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Unraveling the Underlying Factors of Cognitive Failures in Construction Workers: A Safety-Centric Exploration

  • Muhammad Arsalan Khan,
  • Muhammad Asghar,
  • Shiraz Ahmed,
  • Muhammad Abu Bakar Tariq,
  • Mohammad Noman Aziz and
  • Rafiq M. Choudhry
Buildings2026, 16(3), 476;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030476 
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23 January 2026

Unsafe behaviors at construction sites often originate from cognitive failures such as lapses in memory and attention. This study proposes a novel, hybrid framework to systematically identify and predict the key contributors of cognitive failures amo...

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Enhanced Dynamic Compressive Behavior of Rubberized Concrete with Steel–Glass Fibers

  • Jiahao Wen,
  • Zhe Xiong,
  • Xianpeng Wu,
  • Xiaohui Li and
  • Wenhua Luo
Buildings2026, 16(3), 472;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030472 
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23 January 2026

To enhance the damage resistance of protective engineering materials under extreme loads such as explosions and impacts, this study, building upon the improvement in impact resistance of concrete achieved by rubber modification, further incorporates...

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Buildings2026, 16(3), 474;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030474 
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23 January 2026

The optimization of historic district form, given the coordinated relationship between global urbanization and sustainable development, faces the core contradiction between preservation and development. Taking Shenyang’s Nanshi area as a case s...

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Buildings2026, 16(3), 475;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030475 
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23 January 2026

Contemporary design of medical and therapeutic facilities increasingly recognizes that healing outcomes are influenced not only by functional performance but also by spatial experience, sensory perception, and atmospheric qualities of the built envir...

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Mechanical Behavior and Energy Evolution of Coal–Rock Composites Under Mining-Induced Stress

  • Hongqiang Song,
  • Hong Li,
  • Liang Du,
  • Xiaoqing Zhao,
  • Bingwei Gu,
  • Jianping Zuo,
  • Fuming Jia and
  • Jinhao Wen
Buildings2026, 16(3), 473;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030473 
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23 January 2026

To investigate the mechanical properties, energy evolution, and failure behavior of coal–rock composite structures under mining disturbances, a mining-induced stress path was designed based on the actual stress evolution ahead of a mining face....

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Buildings2026, 16(3), 467;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030467 
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23 January 2026

Digital twin (DT) technology is recognized for its transformative potential to enhance efficiency in the construction process. However, the full potential of DT in construction practices remains largely unrealised. Moreover, few studies explore how D...

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Buildings2026, 16(3), 471;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030471 
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23 January 2026

Cemented granular materials (CGMs) represent a transitional class of geomaterials where mechanical behavior is governed by the interplay between a discrete granular skeleton and a continuous cementitious matrix. While previous studies have focused on...

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Study on the Impact Resistance of PVA-Fiber-Reinforced Waste Glass Powder Concrete

  • Yingjie Wang,
  • Guanghui Chu,
  • Aozhong Feng,
  • Yi Zhao and
  • Shidong Tang
Buildings2026, 16(3), 469;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030469 
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23 January 2026

Under impact loading, the performance of ordinary waste glass powder concrete is lower than that of ordinary concrete. To enhance the impact resistance of waste glass powder concrete, renewable polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers are introduced. Consideri...

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Buildings2026, 16(3), 470;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030470 
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23 January 2026

Improving the thermal performance of building envelopes is an effective approach for reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions in cold and heating-dominated regions. This study presents an experimentally calibrated thermal–economic optim...

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Buildings2026, 16(3), 468;https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030468 
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23 January 2026

Large quantities of agricultural waste, particularly rice husk ash (RHA), are generated worldwide each year, and the lack of rational, value-added disposal pathways poses both environmental and resource-utilization challenges. To address this practic...

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