Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 30 Issue 7

Content analysis of e-inspection implementation for highway infrastructure construction projects

Mamdouh Mohamed, Dai Q. Tran

The use of digital inspection or e-inspection of transportation projects has been proven as an efficient method over the last decade. A wide range of studies were dedicated to…

Determinants of immersive technology acceptance in the construction industry: management perspective

Chioma Sylvia Okoro, Chukwuma Nnaji, Abdulrauf Adediran

The usefulness of technology for managing projects in the construction industry is indisputable. The potential utility of immersive technologies (ImTs), including virtual and…

Rethinking lean synergistically in practice for construction industry improvements

Wei Pan, Mi Pan

Lean construction is widely known as a theory or methodology of organizational management, while seldom been studied as a solution for industry improvements through practice. This…

Analysis of factors influencing project portfolio benefits with synergy considerations

Libiao Bai, Xue Qu, Jiale Liu, Xiao Han

Realizing project portfolio benefits (PPBs) is considered a key challenge faced by enterprises. This challenge can largely be attributed to an unclear understanding of the factors…

Identification of barriers, benefits and opportunities of using bamboo materials for structural purposes

Ezra Kassa Hailemariam, Leule Mebratie Hailemariam, Ermias Adane Amede, Denamo Addissie Nuramo

Bamboo is still a traditional material that requires additional development before it can be considered as a modern and reliable alternative to steel, wood, and concrete. When…

Causes of cost overruns in building construction projects in Asian countries; Iran as a case study

Shima Amini, Alireza Rezvani, Mohsen Tabassi, Seyed Saeed Malek Sadati

Cost overruns have been identified as the most significant challenge for construction sector stakeholders. Like many developing countries, the Iranian construction industry…

Blockchain technology in construction organizations: risk assessment using trapezoidal fuzzy ordinal priority approach

Mahsa Sadeghi, Amin Mahmoudi, Xiaopeng Deng

In the digital transformation era, the construction industry is not immune to unintended consequences and disruptions of distributed ledger technologies like blockchain. At the…

Explaining the alienation of megaproject environmental responsibility behavior: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis study in China

Linlin Xie, Ting Xu, Tianhao Ju, Bo Xia

The alienation of megaproject environmental responsibility (MER) behavior is destructive, but its mechanism has not been clearly depicted. Based on fraud triangle theory and the…

The values and barriers of BIM implementation combination evaluation based on stakeholder theory: a study in China

Yansheng Chen, Xiaotong Cai, Jie Li, Peng Lin, Huitong Song, Guoqing Liu, Dongming Cao, Xiaohui Ma

This paper aims to the perspective of stakeholders, from external variables of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) system, users, task flow, the nature of the development of…

A comprehensive risk assessment model based on a fuzzy synthetic evaluation approach for green building projects: the case of Vietnam

Hung Duy Nguyen, Laura Macchion

Risks in implementing green building (GB) projects have emerged as a significant obstacle for GB development, especially in developing countries. In recent years, both academics…

Project management for sustainable buildings: a comprehensive insight into the relationship to project success

Quan Phung, Bilge Erdogan, Yasemin Nielsen

The paper aims to identify core components for managing sustainability in construction-building projects and to understand how these components support each other to achieve…

A hybrid approach to supporting physical-change-based renewal projects selection decisions in high-density city: a case study of Chongqing

Yizhong Chen, Taozhi Zhuang, Guiwen Liu

The aims of this paper is to establish an appropriate physical-change-based renewal (PCBR) projects selection mechanism capable of selecting the combination of the PCBR projects…

Review of public–private partnerships across building sectors in nine European countries: Key adaptations for PPP in housing

Ritika Batra

This paper aims to review the existing practices of public–private partnerships (PPPs) in the building sectors in European countries, to be able to assess its suitability for…

Group management model for construction workers' unsafe behavior based on cognitive process model

Shuwen Deng, Yili Cai, Longpan Xie, Yonggang Pan

Unsafe behavior is a major cause of safety accidents, while in most management measures for unsafe behavior, the construction workers are generally managed as a whole. Therefore…

Evolutionary game of government safety supervision for prefabricated building construction using system dynamics

Yuebin Zhang, Xin Yi, Shuangshuang Li, Hui Qiu

This study aims to reduce the construction safety accidents of prefabricated building (PB) projects, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of safety supervision by government…

The relationship between empowering leadership and project performance: a resource perspective

Junwei Zheng, Yu Gu, Zhenduo Zhang, Hongtao Xie, Peikai Li, Hongyang Li

While existing literature emphasizes the importance of empowerment in construction projects, the working mechanisms of empowering leadership in the project context are unclear…

Hierarchical structure and transfer mechanism to assess the scheduling-related risk in construction of prefabricated buildings: an integrated ISM–MICMAC approach

Cheng Fan, Deng Binchao, Yilin Yin

Under the background that engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracting model is introduced to adapt to the highly fragmented characteristics of prefabricated…

Critical barriers to prevention through design in construction in Developing Countries: a qualitative inquiry

Nnedinma Umeokafor, Abimbola Olukemi Windapo, Patrick Manu, Ikechukwu Diugwu, Hasan Haroglu

Given the complexities in improving safety in the construction industry globally, which is exacerbated by the complex safety environment in developing countries (DCs), prevention…

Identifying the definition, measurement, research focuses, and prospects of project complexity: a systematic literature review

Junwei Zheng, Yu Gu, Lan Luo, Yunhua Zhang, Hongtao Xie, Kai Chang

Project complexity is a critical issue that has increasingly attracted attention in both academic and practical circles. However, there are still many gaps in the research on…

Identifying the risk factors and their interactions of human–robot collaboration implementation during engineering project construction: evidence from China

Zhen Chen, Yaqi Zhao, Xia Zhou, Shengyue Hao, Jin Li

Human–robot collaboration (HRC) is an emerging research field for the construction industry along with construction robot adoption, but its implementation remains limited in…