... of buildings to address human welfare and community cohesion. Despite its significance, sustainable housing faces multiple challenges that hinder its widespread adoption, particularly in developing countries. Thus, this study therefore seeks to explore the barriers that constrain the provision of sustainable...

...Chikezirim Okorafor; Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo; Adewale Segun Alabi Purpose Emerging technologies are designed to provide remarkable benefits to safety on site, quality and productivity improvement. This study aimed to examine the challenges of emerging technologies implementation for quality...

...Matthew Ikuabe; Clinton Aigbavboa; Andrew Ebekozien; Sympathia Mambane Purpose The accreditation of built environment programmes is a quality assurance measure which seeks to ensure defined deliverables are continuously met. This study presents the findings of the explored challenges associated...

... for adaptability (DfA) have been approved as a viable option to minimize construction waste and greenhouse gases while providing cost savings on building projects. This paper examines the views of design professionals on the challenges to implementing DfA in the Ghanaian construction industry (GCI). Design...

.... There may be hindrances to retrofitting for energy efficiency. Extant literature and policy documents on Zimbabwe suggest a better framework to help stakeholders manage their existing buildings by addressing challenges and policy inconsistencies. This study appraises and critically discusses the challenges...

...Mohd Imran Khan; Shahbaz Khan; Urfi Khan; Abid Haleem 25 02 2021 07 04 2021 14 05 2021 This study will enable practitioners, policy planners involved in smart city projects in tackling the challenges in an optimised manner for the hindrance free and accelerated development...

... benefits and challenges to implement lean construction in the Bangladeshi construction industry and to prioritize them. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive literature review has been done to design a questionnaire for the survey. The final questionnaire has been designed with 27 lean tools, 41...

... than construction costs and five times more than the initial investment outlays. Hence, this paper investigated and identified the key issues and challenges of realising BIM business value in AM. The study adopted an explorative and deductive approach. A qualitative four-stage research design...