The concept of the sustainability has progressively become vital to business practice and research over the past decades because of rapid depletion of corporate social responsibility and disquiets over affluence inequality and natural resources. Cement, which is the key element of concrete, considered, as is the most, consumed material after water and this industry revealed one of the as most controversial industries due to its significant environmental impacts The cement industries are facing challenges to implement sustainable manufacturing into their products and processes. Thus, it is vital to evaluate the sustainable manufacturing in the cement industry. This paper is part of ongoing research aimed to identify and assess the extent of the utilization of efficient practice in the process of cement production in Kuwait and in turn produce new practice guidelines. Thus, the paper intends to address the challenge and barriers the sustainable manufacturing supposed to be suitable to the cement industry from the perspectives of the stakeholders. Consequently, research data was collected through a semi structure questionnaire survey of randomly selected professionals in cement factory in Kuwait. The results demonstration that vital barriers to sustainable cement factory such as Lack of environmental awareness by the industry, political decision makers, and clients , lack of strategy to promote sustainable construction, Inadequate regulation support , and Shortage of local environmental regulations
<p>Mega construction projects are extremely large-scale investment projects that typically cost more than one billion dollars, requiring resources that run into millions of man hours, with numerous stakeholders with an extraordinary amount of interlink. Megaprojects take five years or more to complete and generate high public attention, generates multiple social impact and environmental impact, and high investments by governments. These factors introduce complexities and other unclear risks upon execution. Historical data shows very poor performance for megaprojects. In particular they are often over-budgeted and/or behind schedule and, once finished, they deliver less benefits than originally planned. ‘Megaprojects’ is a concept of growing importance in Kuwait’s construction industry nowadays and is a globally connected business environment. This concept requires closer examination as a result of the expansion of global networks, increasing collaboration among numerous partners and the complexity of managing such projects. Despite the existing research in megaprojects, it is still unclear what risks are associated with these types of projects and which project characteristics promote the delivery of successful megaprojects. It is critical to examine the risks associated with implementation and to identify the factors that contribute to success of megaprojects. This research aims to identifying and assessing essential risks variables associated with construction of megaproject in Kuwait and in developing strategies to manage and mitigate them.</p>
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