Index

Ayodeji E. Oke (Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria)

Measures of Sustainable Construction Projects Performance

ISBN: 978-1-80382-998-2, eISBN: 978-1-80382-997-5

Publication date: 19 October 2022

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Oke, A.E. (2022), "Index", Measures of Sustainable Construction Projects Performance, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 159-163. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-997-520221044

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INDEX

Adaptability
, 57

Architecture, engineering and construction (AEC)
, 43, 142

Association for Project Management (APM)
, 111

Budget
, 100

benefits of excellent budgeting
, 104

benefits of sustainable construction
, 102–103

construction
, 100–101

sustainable construction
, 101–102

as tool to measure project success
, 103–104

Building Information Modelling (BIM)
, 137

Business/company
, 129

Collaboration

elements of collaboration agreement and/or contract
, 89–90

organisation and
, 90–91

Communication
, 67–68

importance of communication in construction industry
, 69

methods of communication in construction industry
, 68–69

plan
, 91

Competence
, 41–42

Competition
, 10

Construction
, 15–17, 19, 68

budget
, 100–101

cost of
, 25–26

development
, 41–43

effective collaboration
, 84–85

health and safety
, 77

meaning
, 16–17

project costs
, 28–29

stakeholders’ engagement
, 154

sustainability
, 83–84

Construction industry
, 3–4, 17, 19

categories
, 6–7

competition
, 10

depreciation
, 9–10

effective collaboration
, 84–85

effective communication in
, 71–72

features
, 4–6

health and safety
, 77

importance of communication in
, 69

methods of communication in
, 68–69

participant satisfaction
, 34

preservation and extinction
, 11

profitability
, 116–117

project value
, 62

risk
, 9

security requirements
, 149

stakeholders’ engagement
, 154

sustainability in
, 7–8, 11

value
, 11

Construction projects
, 107, 115

team
, 44–45

Consumer loyalty
, 51

Contact labour. See Direct labour

Contractors
, 118–119

Cost
, 15–16, 56–57

constituents
, 25

of construction
, 25–26, 28

construction and construction industry
, 17–19

direct expenses
, 24

direct labour
, 24

direct material
, 23

elements
, 20–21

expenses
, 22–23

factors
, 26

indirect expenses
, 24

indirect labour
, 24

indirect material
, 23–24

as measure of project success
, 29

overhead
, 24–25

principles
, 21–22

sustainable construction
, 19–20

Critical success factors (CSFs)
, 139

Customer satisfaction
, 51, 130–131

materials
, 53

requirements for
, 55–57

strategies
, 53–54

sustainable construction
, 52

Customer-supplier relationships
, 93

Customers
, 54–55, 130

Decision-making
, 3–4

Depreciation
, 9–10

Dialogue
, 156

Direct costs
, 16

of construction project
, 28–29

Direct expenses
, 22, 24

Direct labour
, 20, 24

cost
, 22

Direct material
, 23

costs
, 21

Discounting future costs
, 64

Dissemination overhead
, 25

Economics
, 7–8

Effective collaboration
, 86

constituents
, 89

in construction
, 91–92

construction and construction industry
, 84–85

elements/principles
, 86–89

as measure of project success
, 92–94

sustainable construction
, 85

Effective communication
, 68–69

barriers
, 70–71

in construction industry
, 71–72

Effort
, 47

Emotional health
, 78

Employee satisfaction
, 131

Energy consumption
, 34

Environment
, 7–8

Environment-friendly construction principle
, 125

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
, 127

Environmental Impacts
, 124

Environmental Indicator
, 124

Environmental performance. See also Operational performance
, 123–125

principles
, 125

Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA)
, 123–124

Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE)
, 124

Environmental protection

superiority principle
, 125

and sustainable construction
, 125–127

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
, 37–38

Environmental sustainability
, 132

Expenses
, 22–23

Extinction
, 11

Factory cost
, 25

Factory overhead
, 22–24

Financial performance index
, 131–132

Formal communication
, 71

Fulfilment
, 38

Functional analysis
, 142

Functionality

functional requirements in construction projects
, 141–142

implementation of sustainability
, 137

performance + capability = function
, 142

social sustainability
, 140–141

sustainability assessment
, 137–140

sustainability in construction
, 136–137

General overhead costs
, 29

Gratitude display
, 46

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions)
, 34, 83

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 4, 77, 100–101, 116–117

Gross National Product (GNP)
, 18

Hazard distribution/evasion
, 57

Health
, 78

constituents
, 78–79

Health, safety and environment (HSE)
, 126

Health and safety (H&S)
, 76, 78, 149

