Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 31 Issue 2

The influence of higher learning institutions in developing the experience economy from the perspective of the urban community

Noor Alyani Nor Azazi, Maslina Mohammed Shaed, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan, Andrew Ebekozien

The development of higher learning institutions (HLIs) is considered a strategy to trigger urban space development – and it is the economy in most developing countries. HLIs can…

Factors affecting unitized curtain wall system adoption for Hong Kong's high-rise residential buildings: a multi-stakeholder perspective

Tai Wai Kwok, Siwei Chang, Heng Li

The unitized curtain wall system (UCWS), one of the prefabricated technologies, is increasingly attracting attention in the Hong Kong construction industry. However, this…

Risk-supported case-based reasoning approach for cost overrun estimation of water-related projects using machine learning

Hossein Sohrabi, Esmatullah Noorzai

The present study aims to develop a risk-supported case-based reasoning (RS-CBR) approach for water-related projects by incorporating various uncertainties and risks in the…

Influence of subcontractors' “strategic capabilities” on “power”, “dependence” and “collaboration”: an empirical analysis in the context of procurement decisions

Shumank Deep, Thayaparan Gajendran, Marcus Jefferies, Venkata Suresh Uggina, Sanjay Patil

Research on strategic procurement was mostly focussed on the clients' and main contractors' perspectives, while limited work had been done from a subcontractor's perspective. The…

Aiming for bullseye: a novel gameplan for circular economy in the construction industry

Diane Zandee, Ambika Zutshi, Andrew Creed, André Nijhof

The paper aims to provide managerial recommendations for implementing circular economy (CE) principles in both organizational and interorganizational contexts, including when…

How technological, environmental and managerial performance contribute to the productivity change of Malaysian construction firms

Mohd Azrai Azman, Zulkiflee Abdul-Samad, Boon L. Lee, Martin Skitmore, Darmicka Rajendra, Nor Nazihah Chuweni

Total factor productivity (TFP) change is an important driver of long-run economic growth in the construction sector. However, examining TFP alone is insufficient to identify the…

An AMOS-SEM approach to evaluating stakeholders' influence on construction project delivery performance

Najib AL-Fadhali

Construction project stakeholders can have a major effect on delivering projects on time. However, little attempt has been made to address the influence of internal stakeholders…

Impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention on the performance of construction professionals

Mei-Yung Leung, Khursheed Ahmed, Ibukun Oluwadara Famakin

Construction professionals (CPs) are often exposed to various challenges and pressures at work including urgent deadlines, high demands, uncertainty in tasks, and complex…

Diagnosing and quantifying post-COVID-19 fluctuations in the architecture billings indices

Sooin Kim, Atefe Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Shahandashti

The purpose of this paper is to understand the post-COVID-19 fluctuations in the building construction demand from various angles at the national, regional, and sectoral levels…

Effects of commitment-based governance on the relationship between formal control and PPP projects performance: mediating and moderating

Chunhao Li, Yuping Zhao, Wei Feng Chen

This study aims to investigate the dual effects of commitment-based governance on the relationship between formal control and public–private partnership (PPP) project performance…

The impact of the institutional environment of the host country on the perception of compliance risk of the international engineering contractor: the moderating effect of absorptive capacity

Junying Liu, Zhixiu Wang, Jiansheng Tang, Jingcong Song

While there is a general belief that a defective institutional environment will lead to higher compliance risk, the current state of knowledge about how the institutional…

Modeling for external stakeholder risk assessment of project portfolios

Libiao Bai, Shuyun Kang, Kaimin Zhang, Bingbing Zhang, Tong Pan

External stakeholder risks (ESRs) caused by unfavorable behaviors hinder the success of project portfolios (PPs). However, due to complex project dependency and numerous risk…

Untangling the relationship between work pressure and emotions in social media: a quantitative empirical study of construction industry

Liping Liao, Zhijiang Wu

The booming social media attracts construction professionals (CPs) to express emotions caused by work pressure (WP) through online behaviors. Previous works focus on the analysis…

Investigating cooperative strategies in low-carbon public–private partnership projects through evolutionary game

Jianbo Zhu, Qianqian Shi, Ce Zhang, Jingfeng Yuan, Qiming Li, Xiangyu Wang

Promoting low-carbon in the construction industry is important for achieving the overall low-carbon goals. Public–private partnership is very popular in public infrastructure…

Corporate social responsibility performance and its effects on climate for innovation and opportunism: evidence from Vietnamese architectural design firms

Minh Van Nguyen

The purpose of this research is to expand a better understanding of how corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives affect climate for innovation and opportunism within…

Multiple paths to enhancing the resilience of project-based organizations from the perspective of CSR configuration: evidence from the Chinese construction industry

Teng Ma, Ya Liu

The role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) fulfillment is critical when building resilience of project-based organizations (PBOs). However, fulfilling CSR to build a highly…

Water environment treatment PPP projects optimal payment mechanism based on multi-stage dynamic programming model

Limin Su, YongChao Cao, Huimin Li, Chengyi Zhang

The optimal payment in the whole operation and maintenance period of water environment treatment PPP projects has become the main approach to realize sustainable development of…

Interrelationships among enabling factors for BIM adoption in construction enterprises

Thi-Thao-Nguyen Nguyen, Sy Tien Do, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Thu Anh Nguyen

This study aims to identify the enabling factors for Building Information Modeling (BIM) adoption in Vietnamese construction enterprises and uncover their interrelationships. This…

Exploring critical success factors for collaborative contracting implementation in the Singapore construction industry

Na Zhang, Bon-Gang Hwang, Xiaopeng Deng, Fiona Tay

The Singapore construction sector is promoting performance improvement by implementing collaborative contracting (CC). For CC's successful implementation, there is a need to sieve…

Identifying tower crane activities with data: the case of the concrete pouring

Thomas Danel, Zoubeir Lafhaj, Anand Puppala, Samer BuHamdan, Sophie Lienard, Philippe Richard

The crane plays an essential role in modern construction sites as it supports numerous operations and activities on-site. Additionally, the crane produces a big amount of data…