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Construction Project Management 2021

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G: Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2022) | Viewed by 17121

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Nerija Banaitiene

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Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10221 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: project and risk management; quality management; energy behavior change; building life cycle analysis; multiple criteria decision making
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Prof. Dr. Audrius Banaitis

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Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius 10221, Lithuania
Interests: renovation of buildings; green and sustainable construction; sustainable supply chain management; energy behavior change; property management; multiple criteria decision making: applications in construction and real estate
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Prof. Dr. Chunlu Liu

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School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
Interests: construction economics; project lifecycle management; sustainability assessment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Construction project management is a challenging but rewarding profession in the built environment. The current climate challenges and energy concerns are affecting the construction industry as well as the project solutions. Effective construction project management benefits owners by increasing the potential for successful project completion—on time, within budget, and free of financial or legal issues. Companies are currently facing more than just risks that are a part of their business activities. In addition, the construction industry members—developers, owners, contractors, suppliers, subcontractors, and vendors—have experienced varying degrees of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic depending on the responses at the state and local levels. Even so, the crisis might also represent an opportunity to solve some of the industry’s challenges and to prepare for the digital future. The construction project is a collaborative effort. Thus, human skills are extremely important at all project management levels.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide the current state-of-the-art knowledge and the best practice, cutting-edge tools, and technologies for construction project management. The relevant topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Construction project planning and scheduling;
  • Cause, effect, and delay analysis in construction projects;
  • Construction contract claims and dispute resolution;
  • Coordination and cooperation in construction projects;
  • Safety management in construction projects;
  • Risk management in construction projects;
  • Environmental and social issues in construction project management;
  • Green project management practices for the construction industry;
  • Supply chain management in the construction industry;
  • Building information modeling (BIM) implementation in construction projects;
  • Digitalization and construction project management.

Prof. Nerija Banaitiene
Prof. Dr. Audrius Banaitis
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chunlu Liu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Construction project scheduling
  • Claims
  • Disputes
  • Safety management
  • Risk management
  • Green project management
  • Building information modeling (BIM)
  • Sustainable construction