construction
, 77, 79–80

construction industry
, 77

elements/principles
, 78

as measure of project success
, 80

sustainability
, 76

sustainable construction
, 77–78

and sustainable project delivery
, 81

Indirect costs
, 16

of construction project
, 29

Indirect expenses
, 22, 24

Indirect labour
, 20, 24

cost
, 22

Indirect material
, 23–24

costs
, 21

Informal communication
, 71

Intellectual health
, 78

Internal process quality
, 131

Intricacy
, 57

Job satisfaction
, 45

Key performance indicator (KPI)
, 130

Known risk
, 109

Labour
, 20

cost
, 22

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designs (LEED)
, 149–150

Likelihood
, 108

Maintainable development
, 34, 37–38

Material costs
, 20–21

Materials
, 35

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, 132

Morale
, 47

Net present values (NPV)
, 64, 133

New risk or discovered risk
, 109

Obligation
, 57

Office and administration overhead
, 23

Office cost
, 25

Operational performance
, 129–130

indicators
, 130

performance indicators
, 130–132

sustainable construction
, 132–133

Organisation and collaboration
, 90–91

Organisation overhead
, 24

Organisational commitments
, 90

Overhead costs
, 20, 24–25

Participant satisfaction
, 34, 38

challenges of sustainable construction
, 36

constituents
, 38

in construction
, 38–39

construction industry
, 34

materials
, 35

significance of sustainable construction
, 36–38

sustainable construction
, 34

techniques
, 35–36

Performance indicators
, 130–132

Performance measurement systems
, 130

Period costs
, 20–21

Personal health
, 78

Physical barrier
, 70–71

Physical health
, 78

Present value (PV)
, 64

Preservation
, 11

Prime cost
, 25

Processes barrier
, 70

Profit
, 115

in construction
, 118–119

meaning
, 118

as measure of project success
, 119

and sustainable project delivery
, 119–120

Profitability
, 119

construction industry
, 116–117

sustainable construction
, 117

Project (s)
, 6–8

communication
, 71

control systems
, 7

delivery
, 7, 93

functionality
, 142–143

management
, 3–4, 99, 111

overhead costs
, 29

performance
, 43–44, 93

risk
, 111

Project Management Institute (PMI)
, 111

Project success
, 38, 63, 92, 94, 103–104, 131, 136

value creation
, 111–112

Project value
, 61–62

construction industry
, 62

value and management
, 62–63

value and sustainable construction
, 64–65

value for money
, 63–64

Psychosocial barrier
, 71

Public sector organisations (PSOs)
, 133

Quality level
, 57

Quality of work
, 47

Rate of returns
, 133

Residual risk
, 109

Risk
, 9, 107–109

influences of project, product, and business risks
, 109–110

types
, 109

Risk management (RM)
, 110–111

in relation with project success
, 111–112

Secondary risk
, 109

Security requirements
, 148

in construction industry
, 149

sustainable construction
, 148–149

and sustainable construction projects
, 149–150

Selling and distribution overhead
, 23

Selling overhead
, 25

Semantic barrier
, 71

Sinking fund (SF)
, 133

Social, economic and environmental sectors. SEE sectors
, 135

Social health
, 78

Social learning
, 156

Social sustainability
, 140–141

Society
, 7–8

Speed
, 55

Spiritual health
, 78

Stakeholders’ engagement
, 153–154

construction and construction industry
, 154

as dialogue of values and opportunity for social learning
, 156

ethical perspective on stakeholder engagement
, 155–156

as management technique
, 155

Strategic management
, 153–154

Sustainability
, 3–4, 19, 42–43, 76, 85, 116, 153–154

assessment
, 137–140

in construction
, 7–8, 11

in construction
, 136–137

implementation of
, 137

Sustainable activity
, 77

Sustainable building
, 126

industry
, 19

Sustainable construction
, 19–20, 33–34, 75–76, 136, 147–148

budget
, 101–102

challenges of
, 36

customer satisfaction
, 52

effective collaboration
, 85

environmental protection and
, 125–127

growth of
, 43

health and safety
, 77–78

operational performance
, 132–133

profitability
, 117

project performance
, 43–44

projects
, 149–150

security requirements
, 148–149

significance of
, 36–38

value and
, 64–65

Sustainable development (SD)
, 7, 42–43, 138, 147–148

Sustainable development ability (SDA)
, 137–139

Sustainable development esteem (SDV)
, 137–139

Sustainable project design
, 148

Systematic risk
, 108

Team effectiveness
, 46

Team leader
, 47

Team performance
, 46

Team satisfaction
, 42, 45

construction project team
, 44–45

growth of sustainable construction
, 43

sustainable construction project performance
, 43–44

sustainable development and construction
, 42–43

team effectiveness
, 46

effect of team satisfaction on performance
, 46–47

Time
, 55–56

Total cost
, 25

Triple bottom line (TBL)
, 135, 139

United States of America (USA)
, 101

Unknown risk
, 109

Value
, 11

management
, 62–63

for money
, 63–64

Works overhead
, 22–23