Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering Projects: Perspective of Sustainable Project Planning

Yu, Miao; Zhu, Fei; Yang, Xiaotian; Wang, Linzhuo; Sun, Xiaoqian

doi:10.3390/su10030784

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“…Application of project management to sustainable development projects is not a new idea. A number of steps to achieve partial goals leading to sustainable development have already been implemented as projects [2,3]. However, the issue of improving efficiency and effectiveness of the projects in the new millennium needs to be addressed.…”

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Risk Management and Knowledge Management as Critical Success Factors of Sustainability Projects

Doskočil

Lacko

2018

Sustainability

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The paper is focused on the analysis of the key aspects of sustainability projects, namely advanced risk management and project knowledge. These aspects are recommended to the attention of institutions and project managers when designing and executing new projects simultaneously with quality and project status management. The aim of the paper is to point out the critical factors that have recently affected the success of sustainability projects, which is also its contribution. Empirical research focused on the identification of the application level of the post-project phases in project management in the Czech Republic in 2016 and 2017 was performed. The research was performed as qualitative research employing observation and inquiry methods in the form of a controlled semistructured interview. The research identified 21 most common reasons for not executing post-project phases. Ensuring good and efficient progress of post-project phases, in particular by the means of post-implementation system analysis and compilation of a set of improvement suggestions for subsequent project management, forms the practical background for application of knowledge management and project management principles. A case study focused on the application of fuzzy logic in project risk assessment has been elaborated. In practice, current project management requires the application of advanced risk analysis methods that will replace the simple risk values estimated by calculations of separate risk components. •Advanced risk management of sustainability development projects. • Utilization of knowledge management by employing post-project phases in the project life cycle.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Risk Management and Knowledge Management as Critical Success Factors of Sustainability Projects

Doskočil

Lacko

2018

Sustainability

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“…x ij w i n j=1 x ij (1) where: w i -weight of sub-criteria; x ij -evaluation of i contractor according to the j criterion; I = 1, m; j = 1, n; m-number of criteria; n-number of contractors. According to Table 6, the best contractor is C 3 because their score is 0.55, the worst contractor is contractor C 4 because their score is 0.15.…”

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“…Two-thirds of the world's people believe that global warming is the most critical environmental problem in the world. Increasing the impact of construction information has a positive impact on stakeholders' interests and encourages sustainable construction [1]. Given the balanced implementation of ecological, economic, and social needs in the implementation of projects, there is a need to integrate the principle of sustainability into project management practices and the academic community.…”

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A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Choose the Best Option for Sustainable Construction Management

2019

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The article briefly discusses the content and terms of construction project management. It identifies the main problems of construction management and discusses ways to solve those using multi-criteria methods. Well-performed management is one of the critical factors which leads to the success of any significant sustainable project. Construction project management consists of setting goals and defining user requirements, project constraints, and resources needed. This paper aims to create a practically useful model. The paper presents a comprehensive set of criteria, which led to the creation of a decision-making model for construction management, which was applied to a Turkish case study. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method and the Expert Choice computer program were used for calculations.

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“…With the balanced requirement of environmental, economic and social aims in projects strengthening, the need for integrating sustainability into project management has drawn attention in both academia and practice. Especially for mega construction projects, how to accomplish sustainability-related objectives in project practices has been endowed with an invaluable importance (Yu, Zhu, Yang, Wang, & Sun, 2018). Sánchez (2015) addresses this need to integrate sustainability into project management by evaluating the projects in case of their profits and economic, environmental and social impacts.…”

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Integrating sustainability into construction project management: Barriers in developing countries

Fathalizadeh

Ghoddousi

Javid

et al. 2019

Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST)

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This paper is an attempt to explore the barriers to integrating sustainability into construction project management in developing countries. To this end, a comprehensive review of the literature is conducted, as a result of which a list of 30 barriers is culled from existing studies. The list of barriers is subsequently assessed in terms of relative importance index (RII) through a survey questionnaire administered to Iranian construction industry experts, resulting in a dataset of 176 completed questionnaires. Findings bring to light the most influential barriers to incorporating sustainability in construction projects for a developing country. These were: (1) lack of understanding of the potential selfbenefits of proactivity and high economic risks that unsustainable practices may carry, (2) inadequate assessment of risks and a silo-based approach, namely, insufficient cooperation among practitioners, research institutions and environmental organisations and (3) the lack of a systematic approach to planning and acting for the fulfilment of sustainability goals. As one of the first studies in its kind, the paper offers invaluable insight for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, in supporting the transition of construction project management practices towards fulfilling sustainable development goals.

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Integrating Sustainability into Construction Engineering Projects: Perspective of Sustainable Project Planning

Cited by 60 publications

References 62 publications

Risk Management and Knowledge Management as Critical Success Factors of Sustainability Projects

Risk Management and Knowledge Management as Critical Success Factors of Sustainability Projects

A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Choose the Best Option for Sustainable Construction Management

Integrating sustainability into construction project management: Barriers in developing countries

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