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The Digital Trend for Achieving Sustainable Building and Construction
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The Digital Trend for Achieving Sustainable Building and Construction

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 6436

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Hongping Yuan

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Guest Editor
School of Management, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: digital technologies in construction; sustainable built environments; mega project management
Dr. Zeyu Wang

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Guest Editor
School of Management, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: smart building; digital technologies in construction; sustainable construction; mega project management
Dr. Xiaozhi Ma

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Guest Editor
School of Management, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: construction project management; technology management; digital technologies in construction; sustainable construction; mega projects
Dr. Yaning Qiao

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Guest Editor
School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
Interests: sustainable construction; carbon neutrality; resilient infrastructure; optimization; artificial intelligence
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The current trends in Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) involve the application of various digital technologies such as building information modelling (BIM), blockchain technology, augmented reality (VR)/virtual reality(AR), smart sensing, laser scanning, etc. Major research topics in construction management such as green building and sustainable construction are directly linked to sustainable building and construction, while business sustainability, project management, and building industrialization include the role of leadership in the transformation of AEC to influence sustainable building and construction.

This call for papers concerns the digital trends for achieving sustainable building and construction. It aims to present a collection of relevant scientific studies that associate digital technologies with the major AEC research topics to enhance sustainable building and construction. The recommended research areas include the application of digital technologies in:

  • Green buildings;
  • Sustainable construction;
  • AEC businesses;
  • AEC project management;
  • Building industrialization.

Prof. Dr. Hongping Yuan
Dr. Zeyu Wang
Dr. Xiaozhi Ma
Dr. Yaning Qiao
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

  • digital technology
  • sustainable building and construction
  • architecture engineering and construction (AEC)
  • green building
  • sustainable construction
  • business sustainability
  • project management
  • building industrialization

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A BIM-Based Simulation Approach for Life-Cycle Quality Control in Post-Pandemic Hospitals
by Si Gao, Hu Xie, Mian Yang, Qiang Zhang, Ming Zhang, Xin Wang and Ze-Hao Jiang
Buildings 2023, 13(6), 1549; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061549 - 17 Jun 2023
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has engendered extensive challenges for conventional hospital operations. To adapt to this problematic issue, a mixed-use hospital functioning system for normal and epidemic situations is proposed. However, the inherent complexity of a hospital embedded with a function of epidemic [...] Read more.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has engendered extensive challenges for conventional hospital operations. To adapt to this problematic issue, a mixed-use hospital functioning system for normal and epidemic situations is proposed. However, the inherent complexity of a hospital embedded with a function of epidemic prevention and control renders a restrained construction process that may compromise quality. In this stance, we developed a BIM (building information modelling)-based simulation approach addressing life-cycle quality control in post-pandemic hospitals. An illustrative case study approach, which draws on the grey literature, was used to address the research question. BIM forward design was employed to integrate with such elements as functional streamline, emergency site, and ward conversion in the process of transformation from normal to epidemic-related operations. Computational fluid dynamics-based fluid simulation was conducted to obtain the most suitable air supply and exhaust solutions for negative pressure wards. BIM forward design method contributed to improving design efficiency and quality. The results of ventilation simulation and environmental analysis showed that the design scheme met all the functional requirements and technical specifications. Meanwhile, the best pipeline synthesis scheme was obtained, which reduced the rework and saved on construction time. The proposed method is beneficial to improve the efficiency of design information sharing and business collaboration. Implications generated from this study can be used as a significant reference for the future construction of various healthcare facilities. Full article
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CRITIC-TOPSIS-Based Evaluation of Smart Community Safety: A Case Study of Shenzhen, China
by Chenyang Wang, Linxiu Wang, Tiantian Gu, Jiyao Yin and Enyang Hao
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020476 - 09 Feb 2023
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As a micro-unit of the smart city, smart communities have transformed residents’ lives into a world that connects physical objects. Simultaneously, though, they have brought community safety problems. Most studies of the smart community have only focused on technical aspects, and little attention [...] Read more.
As a micro-unit of the smart city, smart communities have transformed residents’ lives into a world that connects physical objects. Simultaneously, though, they have brought community safety problems. Most studies of the smart community have only focused on technical aspects, and little attention has been paid to community safety. Thus, this paper aims to develop an evaluation system for smart community safety, which will further promote community safety development. On the basis of identifying evaluation indicators, an evaluation framework was built to assess the level of smart community safety by a comprehensive CRITIC-TOPSIS method. Five smart communities in Shenzhen city were selected as cases to validate the feasibility of the evaluation framework. There was an indication that the indicator with the highest weight was the ‘building monitoring’, and the indicator with the lowest weight was the ‘emergency shelter guidelines’. In addition, the Yucun community showed the highest safety level among these five smart communities. Some suggestions for enhancing the safety level of the smart community are proposed, such as strengthening the training of community safety management talents, establishing good emergency protective measures, and encouraging residents to participate in the development of community safety. This research not only provides an innovative community safety assessment method; it also enriches the knowledge of smart community safety. Full article
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Justifying the Effective Use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) with Business Intelligence
by Xiaozhi Ma, Xiao Li, Hongping Yuan, Zhiming Huang and Tongwei Zhang
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 87; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010087 - 29 Dec 2022
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Although building information modelling (BIM) is a widely acknowledged information and communication technology (ICT) in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) industry, its implementation is hindered by the hybrid practice of BIM and non-BIM information processing, and sometimes, it fails to add [...] Read more.
Although building information modelling (BIM) is a widely acknowledged information and communication technology (ICT) in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) industry, its implementation is hindered by the hybrid practice of BIM and non-BIM information processing, and sometimes, it fails to add value to the AECO business. It is crucial to define, on a scientific base, how to ensure the effective use of BIM regarding the various conditions in which to apply BIM in AECO practices. Although several studies have investigated similar topics, very few have focused on the adoption of distinct BIM applications over the conventional practice from the perspective of business intelligence (BI) as a theoretical framework to justify the effective value of BIM use in the AECO. This study proposes a framework relying on BI principles to justify effective BIM use and explicates the contextual factors in AECO practices. The data were acquired from a three-round Delphi survey. The framework suggests that effective BIM use in AECO practices should follow the two principles of BI: achieving technical effectiveness and realizing business value. The pursuit of technical effectiveness should consider business objectives, business issues, business sustainability and regulatory eligibility, and the realization of business value involves willingness to adopt BIM, human-computer interoperability, visualization-based data quality and sources, data processing and system integration, and application maturity. This study provides a new perspective by which to address the issue of the technological iteration in the current hybrid BIM and non-BIM practice and could help to improve BIM implementation in the AECO industry. Full article
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