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Article
Delay Causes and Types in Nigerian Power Construction Projects
by Usman Ismaila, Wooyong Jung and Chan Young Park
Energies 2022, 15(3), 814; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030814 - 23 Jan 2022
Cited by 7 | Viewed by 3745
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Numerous events cause delays to entire power projects’ completion timelines, leading to loss. This paper focuses on revealing the critical delay causes in Nigerian power projects and identifying the delay types such as excusable delay, compensable delay, critical delay, and concurrent delay from [...] Read more.
Numerous events cause delays to entire power projects’ completion timelines, leading to loss. This paper focuses on revealing the critical delay causes in Nigerian power projects and identifying the delay types such as excusable delay, compensable delay, critical delay, and concurrent delay from the different perspectives of owner and contractor. Based on the survey of the 84 industrial experts in power distribution and transmission projects in Nigeria, this study provides the mean score and rank of 39 delay causes. Among the causes, 14 are identified as critical in the Nigerian power project. The top three critical delay causes are corruption and bureaucracy in government, inadequate fund/budget allocation, and price fluctuation/inflation. Owner and contractor do not show the difference in classifying the 14 delay causes into excusable and compensable delays. However, there was a difference between owner and contractor in categorizing whether a cause is critical or not and concurrent or not. A different viewpoint of types of delay cause can lead to a dispute which may lead to other delays and losses, and thus it is meaningful to understand the types of delay perceived from owner and contractor. Even though the delay cause and types are different depending on an individual project, the results of this study serve as a reference and would be beneficial for the practitioners in the construction industry to help identify the delay causes to manage them effectively. Full article
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Prioritization of Contracting Methods for Water and Wastewater Projects Using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Method
by Hadi Sarvari, Daniel W. M. Chan, Behrouz Ashrafi, Timothy O. Olawumi and Nerija Banaitiene
Energies 2021, 14(22), 7815; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227815 - 22 Nov 2021
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This study uses the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method to prioritize contracting methods to determine the most suitable contract option for water and wastewater projects (WWP). Content analysis, a two-round Delphi survey technique, and a series of validation and reliability tests helped [...] Read more.
This study uses the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method to prioritize contracting methods to determine the most suitable contract option for water and wastewater projects (WWP). Content analysis, a two-round Delphi survey technique, and a series of validation and reliability tests helped establish the 18 key criteria for FAHP analysis. Consequently, data collected from experts through a pairwise comparison questionnaire form the basis for the inputs for the FAHP analysis. Consequently, the final weightings were derived for each of the key criteria and available contracting methods. The results indicate that the bilateral, cooperative, and trilateral contracting methods are the most suitable for WWP in Iran, with the highest weighting. The study provides useful guidance for the top management of project firms in selecting the optimal contracting method for their projects and offers significant contributions from theoretical and practical perspectives. Full article
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Causes of Design Change Depending on Power Project-Types in Ghana
by Elikplim Afelete and Wooyong Jung
Energies 2021, 14(21), 6871; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14216871 - 20 Oct 2021
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Design change is a common but significant problem in construction projects. Issues of delay, cost overruns, claims, and disputes in projects occur as a result. However, design change studies in the power-project area are less often discussed. As a result, the primary objective [...] Read more.
Design change is a common but significant problem in construction projects. Issues of delay, cost overruns, claims, and disputes in projects occur as a result. However, design change studies in the power-project area are less often discussed. As a result, the primary objective of this study was to identify important cause factors of design changes according to different power-project types in Ghana. Following a thorough assessment of the literature, 36 potential causes were identified, which were narrowed down by expert reviews to 30. In this study, power projects were classified into three categories: power plant, renewable, and distribution and transmission. The results indicate owner-related financial problems as the most important cause of design change for all three project types, followed by the second and third most significant in each of the categories, respectively: errors and omission in design and problems or unforeseen site conditions in power plant projects; deficient quality and quantity of resources and inflation and changes in interest and exchange rates in renewable projects; and problems or unforeseen site conditions and changes of plans in distribution and transmission projects. Based on the findings, power-project stakeholders are able to comprehend the dynamics of design change and develop effective design management strategies to reduce impact. Full article
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The Use of 3D Numerical Modeling in Conceptual Design: A Case Study
by Hanna Michalak and Paweł Przybysz
Energies 2021, 14(16), 5003; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165003 - 15 Aug 2021
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This article describes the construction of a building with four aboveground floors and one underground floor as part of the ongoing development of Warsaw’s city center. A 3D numerical model was developed to reflect the spatial and structural solutions of the new building [...] Read more.
This article describes the construction of a building with four aboveground floors and one underground floor as part of the ongoing development of Warsaw’s city center. A 3D numerical model was developed to reflect the spatial and structural solutions of the new building based on the design documentation with regard to the outcomes of geotechnical tests, the actual phases of work completed, the results of the geodetic measurements carried out in individual phases of the building implementation, and the characteristics of the existing adjacent buildings. The 3D numerical model was calibrated taking into account the results of the geodetic measurements of the benchmarks stabilized on the adjacent buildings. The numerical models of the building were used to analyze a number of multiple-step variants, taking into account the increase in the number of aboveground floors (from 1 to 4) and underground floors (by 1), as well as the increase in the projected area of the underground part compared to the area of the site designated for development. The paper presents the conclusions of our analyses, which may be helpful to others designing buildings in intensively urbanized areas and guide them in selecting the best solution. Full article
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Identification of Health and Safety Prequalification Criteria for Contractor Selection in Construction Projects: A Systematic Review
by Nadeera Abdul Razak, Obuks Ejohwomu, Peter Fenn, Kamil Okedara, Babatunde Dosumu and Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki
Energies 2021, 14(21), 7244; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14217244 - 3 Nov 2021
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Selecting an appropriate contractor is a crucial phase that clients normally conduct to execute projects. Extensive research has been conducted on the main contractor selection criteria such as financial stability and technical and management capability. However, few studies focusing on health and safety [...] Read more.
Selecting an appropriate contractor is a crucial phase that clients normally conduct to execute projects. Extensive research has been conducted on the main contractor selection criteria such as financial stability and technical and management capability. However, few studies focusing on health and safety criteria are being used to assess contractors’ safety performance in the existing selection process. Hence, this paper aims to analyse the existing literature on health and safety criteria for contractor selection in construction. The articles were retrieved using developed search string from renowned databases such as Scopus, Ebscohost, Web of Science, Science Direct and Dimensions. This search resulted in a total of 38 papers which can be systematically reviewed. Six main themes were discovered to represent safety prequalification criteria for construction projects, namely, experience and work history, safety control system, safety policy and management, accident rates and records, safety promotion and environmental concerns. Under these six main themes, there are 25 safety prequalification criteria that have been substantially published in previous literature, and the most-cited criteria are examined. This study brings a significant contribution to construction industry professionals, especially clients, when selecting a capable contractor in construction projects. By identifying the safety prequalification criteria, clients can assess a contractor’s efforts in ensuring safe execution of a project before awarding the contract to them. Additionally, the findings of the present study could contribute towards developing a comprehensive framework on contractor selection criteria that incorporates safety leading and lagging indicators. Full article
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