Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Construction 4.0: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2025) | Viewed by 1381
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction 4.0; building materials; lean construction; sustainability; digitization in construction; construction automation; additive manufacturing; construction supply chain management
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Interests: construction engineering and management; asset management; simulation in construction; sustainability assessment and implementation; resilience of infrastructure
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Interests: lean construction; lean construction 4.0; project management; additive manufacturing; sustainability; construction supply chain management; digital twin
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has the potential to introduce a wide range of improvements to the construction sector. Due to the ability to print complex construction components or even entire buildings, additive manufacturing may save time and cost in construction projects, reduce the amount of waste produced, and improve safety, in addition to integrating new sustainable and green materials with buildings.
The coupling between additive manufacturing and other construction 4.0 technologies and practices is worth investigating. In some cases, additive manufacturing can be significantly improved if it is coupled with some technologies, while in other cases, it may be helpful to support the adoption of some practices.
This Special Issue on “Advances in additive manufacturing and Construction 4.0” encourages researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge, results, technologies, and methods about the synergy between additive manufacturing and other construction 4.0 technologies and practices.
The potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Additive manufacturing and construction 4.0;
- Additive manufacturing and Building Information Modeling (BIM);
- Additive manufacturing and lean construction;
- Additive manufacturing and construction automation and robotics;
- Additive manufacturing and digitization in construction (Artificial Intelligence, Internet of things, Digital Twins, Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality, Blockchain. etc.);
- Life cycle analysis for 3D-printed materials;
- Circular models for 3D-printed projects;
- The use of ecological and green materials in additive manufacturing;
- Logistic management for 3D-printed materials;
- The durability for 3D printing.
Prof. Dr. Zoubeir Lafhaj
Prof. Dr. Tarek Zayed
Dr. Wassim Al Balkhy
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- 3D printing
- sustainable and green building materials
- life cycle analysis
- lean construction
- construction automation
- circular economy
- durability
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