Innovative Processes and Quality Management Methods in the Building and Construction Industry
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 7636
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction management; digital construction; project management; digital built environment; smart cities
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Interests: construction management; project management; Six Sigma; risk management; quality management; digital built environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The recent waves of digitalization and globalization have disrupted all industries, including the construction and building industry and the wider built environment. However, this industry has been slow to adopt innovative methods and techniques and is still lagging behind the global technology adoption curve. This must change in line with the goals of Industry 4.0 and 5.0. To achieve these goals, innovative processes, quality assurance, and control and management techniques should be implemented, such as Six Sigma, 5S, Total Quality Management, Lean Construction, Agile, Continuous Improvement (Kaizen), Plan Do Check Act (PDCA), European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards and Business Process Management (BPM). Currently, the state of adoption and implementation of these methods and techniques in the building and construction industry is underreported and needs further exploration. This is crucial to meet the global demands fueled by Industry 5.0 endeavors. Therefore, the industry must embrace these methods and techniques to move forward and match the pace of technological advancements. This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality articles on innovative process management methods in the building and construction industry. We welcome contributions from construction and project managers, building and construction quality managers, city and council members, building certifiers, builders, civil engineers, engineering managers, real estate and property managers, urban and regional planners, as well as the higher degrees of research students and academics, including university professors in the field of building and construction. These articles should focus on various topics related to innovative quality and process management methods and techniques in the construction industry.
These topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Six Sigma in buildings and construction
- 5S in buildings and construction
- Total Quality Management in buildings and construction
- Lean Construction in the building and construction Industry
- Agile applications in buildings and construction
- Continuous Improvement in buildings and construction
- PDCA in buildings and construction
- EFQM Excellence Model Applications in buildings and construction
- Business Process Management in buildings and construction
- The integration of BIM and Quality Management in buildings and construction
- ISO in buildings and construction
- Other innovative processes and Quality Management methods in buildings and construction
Dr. Fahim Ullah
Guest Editor
Siddra Qayyum
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- quality management
- quality improvement
- quality assurance
- quality control
- total quality management
- process management
- construction quality management
- continuous improvement
- Six Sigma
- lean construction
- agile
- Plan Do Check Act
- European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model
- business process management
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