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Factors influencing buildability assessment implementation in the Nigerian construction industry
Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo, Kevin Chuks Okolie, Opeyemi Olanrewaju OyeyipoDue 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 MaThe 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 ChilesheBased 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 OshodiThe 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-KuraguThe 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 YarteyThe 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 LamariMalaysia’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 EdwardsThis 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 GhanbaripourWith 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 PintoThis 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 AgyemangInternational 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 SkitmoreGovernments 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 TamCritical 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 LimContractors 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 DattaAs 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 JefferiesThe 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 OyeyipoConstruction 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 AouadThe construction industry has shown an inherent inability to adopt advanced technological innovations. The construction innovation literature is highly fragmented and outlines an…
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