Sustainable and resilient construction: Current status and future challenges

N Murtagh, L Scott, J Fan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction industry globally is one of the most environmentally damaging of sectors.
Additionally, the resources consumed and the operational energy requirements of buildings …

Mapping of social sustainability attributes to stakeholders' involvement in construction project life cycle

NE Kordi, S Belayutham… - Construction management …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In construction, greater emphasis is often placed on the economic and environmental
aspects of sustainability, rather than social. Nonetheless, neglecting one of the sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] “Bigger than government”: Exploring the social construction and contestation of net-zero industrial megaprojects in England

BK Sovacool, M Iskandarova, FW Geels - Technological Forecasting and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Industry is frequently framed as hard-to-decarbonize given its diversity of requirements,
technologies, and supply chains, many of which are unique to particular sectors. Net zero …

Local community engagement as a practice: an investigation of local community engagement issues and their impact on transport megaprojects' social value

A Babaei, G Locatelli, T Sainati - International Journal of Managing …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Transport megaprojects often struggle to offer social value (SV) that meets local
communities' needs. This problem is embedded in how local communities' views are …

Issues in promoting sustainability in mega infrastructure projects: a systematic review

N Thounaojam, B Laishram - Journal of Environmental Planning …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the growing need for infrastructure development, governments have invested heavily in
constructing large infrastructure projects in the form of megaprojects. However …

Politics of social value in the built environment

M Selçuk Çıdık - Buildings & Cities, 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
The built environment can have a major impact on people's economic prospects, health and
wellbeing, and affect their everyday lived experiences. Additionally, due to their high costs …

Structural changes to nuclear energy industries and the economic effects resulting from energy transition policies in South Korea

H Kim, EC Jeon - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The world's aging fleet of nuclear power reactors faces decommissioning. Because
decommissioning is implemented through a series of procedures, and this process changes …

Desiccation behaviour of colloidal silica grouted sand: A new material for the creation of near surface hydraulic barriers

M Pedrotti, C Wong, G El Mountassir, JC Renshaw… - Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper considers the mechanism of cracking in colloidal silica (CS) grout subjected to
drying and wetting cycles, with the aim of testing its use for the creation of near-surface low …

[HTML][HTML] A critical comparison of concepts and approaches to social sustainability in the construction industry

AE Kristoffersen, C Schultz, A Kamari - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainability is a major driving force in today's society as it serves as a guiding principle in
decision-making towards a better and sustainable future. In practice, the concept of …

A principal component analysis of sustainable building construction features for project delivery in South Africa

CE Emere, CO Aigbavboa, WD Thwala… - Journal of Engineering …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Successful project delivery for sustainable building construction (SBC) has been
linked to certain features. Previous studies have emphasised the need to improve SBC …