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Managing Construction Organisations for Sustained Performance

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 8295

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. James O. B. Rotimi

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School of Built Environment, College of Sciences, Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland 0632, New Zealand
Interests: construction economics; construction project management; construction supply chain management; post disaster reconstruction; disaster reconstruction legislation; facilities and asset management; circular economy and sustainability
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Dr. Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi

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Built Environment Engineering, School of Futures Environment, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: building quality and performance; construction project management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Despite the significance of the construction sector in national economies, organisations operating within the sector are very often performing marginally. Performance differentials are observable, with business failure records that are comparatively higher than in other economic sectors. Construction markets are generally very competitive and risky and do not offer much room for error. The nature of activities within the construction sector is unique, requiring higher-order management efforts for the survival of organisations operating within the sector. The current COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of managing construction organisations as most are struggling to survive.

In this Special Issue, we aim to focus on the broad topic of “Managing Construction Organisations for Their Sustained Performance”. We seek creative and systematic studies that provide knowledge of solutions to the performance issues of construction organisations. Manuscripts should explicitly be directed towards enhancing the sustainability of construction businesses. To achieve competitive advantages, it is imperative that they re-engineer their internal processes to reflect pressures exerted by their current external operating environments.  

The following topics will be relevant to the constituent theme: strategic decision making/management, performance systems and management, knowledge management, business process re-engineering, planning and forecasting, stakeholder management, and supply chain management.

Dr. James O. B. Rotimi
Dr. Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • construction organisations
  • competitive advantage
  • performance
  • survival
  • sustainability

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Barriers to Adoption of Sustainable Procurement in the Nigerian Public Construction Sector
by Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi and Richard Ajayi Jimoh
Sustainability 2022, 14(22), 14832; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214832 - 10 Nov 2022
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Construction industry tenders are usually awarded to the lowest bidder, with emphasis being placed on the past, on price, quality, and timeliness, with little to no attention paid to the commitment of contractors to sustainability. It is not all construction firms and other [...] Read more.
Construction industry tenders are usually awarded to the lowest bidder, with emphasis being placed on the past, on price, quality, and timeliness, with little to no attention paid to the commitment of contractors to sustainability. It is not all construction firms and other stakeholders have an understanding of what sustainable procurement is about in the Nigerian construction industry, resulting in the limited adoption by those that understood it due to the level of risk they claimed it involved. This research examines the barriers to implementing sustainable procurement in the Nigerian construction industry by adopting a survey approach using self-administered questionnaires to obtain data from a purposively sampled group of 116 procurement practitioners in Abuja, Nigeria. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis. Factor analysis was used in categorizing the barriers to sustainable procurement into four: attitude and poor fiscal incentive; financial restrictions; insufficient leadership and knowledge; and regulatory constraints. The result showed that there was no sustainable procurement regulatory framework in the country and that a lack of government commitment, poor economic conditions, and a lack of knowledge were the major barriers to the adoption of sustainable procurement in the Nigerian public construction sector. It is therefore suggested that to make the construction industry’s activities more sustainable, practitioners need to learn more about sustainability, and governments should make policies that encourage and support low tariffs and taxes on sustainable goods and provide government subsidies. The research adds to the ongoing discussion about sustainable procurement practices in developing economies. It does this by drawing on a variety of theoretical perspectives to give a deep understanding of the challenges of sustainability from the public sector’s point of view. Full article
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Business Environment, CRM, and Sustainable Performance of Construction Industry in New Zealand: A Linear Regression Model
by Hamzah E. Alqudah, Mani Poshdar, Luqman Oyewobi, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi and John Tookey
Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 13121; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313121 - 26 Nov 2021
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Increasing fragmentation of the construction industry makes it riskier and more competitive. Construction management researchers have become intrigued by the factors influencing performance differentials due to such fierce competition. This study examines the relationships between the business environment and customer relationship management and [...] Read more.
Increasing fragmentation of the construction industry makes it riskier and more competitive. Construction management researchers have become intrigued by the factors influencing performance differentials due to such fierce competition. This study examines the relationships between the business environment and customer relationship management and their effect on construction organisations sustainable performance. It develops a model to explain performance differential between construction organisations in New Zealand by using the linear regression technique. A questionnaire was administered to professionals within construction organisations. A total of 101 usable responses were analyzed for descriptive statistics and correlations. Following the balanced scorecard performance metric, the organisations’ sustainable performance was measured using customers, financials, internal processes, and growth and learning metrics. Results indicated that environmental dynamism had a significant regression with internal business processes and perspectives on learning and growth, with 0.259 and 0.607, respectively. CRM was significantly associated with financial (0.327), customer (0.373), and internal business process (0.451) perspectives. This study provides an integrative framework to construction enterprises, and determinants of organisational sustainable performance, which are substantial developments in the current literature on CRM practices. Given the significance of the construction sector to the global economy, ecology, and social well-being, its sustainable performance can lead to a sustainable future for communities Full article
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