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Digitization and Automation Applied to Construction Management
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Digitization and Automation Applied to Construction Management

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 642

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli

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Department of Civil Engineering & Construction, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA
Interests: construction sustainability; automation and robotics in construction safety and sustainability
Prof. Dr. Xiaoxiao Xu

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Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Interests: building energy efficiency; sustainable construction; smart construction; building occupant behavior; complex system modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The construction sector is undergoing a digital revolution—merging automation, sensing, and intelligent systems to drive efficiency, quality, and sustainability. This Special Issue, “Digitization & Automation Applied to Construction Management,” will spotlight the most recent advances in applying digital and automated technologies to civil engineering, construction, and facility management.

We invite submissions of high-quality, cutting-edge articles relevant to our topic. Themes can cover a broad spectrum of research, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Building Information Modeling (BIM) and digital twin development;
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for project analytics;
  • Robotics and automated construction processes;
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor networks for real-time monitoring;
  • Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality in design and execution;
  • Lean construction and process digitization;
  • Predictive analytics for safety, quality, and performance;
  • Blockchain and data-driven contract integration;
  • Energy-efficient intelligent facility operations;
  • Cyber-physical systems and adaptive workflows.

This Special Issue welcomes full research articles, reviews, and short communications. We aim to publish accepted papers on a rolling basis, maximizing visibility and impact. Join us in exploring how digitization, automation, and sensing technologies are reshaping the future of construction management.

Dr. Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli
Prof. Dr. Xiaoxiao Xu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • AI
  • IoT
  • BIM
  • robotics
  • automation
  • construction
  • digitization

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Fatigue Monitoring Technologies in Construction: How Professionals Perceive, Trust, and Prefer Subjective, Objective, and Hybrid Approaches
by Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, Iffat Haq, Fatemeh Naeijian, Mohsen Goodarzi, Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati and Mirsalar Kamari
Buildings 2026, 16(11), 2091; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16112091 - 24 May 2026
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Fatigue remains a persistent contributor to safety incidents in construction; however, limited research has examined how industry professionals perceive and prioritize fatigue monitoring approaches in real-world settings, particularly within the context of increasing digitization and data-driven safety management. To address this gap, this [...] Read more.
Fatigue remains a persistent contributor to safety incidents in construction; however, limited research has examined how industry professionals perceive and prioritize fatigue monitoring approaches in real-world settings, particularly within the context of increasing digitization and data-driven safety management. To address this gap, this study conducted an exploratory survey of 103 construction professionals, including workers, supervisors, safety personnel, and project managers, to assess their familiarity with subjective, objective, and hybrid fatigue monitoring methods, along with their implementation preferences and perceived challenges. Descriptive statistical analysis and qualitative interpretation were used to evaluate familiarity levels and method preferences. The results indicate that subjective approaches, such as self-assessments and rating-based check-ins, are more widely recognized (mean ≈ 2.1/5), while awareness of objective, sensor-based systems remains lower (≈1.5/5). Despite this disparity, approximately 38% of respondents preferred hybrid approaches that integrate subjective inputs with wearable or physiological data, and a similar proportion perceived these approaches as the most reliable for operational decision-making. Additionally, more than 85% of participants indicated that fatigue monitoring could moderately to significantly improve job-site safety. These findings suggest that successful adoption depends on usability, user acceptance, and the effective integration of digital monitoring tools into construction workflows. Full article
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