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Table 1

Dominant research streams in sustainable construction literature

Research stream	Focus	Limitation	References
Barriers and drivers	Adoption challenges and enablers	Limited focus on implementation	Martek et al. (2019a, b), Mhatre et al. (2023), Abdulai et al. (2026)
Circular economy strategies	Reuse, recycling, design for disassembly	Often conceptual rather than decision focused	Gurusinghe et al. (2025), Li et al. (2025), Minunno et al. (2020)
Sustainable procurement	Supply chain and tender mechanisms	Focused on procurement rather than lifecycle integration	Ruparathna and Hewage (2015), Ahmed et al. (2024)
Sustainability governance	Policy instruments and regulation	Limited examination of project level translation	Lu et al. (2022), Amarasinghe et al. (2024)

Research stream	Focus	Limitation	References
Barriers and drivers	Adoption challenges and enablers	Limited focus on implementation	Martek et al. (2019a, b), Mhatre et al. (2023), Abdulai et al. (2026)
Circular economy strategies	Reuse, recycling, design for disassembly	Often conceptual rather than decision focused	Gurusinghe et al. (2025), Li et al. (2025), Minunno et al. (2020)
Sustainable procurement	Supply chain and tender mechanisms	Focused on procurement rather than lifecycle integration	Ruparathna and Hewage (2015), Ahmed et al. (2024)
Sustainability governance	Policy instruments and regulation	Limited examination of project level translation	Lu et al. (2022), Amarasinghe et al. (2024)