Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders' awareness, major challenges, and enablers

BC Guerra, F Leite - Resources, conservation and recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing environmental concerns and resource scarcity risks have drawn attention to a
Circular Economic (CE) model during the last decade. Nevertheless, literature related to the …

Construction and demolition waste management contributing factors coupled with reduce, reuse, and recycle strategies for effective waste management: A review

K Kabirifar, M Mojtahedi, C Wang, VWY Tam - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Construction and demolition waste (C&DW) as a direct consequence of rapid urbanization is
increasing around the world. C&DW generation has been identified as one of the major …

A scientometric review of global research on sustainability and sustainable development

TO Olawumi, DWM Chan - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
The concept of sustainable development has gained worldwide attention in recent years
which had enhanced its implementation. However, few studies have attempted to map the …

Circular economy applications in the construction industry: A global scan of trends and opportunities

BC Guerra, S Shahi, A Mollaei, N Skaf, O Weber… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Construction consumes more than 3 billion tons of raw materials globally each year.
Adopting circular economy principles can help reduce waste and save more than $100 …

Perceived benefits of and barriers to Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation in construction: The case of Hong Kong

DWM Chan, TO Olawumi, AML Ho - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
BIM has experienced an increasing appeal in its adoption and implementation in the built
environment worldwide in recent years. The current research study aims to identify and …

[HTML][HTML] Salvaging building materials in a circular economy: A BIM-based whole-life performance estimator

LA Akanbi, LO Oyedele, OO Akinade, AO Ajayi… - Resources …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to develop a BIM-based Whole-life Performance Estimator (BWPE)
for appraising the salvage performance of structural components of buildings right from the …

Fundamentals of building deconstruction as a circular economy strategy for the reuse of construction materials

G Bertino, J Kisser, J Zeilinger, G Langergraber… - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The construction industry is one of the most environmentally detrimental industries in the
world, impacting directly the use of raw materials, their determination of use involving the …

A mixed review of the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for sustainability

HY Chong, CY Lee, X Wang - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a digitalised technology under a
collaborative working platform. Certain aspects of sustainability have been highlighted in …

Deep learning model for Demolition Waste Prediction in a circular economy

LA Akanbi, AO Oyedele, LO Oyedele… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
An essential requirement for a successful circular economy is the continuous use of
materials. Planning for building materials reuse at the end-of-life of buildings is usually a …

Digitizing material passport for sustainable construction projects using BIM

I Atta, ES Bakhoum, MM Marzouk - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Several aspects hinder the application sustainability in construction industry. The most
prominent problems are related to the conservation of natural resources and the generation …