2026 June-2 - 187 articles
Lean Construction (LC) aims to enhance efficiency, minimize waste, and increase value in construction. However, its implementation is inconsistent, especially in developing countries like Jordan, due to a lack of assessment frameworks. This study exa...
Construction management, from the contractor’s perspective, is led by the Construction Manager (CM). The work motivation and leadership style of the CM are critical variables for the successful execution of construction projects. The scientific...
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are a key component of construction research as Construction 4.0 and data-based problem-solving continue to shape the construction industry. In this paper, a Scopus-based bibliometric analysis of ANNs in construction...
Urban areas increasingly face summer overheating, highlighting the need for passive cooling strategies. Extensive green roofs offer cooling potential, but the individual roles of vegetation and irrigation remain insufficiently quantified. This study...
Ancient pagodas are prone to damage or even collapse under seismic loading due to material aging and structural characteristics. To enhance the seismic performance of ancient pagodas, a seismic-strengthening design method for retrofitting ancient pag...
Progressive collapse has become a critical concern in resilient structural design due to accidental impacts, abnormal loading scenarios, and sudden localized damage events that may lead to the sudden loss of structural elements under extreme or unfor...
With the construction of transportation networks in mountainous areas under the Western Development Strategy, double-row pile foundations on slopes have been widely applied. However, due to the distortion of the soil stress field, their load distribu...
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Rapid population ageing in China urgently demands improved attention to elderly friendly community green space design. Despite national efforts toward community renovation and urban regeneration, existing projects often overlook the systematic optimi...
Developing-country construction sectors continue to record disproportionately high occupational accident rates, partly attributable to the slow adoption of digital safety technologies, including Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Internet of Thi...
This paper investigates folding as a practicable design methodology in response to the combined requirements of complex sites and public programs. A sloped waterfront community theater in Boston is used as a test case, where a parametric workflow in...
Fire safety in high-rise buildings represents a critical challenge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where intensive urbanization, extreme climatic conditions, and multilayered regulatory frameworks impose unique competency demands on architects and...
The humid coastal Lingnan region of South China, including the Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong, is frequently exposed to disaster-prone weather conditions such as high humidity, typhoon-related winds, heavy rainfall, and salt-laden coastal air. Th...
Flooding poses a significant threat to commercial real estate investment, disrupting business operations, escalating maintenance costs, and heightening investment uncertainty, particularly in coastal and low-lying urban environments. This study exami...
Conventional evaluations of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in office spaces are typically disproportionately influenced by expert experience, often overlooking the cognitive gap between decision makers (experts) and users (employees). To quantify...
To study the fracture performance of the concrete-epoxy mortar interface (CEMI) pre-coated with epoxy solutions with different concentrations, a total of nine specimens were fabricated to be subjected to four-point bending tests. DIC technology was u...
Earth-based materials are promising candidates for balancing thermal performance, hygrothermal regulation, and environmental sustainability. The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the hygrothermal behavior of two earthen materials, st...
To investigate the dynamic impact performance of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)-confined recycled concrete, this study designed four series comprising 80 specimens with parameters including strain rate, recycled coarse aggregate replacement r...
Fly ash substitution for cement in Portland cement concrete (PCC) has been regarded as a sustainable solution, but its widespread application remains constrained by concerns over mechanical performance and durability of PCC, especially at higher repl...
To investigate the influence of different structural design parameters on the flexural performance of steel–UHTCC composite bridge decks and to determine reasonable ranges for these parameters, a finite element model was developed based on a li...
The northward shift in climate zones and the urban heat island effect demand passive cooling for building roofs in northern regions. Artificial turf is a lightweight candidate, but existing studies treat it as homogeneous material, overlooking blade...
Vernacular housing in the Andean region embodies long-standing building knowledge, environmental adaptation, and forms of social organization rooted in rural life. Over recent decades, these dwellings have undergone visible transformations linked to...
The influence of debonding in concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns on the dynamic characteristics of super high-rise buildings is a common concern that remains insufficiently understood. The abnormal vibration incident of the SEG Plaza on 18 May...
Population aging has increased the need for public open spaces that older adults can use safely, comfortably, and confidently. In many urban parks and community squares, however, resting facilities are still designed as standardized street furniture,...
Hydraulic synchronous jacking technology is extensively employed in bridge reconstruction and new construction, with jacking supports serving as core components whose blast resistance is critical to the structural safety of the bridge jacking system....
