Towards a Sustainable Construction Industry: The Role of Innovation and Digitalisation

Towards a Sustainable Construction Industry: The Role of Innovation and Digitalisation
Author: Clinton Aigbavboa
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2023-04-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031224345

This book gathers papers from the 12th Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Postgraduate Research Conference, which was held at the International Convention Centre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from July 10 to 12, 2022. The conference directly addresses the objectives of SDG9: “Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation”. Moreover, the conference is designed to promote capacity development and transformation within the built-environment space by providing an all-inclusive platform to established and emerging researchers to discuss the recent advancements needed to move the industry forward.

Sustainable Construction Technologies

Sustainable Construction Technologies
Author: Vivian Y. Tam
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128117508

Sustainable Construction Technologies: Life-Cycle Assessment provides practitioners with a tool to help them select technologies that are financially advantageous even though they have a higher initial cost. Chapters provide an overview of LCA and how it can be used in conjunction with other indicators to manage construction. Topics covered include indoor environment quality, energy efficiency, transport, water reuse, materials, land use and ecology, and more. The book presents a valuable tool for construction professionals and researchers that want to apply sustainable construction techniques to their projects. Practitioners will find the international case studies and discussions of worldwide regulation and standards particularly useful. - Provides a framework for analyzing sustainable construction technologies and economic viability - Introduces key credit criteria for different sustainable construction technologies - Covers the most relevant construction areas - Includes technologies that can be employed during the process of construction, or to the product of the construction process, i.e. buildings - Analyzes international rating systems and provides supporting case studies

Principles of Basic Construction Economics in the 21st Century

Principles of Basic Construction Economics in the 21st Century
Author: Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2024-09-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1835498388

Principles of Basic Construction Economics in the 21st Century unravels and takes account of the widening and more sophisticated cost management and control services required by the discerning client in today’s construction industry.

Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry

Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry
Author: Temitope Omotayo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2024-06-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1040044174

Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry examines current and futuristic developments in the construction industry hinged on the construction industrial fourth and fifth revolution, otherwise known as construction industry 4.0 and 5.0. This book provides a wide range of expert views and case studies on the future of the construction industry from the perspectives of researchers and practitioners in various fields of study from business management, psychology, sociology, engineering, behavioural studies and computer sciences. The book provides documentary evidence of how the construction industry has changed post-COVID-19 pandemic in terms of design, planning, management, construction, the behaviour of construction professionals, research in the built environment, and new interactions of built environment practitioners with other professionals from computer science, finance, business management, and engineering. The evidence provided in this book can help decision makers in the construction sector and associated industries to understand human interaction in the construction sector and inspire new research directions. Furthermore, the book will map potential future paradigms for the construction industry and the preparedness of construction professionals, teams, and organisations for coming changes. This book is of interest to a wide audience of postgraduate students, academics, researchers, and industry professionals in the built environment, finance, project management, engineering, and policy makers.

Sustainable Construction Engineering and Management

Sustainable Construction Engineering and Management
Author: Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9783036526294

This Book is a Printed Edition of the Special Issue which covers sustainability as an emerging requirement in the fields of construction management, project management and engineering. We invited authors to submit their theoretical or experimental research articles that address the challenges and opportunities for sustainable construction in all its facets, including technical topics and specific operational or procedural solutions, as well as strategic approaches aimed at the project, company or industry level. Central to developments are smart technologies and sophisticated decision-making mechanisms that augment sustainable outcomes. The Special Issue was received with great interest by the research community and attracted a high number of submissions. The selection process sought to balance the inclusion of a broad representative spread of topics against research quality, with editors and reviewers settling on thirty-three articles for publication. The Editors invite all participating researchers and those interested in sustainable construction engineering and management to read the summary of the Special Issue and of course to access the full-text articles provided in the Book for deeper analyses.

Digital Built Asset Management

Digital Built Asset Management
Author: Qiuchen Lu
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2024-10-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1035321440

This insightful book presents a comprehensive understanding of the new technologies impacting the digital era of built asset and facility management. Informative and accessible, it illustrates how the concepts, principles, strategies and applications of digital built asset management can be improved and implemented in real-life practice.

A Digital Path to Sustainable Infrastructure Management

A Digital Path to Sustainable Infrastructure Management
Author: Ayodeji E. Oke
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2024-01-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1837977054

A Digital Path for Sustainable Infrastructure Management delivers the much sought-after guidance that the industry seeks to embrace technological advancements, establish new sustainable working practices, and foster socially valuable collaborations.

Towards a Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry

Towards a Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry
Author: Yuri Borgianni
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 689
Release: 2023-09-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031382749

This book offers insights into the new trends that are pushing industries toward the 5.0 paradigm. Digitalization has made tremendous inroads, and the key enabling technologies for Industry 4.0 are increasingly mature. “Towards a Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry” not only strikes a balance among the current benefits, issues, and limitations of the current wave of digitalization, but also identifies the key challenges for making new industrial developments favorable for people and the environment. The different perspectives presented in this collection are gathered from contributions presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation (ISIEA 2023), which took place at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano on June 22-23, 2023. Readers will realize how aspects from different disciplines are interwoven to allow positive changes across industries: from engineering to artificial intelligence, from management to design, and from health care to biology.

Acceleration of Digital Innovation & Technology towards Society 5.0

Acceleration of Digital Innovation & Technology towards Society 5.0
Author: Dian Puteri Ramadhani
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2022-11-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000789926

Sustainable Collaboration in Business, Technology, Information, and Innovation (SCBTII 2021) focused on "Acceleration of Digital Innovation & Technology towards Society 5.0". This proceeding offers valuable knowledge on research-based solutions to accelerate innovation and technology by introducing economic transformation to solve various challenges in the economy slow-down during the post-pandemic era. The business sector should have the ability to gain sustainable competitive advantage, and quality growth by synergizing management capabilities, mastery of technology, and innovation strategies to adapt to external trends and events. This Proceeding is classified into four tracks: Digital-Based Management; Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Economics; Finance and Corporate Governance; and Accounting. This valuable research will help academicians, professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, learners, and other related groups from around the world who have a special interest in theories and practices in the field of business and digital innovation and technology towards society 5.0.