Dear Colleagues,

Smart construction has been touted as an innovative approach towards the attainment of a sustainable development agenda of every country in building and operating public infrastructure projects such as light rails, hospitals, schools, airports, and recreational centres, among others. Smart construction uses innovative and data-driven technologies such as sensors, digital twins, and artificial intelligence in this era of the fourth Industrial Revolution to improve operational efficiency, reduce delays and costs, and ensure timely completion of these infrastructure projects. Smart construction also helps to modernize existing infrastructures and make them more resilient to different environmental conditions. By employing smart technological tools, data, and advanced analytics, infrastructure projects can be monitored in real time to streamline efficiencies in processes and site work. This allows project managers to make well-informed decisions quickly and accurately. Additionally, the use of smart technologies provides visibility into the entire lifecycle of infrastructure projects, from design to construction, maintenance, and operation. By understanding how each stage is connected and how it affects the overall infrastructure, smart construction enables stakeholders to make more informed decisions and stay on top of project progress. The existing literature has made little inroads in the development of smart construction technologies for public infrastructure projects. The limited applicability of high-priority technologies in public infrastructure development, especially in the global south, calls for comprehensive research and practical solutions to transition existing public infrastructure projects to be more resilient and technology-driven infrastructures. In this Special Issue, we ask for the submission of high-quality and original research manuscripts, which are focused on the application of smart construction technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Digital twins, Drones and Advanced Imaging, Cloud-Based Collaboration, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), and 5G Technology in the understanding, modelling, and implementation of infrastructure project development.

Dr. Robert Osei-Kyei
Dr. Xiaohua Jin
Dr. Isaac Akomea-Frimpong
Guest Editors

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• infrastructure development
• artificial intelligence and machine learning
• smart construction
• Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• digital twins
• robotics
• drones and advanced imaging
• cloud-based collaboration
• Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)
• 5G technology
• PPP infrastructure projects