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Sustainable Construction Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2021) | Viewed by 3629

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Mahdi Safa

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Engineering Technology Department, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, US
Interests: sustainable infrastructure; maritime/coastal/port construction design and management; construction supply chain management; big data analytics; risk management; cyberphysical systems; urban planning
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleague,

Sustainable construction management (SCM) is a platform for sustainable and green construction practices. Two key aspects of SCM are resource efficiency and ecological principles. Sustainable building practices have experienced significant growth, while the awareness of global warming and other environmental issues has gained momentum. Despite indications of significant growth, SCM has not been without challenges and barriers, the most common of which is the premium cost over conventional practices. However, the cost of SCM could be minimized or eliminated through improving the level of communication across the project team, inclusive design charrette processes for project stakeholders, and effective front end planning.

This Special Issue will provide an opportunity for researchers to exchange new ideas across the emerging field. The goal of this Special Issue is to collect high-quality contributions to address the sustainable construction management advancements and best practices. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the ones listed below.

  • Potential motivators to achieve sustainable construction safety and health;
  • Adversarial modeling for sustainable construction management;
  • Sustainable construction safety and health rating system;
  • Integrating environmental, quality, and safety management systems;
  • Effective front end planning for sustainable construction;
  • Sustainable construction practices through safety culture;
  • Modeling risk management in sustainable construction;
  • Sustainable construction waste management.

Dr. Mahdi Safa
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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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. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • sustainable construction management
  • risk management
  • sustainable front end planning
  • green construction supply chain
  • sustainable infrastructure

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18 pages, 1577 KiB  
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Integrated Analysis of the Geotechnical Factors Impeding Sustainable Building Construction—The Case of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
by Zaheer Abbas Kazmi and Mahmoud Sodangi
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6531; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126531 - 08 Jun 2021
Cited by 6 | Viewed by 2508
Abstract
Sustainable building construction in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is fraught with issues, ranging from groundwater table fluctuation to inappropriate earthwork techniques, particularly in areas that were previously reclaimed. This paper analyzes the geotechnical factors that affect the safety and serviceability of [...] Read more.
Sustainable building construction in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is fraught with issues, ranging from groundwater table fluctuation to inappropriate earthwork techniques, particularly in areas that were previously reclaimed. This paper analyzes the geotechnical factors that affect the safety and serviceability of infrastructure construction on reclaimed land. The data were collected mainly from expert-based surveys and semi-structured interviews with geotechnical experts across the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Ten critical factors were identified, and an integrated assessment was conducted using the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) technique to examine the hierarchical structure of the relations between the factors. In addition, the Cross-impact Matrix Multiplication Applied to Classification (MICMAC) technique was used to classify the factors from a driving to driven perspective. Findings of the study reveal the driving factors, which have the propensity to affect other factors and are the most crucial factors hindering the safety and serviceability of sustainable building construction. These factors are the presence of low-bearing sabkha soil, shallow and fluctuating depth of the groundwater table, and the lack of soil improvement applications. It is expected that concerned authorities may find the outcomes of this study useful in formulating effective policies, standards, and regulations that will protect infrastructure construction from safety and serviceability problems. While the evidence on which the results of this study are based is from experiences related to coastal areas of Saudi Arabia, the outcomes of this paper could be adopted in other coastal areas in the Gulf region. This paper adds to the current knowledge on safety and serviceability management of infrastructure constructed on reclaimed lands. Full article
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