Paving the Road for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries: A Study of the Jordanian Construction Industry

Alkilani, Suhair; Jupp, Julie

doi:10.5130/ajceb-cs.v1i1.3158

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“…Sustainable procurement is defined as “[…] a process whereby organisation meet their needs for goods, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment” (DEFRA, 2006). In the context of construction, sustainable procurement is a process whereby the client and participating organisation meet design and development requirements in a way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis so as to generate benefits not only for project stakeholders but also to society and the economy, while minimising any environmental damage (Alkilani and Jupp, 2013). Despite the increased trend in sustainable procurement research and practice, most construction organisations in the public sector are yet to fully adopt sustainable procurement (Islam et al , 2017).…”

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Modelling the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction organisations

Agbesi¹,

Fugar

Adjei-Kumi

2018

BEPAM

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Purpose The adoption of sustainable procurement in construction clients’ organisation remains a difficult concept. Current research of sustainable procurement adoption studies fails to focus on a multi-stage adoption process. The purpose of this paper is to develop an organisational adoption model in a multi-stage process for the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction. Design/methodology/approach The paper developed an organisational adoption model. The model was tested against data obtained from survey administered to 193 respondents of central and local government institutions with a response rate of 63.7 per cent. Structural equation modelling using the partial least squares was employed to determine and confirm the factor structure of the model, and to measure the relationships between the model constructs. Findings An organisational adoption model is developed, tested and is robust to aid the adoption decision process of sustainable procurement within construction organisations. Research limitations/implications The study is limited in scope affecting generalisation of the results. Future study should expand the scope to include consultants, contractors and suppliers. Practical implications The adoption model will assist policy makers and top managers to understand the adoption decision process and prioritise on the technological, organisational and environmental factors that significantly affect sustainable adoption decision process within construction organisations. Originality/value This study appears to be among the first to empirically develop an organisational adoption model to aid the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction.

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Modelling the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction organisations

Agbesi¹,

Fugar

Adjei-Kumi

2018

BEPAM

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“…In 1992, the Jordanian government became increasingly aware of environmental issues (Al-Rashdan et al, 1999). According to Alkilani and Jupp (2012), the Institute for Sustainable Development Practices (ISDP) was created based on an energy-efficient building code. Thus, in 2015, Jordan began defining its strategic goals for sustainable development at all levels (Fakhoury, 2015).…”

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A framework to evaluate sustainable construction principles in government building projects: the case of Jordan

Ayoub

Sweis

Abu-Khader

et al. 2022

ECAM

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PurposeThis study aimed to provide a framework that includes the principles of sustainable construction to evaluate their application in the construction of government building projects in various environmental, economic, and social aspects distributed over the project phases throughout its life cycle.Design/methodology/approachQualitative methods from literature review and analysis of sustainability assessment tools were used to design the framework. The designed framework included six main categories, comprising 19 indicators that include sustainable building principles to assess application levels in government construction projects. It was used to evaluate applying sustainability practices in Jordanian government construction projects. 133 questionnaires were distributed to a convenience sample of three government institutions concerned with the design, implementation, and management of government buildings in Jordan.FindingsAfter collecting the quantitative data, the results showed that there is an application of six sustainability principles during the initial planning, analysis, and design stages of Jordanian government construction projects. The results focused on the application levels in social sustainability principles versus environmental and economical, especially in the operating stages during the project life cycle.Originality/valueThis study contributes by providing a tool to evaluate the sustainability of government construction projects and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these types of buildings in both the short and long term by making them more sustainable. Subsequently, recommendations are made on reorienting government construction projects toward a sustainable building approach.

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“…As a raw material to produce new pavement layers of extremely good mechanical characteristics, the damaged layers of existing pavement structures are used, with the amount of binder lower than in conventional asphalt mixtures. It significantly reduces the need for the exploitation of natural resources and the use of new materials to develop a sustainable road network [2][3][4]. Compared to conventional pavement rehabilitation procedures, the usage of recycled layers reduces energy consumption during construction and indirectly reduces emission of greenhouse gases.…”

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Sustainability of the Optimum Pavement Model of Reclaimed Asphalt from a Used Pavement Structure

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This paper demonstrates and provides additional findings and instructions to produce new cold-recycled layers of pavement structures spatially and temporally sustainable. At the same time, recycled pavement structures have been enhanced with optimum amounts of new stone materials and binders made of cement and foamed bitumen. The subject of the research is based on the examination of recycled asphalt from surface and bituminous base courses of pavement structures for use on higher-type roads. The aim of the research is to model the process of producing recycled asphalt by cold recycling to optimize the process of influential parameters. In addition, one of the primary goals of the research is to demonstrate a sustainable way of producing new cold-recycled layers of pavement structures. The obtained results indicated the inevitability of the use of recycled material from pavement structures with the possibility of applying secondary and tertiary crushing of recycled mass, which depends on the type of layer for which the recycled material would be used. The research resulted in an optimum mixture variant of the stabilization layer of pavement structure that consists mainly of recycled material from a worn pavement structure improved with a relatively small amount of new aggregate with the addition of minimal stabilizers made of cement and foamed bitumen. The results showed that the optimum mixture variant of the stabilization layer is spatially and temporally stable. Additionally, the presented optimum variant of the stabilization layer enables sustainable development of road networks with minimum consumption of new natural resources.

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Paving the Road for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries: A Study of the Jordanian Construction Industry

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Modelling the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction organisations

Modelling the adoption of sustainable procurement in construction organisations

A framework to evaluate sustainable construction principles in government building projects: the case of Jordan

Sustainability of the Optimum Pavement Model of Reclaimed Asphalt from a Used Pavement Structure

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