Purpose The demand to reduce carbon emissions has become an increasingly important
social factor due to the unprecedented impacts of climate change. However, most existing …

Current approaches to automating cost estimation mainly focus on construction costs. Yet,
the two main services provided by design firms, namely 'designing the project', and …

Purpose Sustainable construction practices are strongly correlated with a profitable and
competitive construction industry, improved client satisfaction and efficient use of resources …

The decarbonization of the construction industry has emerged as a pressing global priority,
and the electric machine is the driving force towards achieving this goal. This study focuses …

Purpose Construction firms worldwide are increasingly taking pragmatic steps towards
addressing environmental problems arising from their activities. Nonetheless, there is a …

Purpose Leadership encapsulates a process of influencing others to understand what needs
to be done and how it can be done. The related area of mindset behaviour which moderates …

The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy (RE) sources is an essential step in
mitigating climate change and ensuring environmental sustainability. However, large-scale …

Purpose While smart building technologies (SBTs) implementation ensures sustainability,
their adoption is hampered by latent barriers, especially in project management processes …

Purpose Maintenance policy is an element of building maintenance management that deals
with organisation policy, planning and procedures, and delineates how maintenance units in …

Purpose The construction industry is an enabler of economic growth in develo**
countries, but its performance is governed by the professional behaviour of construction …