Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 31 Issue 5

Factors affecting performance of graduate architects in contract implementation management: a case study on housing projects in Malaysia

Si Yee Tiew

Graduate architect plays an important role in contract implementation management when handling building construction projects. Graduate architects had been authorized to manage…

Towards an integrative analysis of underground environment and human health: a survey and field measurement approach

Isabelle Y.S. Chan, Hao Chen

Due to land resource scarcity, sustainable urban development in high-density cities has long been challenging. As such, many cities are formulating plans to “dig deep”, resulting…

Evolutionary game analysis of the intelligent upgrading of smart solar photovoltaic projects

Yibo Hu, Jinbo Song, Tingting Zhao

The development of China's solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is in a transition period from pursuing scale and speed to focusing on efficiency and quality. “Smart PV projects”…

Job satisfaction in green construction projects: antecedent roles of green work climate, pro-environmental construction practice and green human capital

Hilary Omatule Onubi, Manuel Carpio, Ahmad Sanusi Hassan

Job satisfaction (JS) of construction workers is important in determining the level of green construction project performance. Despite the importance of construction workers' JS…

The influence of the psychological contract on the safety of performance of construction workers in China

Hongyang Li, Yanlin Chen, Junwei Zheng, Yuan Fang, Yifan Yang, Martin Skitmore, Rosemarie Rusch, Tingting Jiang

In the absence of previous work, this study investigates how the psychological contract (PC) influences the safety performance of construction workers in China.

Automated 4D BIM development: the resource specification and optimization approach

Abdulwahed Fazeli, Saeed Banihashemi, Aso Hajirasouli, Saeed Reza Mohandes

This research aims to develop an automated and optimization algorithms (OAs)-integrated 4D building information modeling (BIM) approach and a prototype and enable construction…

The effect of construction sustainability system interactions on financial performance: a sociotechnical perspective

Stuart Orr, Akshay Jadhav

Construction sustainability (CS) is a strategic reaction to the sustainability expectations of the construction industry's external stakeholders. The extant literature has viewed…

Impact of supervisor leadership on construction worker safety behavior in China: the moderating role of social capital

Xiuyu Wu, Qinzhen Qian, Meng Zhang

Leaders' behavior has a critical impact on workers' safety behavior. However, previous studies have shown contradictive views on the effect of different leadership styles on…

Examining the slow acceptance of HR analytics in the Indian engineering and construction industry: a SEM-ANN-based approach

Meenal Arora, Anshika Prakash, Amit Mittal, Swati Singh

Despite the extensive benefits of human resource (HR) analytics, the intention to adopt such technology is still a matter of concern in the engineering and construction sectors…

Multifactor uncertainty analysis of prefabricated building supply chain: qualitative comparative analysis

Dan Wang, Jingyi Luo, Yongkun Wang

This paper constructs the uncertainty analysis model of prefabricated building supply chain risk. The model is designed to study the formation path of prefabricated building…

Impact of challenge and hindrance job stressors on informal safety communication of construction workers in China: the moderating role of co-worker relationship

Weiyi Cong, Shoujian Zhang, Huakang Liang, Qingting Xiang

Job stressors have a considerable influence on workplace safety behaviors. However, the findings from previous studies regarding the effect of different types of job stressors…

PPP project price mode typologies: a China-based comparative case study

Yubo Guo, Jinchan Liu, Chuan Chen, Xiaowei Luo, Igor Martek

Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) are crucial to the procurement of global infrastructure projects. Moreover, a price mode based on a cluster of core concessionary items is key…

Exploring blockchain technology acceptance among non-managerial construction practitioners in Shenzhen, China

Longhui Liao, Yuehua Ye, Nana Wei, Hong Li, Cheng Fan

Problems such as information asymmetry and a lack of trust among construction practitioners damage the quality and progress of construction projects. The decentralization…

Benchmarking lean construction conformance in Pakistan’s construction industry

Mughees Aslam, Edmund Baffoe-Twum, Sohail Malik

Lean construction (LC) is an innovative approach in the construction industry that has shown significant success in developed countries. Although LC has potential in the…

Interaction mechanisms of interface management risks in complex systems of high-speed rail construction projects: an association rule mining-based modeling framework

Yuanwen Han, Jiang Shen, Xuwei Zhu, Bang An, Xueying Bao

This study aims to develop an interface management risk interaction modeling and analysis methodology applicable to complex systems in high-speed rail construction projects…

Modelling the critical challenges of quality assurance of cross-border construction logistics and supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frank Ato Ghansah, Weisheng Lu, Benjamin Kwaku Ababio

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the construction industry, yet still, it is unclear from existing studies about the critical challenges imposed on quality assurance (QA)…

Key performance indicators of construction companies in branding products and construction projects for success in a competitive environment in Iran

Erfan Anjomshoa

Key performance indicators (KPIs) play a pivotal role in evaluating the level of success of an organization in achieving its business objectives. The objective of the current…

The relationship between construction workers’ emotional intelligence and safety performance

Wenwei Huang, Deyu Zhong, Yanlin Chen

Construction enterprises are achieving the goal of production safety by increasingly focusing on the critical factor of “human” and the impact of individual characteristics on…