In recent years, the performance of the construction industry has highlighted the increased
need for better resource efficiency, improved productivity, less waste, and increased value …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the drivers, practices and policies for
implementing sustainable construction in Nigeria. This is with a view towards increasing the …

Purpose Despite making significant strides in transforming its environmental outlook over
the past few years and promoting sustainable procurement (SP) in the public sector, the …

Sino-Singapore Tian** Eco-City (SSTEC) is currently the best-known and arguably the most
successful large-scale sustainable new town development project in China; as such …

Sustainable construction is hardly practised in Africa, despite the consistent campaign for its
adoption. This study investigates the drivers and effects of sustainable construction in South …

One of the principles of PPP projects is value for money in maintaining the construction
sustainability of a project. Thus, driven by this necessity, for the purpose to seek a solution in …

Purpose With recent extreme weather change from global warming, the ever-increasing
volume of waste, and the unsustainable use of natural resources, there is the need to evolve …

Abstract Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is becoming more important since long-term building
owners and clients have begun to demand an estimate evidence of what their cost of …

There has been a pressing need to consider lifelong building costs and spread awareness
about the life cycle cost of a building in the construction sector. Before 1970s, most of the …

Housing is one of the basic needs of an individual and the quality of life of a person is
directly/indirectly affected by the quality of housing. If housing is believed to be a basic …