Construction Project & Risk Management, Waste Material Utilization, and Historical Conservation in the Building 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 (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 10046
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction management; waste management in building projects; BIM; stakeholder management; risk management in construction industry; waste management in mega projects; CO2 emission; delays in construction projects; waste material utilization; real estate economics; performance management
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Interests: waste management; built environment; infrastructure development and analysis; road infrastructure analysis; artificial intelligence computing; modelling and simulation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Construction project management is a field that is focused on the management of finances and related issues in the construction industry. With the rapid emergence and evolution of engineering and technology advancements, construction management has become more focused on the management of various aspects of the building industry. Some of these aspects include the monitoring of the production of materials, the use of information technology, and the conservation and restoration of historic and modern buildings. This field also covers the analysis of structural and functional issues in buildings and structures.
In addition, various environmental factors such as the use of waste materials and the construction management of buildings have been considered for sustainable development. Over the last few years, the development of new modelling and design techniques has been instrumental in improving the scope and complexity of construction management. A new era of resolutions for the construction industry is beneficial for both masonry and concrete units. These include the use of new technologies to produce reinforcements such as internal and superficial reinforcements, as well as the use of fibres for high-strength concrete structures. Significant advancements have been made in the probabilistic analysis and forecasting of historical monuments and buildings. Two of the most common building materials used today are reinforced concrete and masonry. Due to the increasing number of environmental factors and the need for sustainable development, the construction industry has started to adopt new strategies and procedures. One of these is the development of construction management, which is an advanced field that involves the management of resources.
The use of new technology to produce reinforced concrete has allowed engineers to improve the strength constraints and sound insulation of structures to comply with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It has also allowed them to create new types of reinforced concrete that are more effective at reducing the shrinkage effect. Significant progress has been made in forecasting and assessing the durability and safety of buildings and structures. This Special Issue focuses on the use of new and waste materials in the design and construction of structures. It aims to introduce the concept of circular economy models and their applications in the reinforcements and material solutions for masonry and reinforced concrete structures.
This Special Issue also deals with the various parameters related to construction management. This allows the authors to develop new and innovative solutions for the design and construction of masonry and reinforced concrete structures. Therefore, this Special Issue calls for papers in (but not limited to) the following areas:
- Project management;
- Risk and critical management;
- Optimization of building assets;
- BIM techniques for the building sector;
- Waste material utilization model;
- Resource management;
- Conservation of historic buildings;
- Structural analysis;
- Scanning of historic shrines;
- Cement composites;
- RCC structures;
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Dr. Ahsan Nawaz
Dr. Iftikhar Hussain
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- building Industry 4.0
- project management
- sustainable construction
- cause of delays
- historic buildings
- built heritage
- waste and circular economy
- waste material utilization
- construction management
- conservation
- BIM
- artificial intelligence
- prediction
- optimization
- cost planning
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