A system boundary-based critical review on crane selection in building construction

This study presented a system boundary-based review to systematically investigate the existing research on crane selection in building construction. The boundary model comprised 9 elements, namely year, location, source, project height, typology, type, constraint, criteria, and method. Three detailed analyses were carried out with reference elements. Firstly, distribution analysis reflected an increasing trend worldwide. Secondly, regression analysis, considering 25 real cases, indicated that tower is better suited for high-rise Thirdly, systematic identified total of 19 constraints, 71 8 methods adopted selection. Subsequently, relationships between constraints criteria revealed. Furthermore, this disclosed differences mobile cranes, best practices type main future opportunities include i) using advanced AI technologies selection; ii) developing simulation models iii) establishing hybrid method iv) extending considerations larger spatio-temporal functional scope.