Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 31 Issue 9

Guest editorial: Complex system management in mega infrastructure projects

Zhaohan Sheng, Marcel Hertogh, Jingfeng Yuan, Jianbo Zhu

Assessment criteria for inter-organizational collaboration in interconnected infrastructure projects

Maryam R. Nezami, Mark L.C. de Bruijne, Marcel J.C.M. Hertogh, Hans L.M. Bakker

Societies depend on interconnected infrastructures that are becoming more complex over the years. Multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills are essential to develop modern…

Design for safety in metro station evacuation: a study of fire emergency evacuation behavior and simulation

Ying Lu, Yunxuan Deng, Shuqi Sun

Metro stations have become a crucial aspect of urban rail transportation, integrating facilities, equipment and pedestrians. Impractical physical layout designs and pedestrian…

Exploring the metro construction accidents and causations for improving safety management based on data mining and network theory

Yongliang Deng, Zedong Liu, Liangliang Song, Guodong Ni, Na Xu

The purpose of this study is to identify the causative factors of metro construction safety accidents, analyze the correlation between accidents and causative factors and assist…

Influencing factors and governance strategies of megaproject complexity based on fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis

Quntao Wu, Qiushi Bo, Lan Luo, Chenxi Yang, Jianwang Wang

This study aims to obtain governance strategies for managing the complexity of megaprojects by analyzing the impact of individual factors and their configurations using the…

Integrating as-built BIM model from point cloud data in construction projects

Ruochen Zeng, Jonathan J.S. Shi, Chao Wang, Tao Lu

As laser scanning technology becomes readily available and affordable, there is an increasing demand of using point cloud data collected from a laser scanner to create as-built…

Investigating the effect of risk reduction strategies on the construction of mega infrastructure project (MIP) success: a SEM-ANN approach

MohammedShakil S. Malek, Viral Bhatt

Managing mega infrastructure projects (MIPs) is more complex because of time, size, social, environmental and financial implications. This study aims to address the management…

Study on dissipative structure of mega railway infrastructure project management system

Kai Liu, Yuming Liu, Yuanyuan Kou, Xiaoxu Yang

The mega railway infrastructure projects are faced with complex environments and multi-level management challenges. Thus, the mega railway infrastructure project management system…

Analysis of critical factors influencing sustainable infrastructure vulnerabilities using an ISM-MICMAC approach

Luwei Zhao, Qing’e Wang, Bon-Gang Hwang, Alice Yan Chang-Richards

The purpose of this study is to develop a new hybrid method that combines interpretative structural modeling (ISM) and matrix cross-impact multiplication applied to classification…

Ecological restoration for mega-infrastructure projects: a study based on multi-source heterogeneous data

Ruizhen Song, Xin Gao, Haonan Nan, Saixing Zeng, Vivian W.Y. Tam

This research aims to propose a model for the complex decision-making involved in the ecological restoration of mega-infrastructure (e.g. railway engineering). This model is based…

The supportability evaluation of cross-regional major infrastructure projects based on the combination weighting of the game theory–cloud model

Minggong Zhang, Xiaolong Xue, Ting Luo, Mengmeng Li, Xiaoling Tang

This study aims to establish an evaluation method for cross-regional major infrastructure project (CRMIP) supportability. The focus is to identify evaluation indicators from a…

Toward ecological environmental risk for spoil ground group management in mega projects

Yulong Li, Ziwen Yao, Jing Wu, Saixing Zeng, Guobin Wu

The numerous spoil grounds brought about by mega transportation infrastructure projects which can be influenced by the ecological environment. To achieve better management of…

Boosting stakeholders' intention to participate in socially responsible collective action in megaprojects: perspectives of mega water transfer projects in China

Wujuan Zhai, Florence Yean Yng Ling, Jiyong Ding, Zhuofu Wang

Megaprojects have large impact on the environment and stakeholders should take collective action to ensure that these projects are developed in a socially responsible manner…

Coopetition configuration and performance of international joint ventures for high-speed rail projects

Yanliang Niu, Huimin Li, Xiaowei Luo, Xiaopeng Deng

Members in the international joint ventures (IJVs) for high-speed rail (HSR) projects usually engage in coopetition interactions to create common benefits (CB) and simultaneously…

Coping with abnormal organizational behaviors in complex project based on network attack theory

Lin Yang, Xiaoyue Lv, Xianbo Zhao

Abnormal behaviors such as rework, backlog, changes and claims generated by project organizations are unavoidable in complex projects. When abnormal behaviors emerge, the…

Exploring mega-construction project success in China's vaunted Belt and Road Initiative: the role of paternalistic leadership, team members' voice and team resilience

Gong Yunpeng, Umer Zaman

The traditional Chinese culture has always emphasized the authority of leaders and their “top-down” influence over subordinates tangled with “bottom-up” management. Paternalistic…

Exploring the both-and success paradox in mega construction projects: multi-dimensional assessments of paradoxical leadership, project agility and megaproject success

Umer Zaman, Laura Florez-Perez, Saba Abbasi, Muhammad Shahid Nawaz

Organizations are full of contradictions and leadership dilemmas. Managers often face challenges such as selecting between two contradicting options such that which one is more…