Construction Economics and Building  

Saad Sarhan, Stephen Pretlove

Sarhan, S., & Pretlove, S. (2021). Lean and Sustainable Construction: State of the Art and Future Directions. Construction Economics and Building, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v21i3.7854

Soren Wandahl, Christina T. Pérez, Stephanie Salling, Hasse H. Neve, Jon Lerche, Steffen Petersen

The European Green Deal's Renovation Wave aims to renovate 35 million energy-inefficient buildings to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Historically, efforts to reduce CO2 emissions focused on Operational Energy (OE) of the fi... see more

Vian Ahmed , Sara Saboor, Fatima Ahmed Almarzooqi , Hessa Ahmed Alshamsi , Mariam Abdalla Alketbi , Fatema Ahmed Al marei

Sustainability has gained popularity and importance around the globe due to the ever-increasing effects of climate change and global warming on Earth. As of the 21st century, human endeavour has caused an enormous amount of damage to the environmental eco... see more

Saad Zighan, Moheeb Abualqumboz

The construction industry is well-known for generating the largest amount of waste amongst other industries, which significantly pollutes the environment. This study, therefore, examines the causes and sources of waste in construction projects, considerin... see more

Sulala Al-Hamadani, Temitope Egbelakin, Willy Sher, Jason Von Meding

The application of ecological modernization (EM) (to delink industry growth from environmental damage) to minimize construction waste has not been explored within the construction industry in general, and the New South Wales (NSW) construction industry in... see more

Anna Stefanska, Marta Cygan, Kinga Batte, Joanna Pietrzak

Digital fabrication leads architects and structural engineers to modify the design optimisation methodology. The designers, as never before, are facing new technologies developed in the search for new materials based, among others, on wood components and ... see more

Alan Mossman, Saad Sarhan

The aim of this study is to explore how offsite fabrication (OSF) can be tightly coupled with production and assembly on-site. Prefabrication is a production method that has potential to yield significant productivity and sustainability improvements in th... see more

William Power, Derek Sinnott, Patrick Lynch

Construction unknowingly plans for poor levels of productivity with substantial waste, inefficiency, and rework stemming from a proliferation of non-value-adding activities embedded within traditional delivery processes. This approach negatively influence... see more

Sevilay Demirkesen, Emel Sadikoglu, Eshan Jayamanne

The construction industry is hazardous, which requires careful consideration of occupational health and safety measures. Among various strategies that are proposed to enhance construction safety, Lean construction practices were widely implied and proved ... see more

Mughees Aslam, Zhili Gao, Gary Smith

Challenges exist across the three dimensions of construction sustainability (economic; social and environmental) due to low productivity, waste, safety, and environmental hazards attributed to existing construction management prac... see more

Smitha J.S, Albert Thomas

Sustainable development aims at minimising waste and reducing exploitation of natural resources and energy, so that needs of the future generations are taken care of. Circular Economy (CE) is a new drift towards sustainability that aims at minimising wast... see more

Siti Sarah Mat Isa, Nazirah Zainul Abidin

Eco-innovation (EI) is a concept that integrates eco-consciousness within innovation development.  While EI has been widely applied in the manufacturing industry, its adoption in the construction sector remains uncertain. The rising concern of enviro... see more

Aussama Khalil, Akila Pramodh Rathnasinghe, Udayangani Kulatunga

Sustainability is considered to be a central part of every global policy change because of the likelihood of negative effects of particular policies on the already endangered environment and on society. Whilst sustainability is receiving significant atten... see more

Douglas Omoregie Aghimien, Matthew Ikuabe, Clinton Aigbavboa, Ayodeji Oke, Wealthy Shirinda

The construction industry has been producing massive data that can be transformed for improved decision-making and better construction project delivery. However, the industry has been adjudged as a slow adopter of digital technologies such as big data ana... see more