Life Cycle Management of Building and Infrastructure Projects
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1075
Special Issue Editors
Interests: contract and procurement; project delivery methods; infrastructure sustainability; construction project management; construction safety; highway safety; asset management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The life cycle management of building and infrastructure projects is an inter-disciplinary area. To initiate and complete the entire life cycle of these projects, project stakeholders must implement a combination of planning, financing, and facilities management knowledge. To aid in the planning and design of these types of projects, advanced technologies have been used, including Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Civil Integrated Management (CIM). The use of drones and robotics is revolutionizing the construction, operation, and maintenance of building and infrastructure projects. Additionally, the paradigm shift from conventional to advanced strategies benefits the construction industry in a variety of ways. To compile the existing knowledge and advanced technology used to manage entire phases of projects, Buildings invites prospective authors to submit original manuscripts to a Special Issue on the life cycle management of building and infrastructure projects. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
- BIM for planning, designing, constructing, and asset management.
- CIM for planning, designing, constructing, and asset management.
- Drones and robotics for construction and asset management.
- Building comfort and energy simulations.
- Procurement, contracting, and project delivery methods.
- Legal issues and dispute minimization.
- Life cycle cost analysis.
- Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and neural network use for construction project management.
Prof. Dr. Pramen P. Shrestha
Dr. Kishor Shrestha
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- procurement, contracting, and project delivery method
- building information modelling
- civil infrastructure modelling
- building comfort
- life cycle analysis
- legal and disputes resolution
