...Parisa Moshashaei; Hamed Golzad; Henry Liu; Nasser Bagheri Purpose The construction industry is a hazardous sector with a heightened risk to workers’ mental health and well-being ( MHW ). Despite the importance of physical and environmental site characteristics, limited research has examined how...

... predictions in construction project activities. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on optimizing and selecting the best metaheuristic algorithm from a set of candidates in conjunction with ANN . The goal is to intelligently attain the optimal combined model for weights and biases...

...Benviolent Chigara; John Smallwood Purpose The construction sector’s poor health and safety (H&S) performance is increasingly attributed to inappropriate procurement systems. However, limited research has investigated the key aspects of procurement management that undermine construction H...

.../methodology/approach A total of 118 survey questionnaires were administered to construction workers in Ghana, and canonical correlation analysis was conducted to ascertain the relationship between well-being and employee performance. Findings This study identified varying levels of influence of well...

...K. Apinayan; B.A.K.S. Perera; Dilan Weerasooriya; K.A.T.O. Ranadewa Purpose Traditional detailed cost estimation ( DCE ) methods in construction often exhibit lower accuracy than building information modelling ( BIM )-based estimation. The integration of BIM into construction has the potential...

...Aritra Halder Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the critical driving factors of stakeholder integration (CDF-SIs) in construction megaprojects and examine their influence on key performance parameters, including time, cost, quality, stakeholder satisfaction, dispute resolution...

...Danning Xu; Kofi Agyekum; Patrick Manu; Clara Cheung; Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim; Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu; Pablo A. Perez Purpose Design for Safety (DfS) has been studied as an effective method to reduce injuries and fatalities in construction. Although the benefits of implementing DfS...

...Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim; Patrick Manu; Clara Cheung; Brian H.W. Guo; Kofi Agyekum Purpose Despite the growing construction subject of Design for Safety (DfS) in Malaysia, little effort has been made to understand the construction organisational DfS capability in a dynamic environment...

...Hayford Pittri; Samuel Oduro; David Wireko Atibila; Oscar Kwame Kwasafo; Aisha Abdallah; Eunice Deedei Anteh Purpose Net zero energy buildings (NZEBs) are essential for reducing the environmental consequences of the construction industry. However, its uptake within the industry has been limited...

... to identify challenges in the assessment of the investment value and return on investment (ROI) for BIM in the construction industry. A total of 75 research articles were considered for the final literature review. An evaluation of the literature is conducted using a combination of bibliometric analysis...

...Mustafa AlMemari; Khalizani Khalid; Abdullah Osman Purpose Construction managers must focus on effective job design to develop and harness employee talent and achieve organizational goals. Because psychological needs and key motivators vary by career stage, a differentiated employee value...

...Sambo Lyson Zulu; Ali Saad; Saheed Ajayi; Maria Unuigbe; Mohammed Dulaimi Purpose Due to the practical complexity and fragmented nature of the construction industry, digitalisation, like other innovations, is not easily achieved. This study aims to explore organisational influences...

...Hanane Bouhmoud; Dalila Loudyi; Salman Azhar; Mounia Farah Purpose The unexpected spread of COVID-19 rapidly switched from a health crisis to an economic one. The Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry experienced drastic impacts, especially in Africa. Several studies...

...., 2018). With the maturity of the BIM approach, it has been realized that the design process itself will not change within BIM; rather, the entire construction life cycle involving all linked processes will also change. Designers will need additional skills to work with a new set of tools that support...

...John Smallwood; Chris Allen Purpose Historically, a range of health and safety (H&S) challenges continue to be experienced. A two-day construction Industry 4.0 oriented H&S summit presented an opportunity to survey the delegates. The purpose of the study was to determine their perceptions...

... of the technology, such as immutability of information and decentralisation of authority attributes, the built environment is slow in its adoption. This study aims to explore the barriers to the implementation of blockchain technology in the construction using a principal component analysis (PCA) approach...

...Kenneth Lawani; Luis Alfredo Arias Abad; Nigel Craig; Billy Hare; Iain Cameron Purpose Emotional intelligence (EI) and conflict management (CM) are essential skills for construction managers towards achieving organisational effectiveness. It is believed that an individual’s EI level (EIL...

...Ayotunde Babalola; Nishani Harinarain Purpose Sustainable construction practice is structured on regulatory and non-regulatory policies in developed and most developing countries. With the gradual uptake of sustainability concerns in the construction industry, this paper aims to identify...

...Geraldine John Kikwasi Purpose Claims are increasingly becoming a norm in construction projects and thus an area that is attracting interventions through researches. This paper aims to establish causes–effects relationship of claims in construction projects. Design/methodology/approach...

...Tirivavi Moyo; Benviolent Chigara Purpose Increased construction risk due to the complexity and numerous construction performance challenges requires improved construction project managers’ competence. However, contextual interrogation of these competencies is limited. This paper aims to report...