... emissions effectively. Design/methodology/approach A case study-based approach is adopted to develop a blockchain-based system (EcoConstruct) to track carbon emissions and circularity of construction materials and facilitate carbon trading in the industry. The implementation uses smart contract...

...Ali Azadeh; Mahdokht Kalantari; Ghazaleh Ahmadi; Hossein Eslami Purpose Construction materials comprise a major part of the total construction cost. Given the importance of bitumen as a fundamental material in construction projects, it is imperative to have an accurate forecast of its consumption...

.../approach This study attempts to understand sustainability by concentrating on how this term is reflected in construction materials' images and perceived by design and construction students and practitioners. A measurement instrument is developed based on a literature review and further tested with web...

.... Thus, it is clear that UDI is not directly applicable to the construction material industry without further developments. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that a network perspective is essential when adapting and implementing UDI in the construction material industry and to let...

...Yuan Fang; S. Thomas Ng Purpose Construction materials take up a significant proportion of the total construction cost. Without careful planning and controlling on the flow of construction materials, it is possible that the cost of materials may increase unnecessarily. In view of that, this paper...

...S. Thomas Ng; Yuan Fang; Onuegbu O. Ugwu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of applying Petri nets to improve construction material logistics analysis and modelling. Design/methodology/approach The characteristics of construction logistics are unveiled by analysing...

... of an item is the unit purchase price from an external source including transportation and freight expenses. For construction materials, it is common to receive discounts for bulk purchases, i.e. the unit purchase cost declines as quantity increases, which make it sometimes more desirable for construction...

.... According to statistics from EPD (2003) , the inert construction material delivered to public filling areas in 1999 was 29,220 tons Thus, regulating the use of public filling facilities is very important. The non‐inert substances from construction and demolition are called C&D waste, mainly...

... through e‐markets to find what they need. This paper attempts to review problems of existing electronic product catalogues on construction material websites and presents an electronic product catalogue designed to facilitate easy searching, comparing and evaluating of construction materials. © MCB UP...