A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section “Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization“.
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2023
Dr. Yongjian Ke E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Interests: public–private partnership; risk management; project delivery; procurement; relational contracting; social license to operate; social procurement
Prof. Dr. Jingxiao Zhang E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
School of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China
Interests: project management; construction economy and management; digital construction education; green productivity in construction industry
Prof. Dr. Simon P. Philbin E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London, UK
Interests: project management; engineering management; built environment; sustainability; renewable energy technologies; digital transformation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your research studies to this Special Issue of the Buildings journal entitled “Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management”. Buildings is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal concerning building science, building engineering and architecture published monthly online by MDPI.
Construction project management is a complex discipline requiring the addressal of various important concerns, including cost, quality and schedule requirements as well as social impacts, environmental impacts and wider stakeholder interests. In recent years, the management of construction projects has faced a number of challenges and opportunities, with this situation arising due to the adoption of new technologies, new materials, evolved methods and processes, as well as complex contractual arrangements and other systems. For example, the integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in project management has been widely discussed. Consequently, construction project management is poised to leverage the benefits of digital transformation as part of the wider Industry 4.0 paradigm and also adopt new technologies to enable sustainable development.
Therefore, it is necessary to examine both tradition and innovation in construction project management so that the latest research studies and practices can be identified and harnessed—this is essential if we are to benefit from the potential of digital technologies and continue on the path towards sustainability. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform to showcase the latest international research and development in this important topic.
Dr. Yongjian Ke
Prof. Dr. Jingxiao Zhang
Prof. Dr. Simon P. Philbin
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI’s English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- construction innovation
- construction tradition
- digital disruption
- building information modelling
- project management
- Industry 4.0
- sustainable development
- project governance
- digital transformation
