Building industry as one of the greatest industries in Iran comprises a significant share of waste generation in the country. Since a large quantity of the generated construction waste is buried due to the lack of a recycling protocol, it leads to an undesired waste of resources and causes severe environmental issues. This paper provides a study on the problem of material loss/construction wast...

Abstract The objective of this study is to analyse the impact management practices on productivity building construction projects in India. methodology adopted for identify and practice attributes from literature review expert focus group interviews. identified were analysed priorities using relative weight given by respondents. collected data further SPSS 21 software. quantitative research was...

Building Information Modelling is further globalising Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professional partnerships. However, little is known on the effect of cultural and human factors on BIM enabled visualisation applications. This desktop study examined the extant literature on factors relating to application of BIM enabled visualisation technologies as a process that can improv...

Construction customers are persistently seeking to achieve sustainability and maximize value as sustainability has become a major consideration in the construction industry. In particular, it is essential to refurbish a whole house to achieve the sustainability agenda of 80% CO2 reduction by 2050 as the housing sector accounts for 28% of the total UK CO2 emission. However, whole house refurbish...

Author(s): Bo-Christer Björk Institution(s): Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration E-mail(s): [email protected] Abstract: This paper deals with the introduction of electronic document management (EDM) technology in the construction industry, and our current research knowledge about this topic. EDM has the potential to enhance the information management in construction p...

The usage of computer applications in the construction industry has steadily increased over the years, as has the complexity of many applications. However, project managers, who are usually responsible for making decisions, are not necessarily familiar with these ever-increasingly complex applications. As a result, a question answering system is needed for efficiently managing construction proj...

one of the most effective tools for decline cost and time, quality improvement and consequently project performance enhancement especially in construction projects, is value engineering. there are linguistic judgments in many cases of value engineering studies in construction projects such as interior design, mechanical installations design, and etc. therefore multiple attribute decision-making...