Adverse imaging conditions such as fog, rain, and low light degrade the reliability of vision-based Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) detection systems on construction sites, yet most existing models are trained under clear-weather assumptions. Thi...
As tunnel engineering continues to advance toward deeper, longer, and more complex projects, the risks encountered during the construction phase have evolved into a combination of various disaster types and the accumulation of multiple contributing f...
In recent years, an essential approach for promoting and implementing efficient sustainable construction practices has been considered through the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA). The introduction of...
Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) pipe installation discrepancies can increase rework, complicate inspection, and affect subsequent operation and maintenance. This study presents a 3D laser scanning and Building Information Modeling (BIM)-ba...
This research investigates the development of a biophilic conceptual design proposal tailored to dementia care environments in South Korea, responding to the country’s rapidly aging population and the projected rise in dementia prevalence. The...
Accurate prediction of the load–settlement response of axially loaded piles remains challenging because the pile–soil interface undergoes progressive elastoplastic shear deformation accompanied by stress-dependent volumetric changes. Conv...
Accurate and scalable urban land cover mapping is critical for sustainable urban planning and environmental management. While deep learning models offer powerful tools for this task, their performance is often constrained by the need for vast, manual...
The construction sector is undergoing a transformation and has established itself as an approach with the potential to improve the efficiency, quality, and sustainability of building projects. However, their contribution to sustainability is not full...
Green fair-faced concrete (GFFC) is characterized by low surface porosity and small pore sizes and is widely used in architectural concrete engineering. It remains challenging to meet the appearance quality requirements of GFFC with conventional mix...
Although it is generally accepted that material characteristics influence the sensing and locomotion of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), this knowledge is mostly anecdotal and remains fragmented. This study aims to shed light on the relationship betw...
Multimodal large language models can read architectural images and design instructions but they still struggle to turn architectural rules into editable, executable models in professional modeling environments. To address this limitation, this paper...
To investigate the corrosion resistance and deterioration mechanism of cast-in situ concrete incorporating iron ore tailings aggregate (IOT), specimens with IOT replacement ratios of 0%, 30%, and 50% were exposed to distilled water, endogenous Cl&min...
While double-layer insulation structures are widely adopted, their thermal performance is critically dependent on the thermophysical behavior of the interstitial air cavity, a variable often oversimplified in current design practices. This article mo...
This study examined how older adults living in public rental apartment complexes perceive and interpret information signs related to wayfinding, facility use, and safety. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 80 residents aged 65 years and older...
While infrastructure asset management increasingly relies on high-resolution drone imagery, existing workflows suffer from fragmented information management and dependence on costly local processing infrastructure. This paper addresses these limitati...
Deep excavation groups in soft soil can endanger adjacent historic buildings. This paper presents a 3D finite element analysis of a project in Ningbo, employing the HSS constitutive model. Three excavation schemes were compared. The small-zone staged...
Over the past decade the industry has developed technical, contractual and managerial tools for road construction without recognizing their capacity as solutions to land access restrictions. This systematic review analyzes the strategies for executin...
As core architectural environments for cultural heritage preservation and public education, museums are evolving from static exhibition spaces into immersive, multisensory interactive environments. The sensory attributes of the architectural environm...
Energy-saving renovations of existing central air-conditioning systems have increasingly received recognition. Theoretical energy consumption model (TECM) is commonly used to estimate the baseline energy consumption of water pumps for comprehensive b...
Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is known for its exceptional compressive strength and durability; however, its brittle nature requires fiber reinforcement to improve toughness and tensile performance. This study investigates the synergistic ef...
Durability tests were performed on concrete representative of nuclear power plant structures exposed to boric acid leakage. Boric acid is widely used in pressurized water reactor systems for neutron absorption and chemical control; therefore, acciden...
Although foamed lightweight soil is widely used for its light weight and high strength, its insufficient dynamic performance under cyclic loading and the poorly understood reinforcement mechanism have become key bottlenecks restricting its optimized...
Stone arch bridges represent culturally significant heritage assets that exhibit distinct regional characteristics. At present digital preservation largely attends to geometric modeling and typically neglects the identification and conformance of cor...
Mountainous traditional villages are rural heritage settlements shaped by complex environmental and socioeconomic interactions. Rapid urbanization has driven resource outflow and spatial restructuring, intensifying the conservation–development...
In structural engineering, the iterative optimisation of complex timber wall components is fundamentally limited by the prohibitive computational costs of non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA). To overcome this bottleneck, this study introduces a...
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