Klufallah

The Internet of Things has made the shift to the digital era possible, even though the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector has not embraced nor integrated it…

Assessment of building retrofit scenarios using embodied energy and life cycle impact assessment

Olubukola Tokede, Mani Kumar Boggavarapu, Sam Wamuziri

Crucial transition of the Indian residential building sector into a low-emission economy require an in-depth understanding of the potentials for retrofitting the existing building…

Examining green road construction components: the case of Ghana

Ernest Kissi, Prosper Babon-Ayeng, Clinton Aigbavboa, Daniel Duah, Eugene Danquah-Smith, Reuben Agyei Tannor

The adoption of green construction concepts in road infrastructure projects is an opportunity to minimise the carbon footprint while boosting the built environment's capacity to…

Sustainability risk assessment in mega construction projects

Cansu Coskun, Irem Dikmen, M. Talat Birgonul

Megaprojects are large-scale and long-term investments. Three pillars of sustainable construction objectives, namely, social, environmental and economic, should be integrated into…

Barriers to environmental impact assessment implementation for construction projects in Nigeria

Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo, Chinedu Valerie Nnodu

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is one of the best approaches to identifying, preventing, minimising, compensating for any unfavourable impacts on the environment and also…

The determinants of job satisfaction amongst specific migrant construction workers

Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi, C.W. Chathurani Silva, Oluwole Alfred Olatunji, Chamil Erik D. Ramanayaka

Migrant construction workers, significant in many developed economies, face several challenges, which place them at a higher risk of job dissatisfaction compared to locals…

Significant factors affecting the New Zealand transportation infrastructure project cost – quantity surveyors' perception

Chinthaka Niroshan Atapattu, Niluka Domingo, Monty Sutrisna

Cost overrun is one of the critical issues faced in construction projects, as nine out of ten projects will likely go over the budget. In particular, transportation infrastructure…