Construction Management, Restoration and Waste Optimization in Building Industry 4.0

Dear Colleagues,

Presently, construction management is focused on management, finance and law related issues in construction industry 4.0. However, with the passage of time and engineering developments, it also deals with monitoring of material production, project and risk management, information technology in building industry, circular economy, waste management, conservation and restoring monuments and historic buildings, probabilistic analyses of structures, analysis of modern and historic buildings/monuments, housing and real estate economics, conventional/fibre-reinforced concrete development and structural analysis including partial replacement of constituents (like cement, sand and aggregate) and waste material utilization and management.

Meanwhile, for sustainable development, many parameters like waste material management, construction management, circular economy model, etc., have been considered in the housing and real estate industry. For the last few years, distinct design and modelling techniques have been active and considered an advanced solution for the description of project and risk management. New era resolutions in technology are not only helpful for concrete and masonry units, but similarly refer to various kinds of reinforcements like prestressing, superficial and internal reinforcement, etc. Superior kinds of high-strength fibre-reinforced concrete that utilized non-metallic reinforcement (e.g., fibres) or intentions to decline shrinkage effect are entirely illustrations of reinforced concrete structures. For the forecasting and probabilistic analysis of historical buildings and monuments, significant advancement has been attained for these purposes.

Furthermore, two superior materials named reinforced concrete and masonry are successfully utilized to create building structures. For sustainable development, many parameters like waste management, circular economy, etc., have been considered in the construction industry. Currently, construction management has been active and considered an advanced solution for the description of construction materials and management of resources. Here is a tendency on the way to grow the slenderness of masonry buildings, increasing sound and thermal insulation and also enhancing strength constraints. New era resolutions in technology are not only helpful for mortar and masonry units, but similarly refer to various kinds of reinforcements like prestressing, superficial and internal reinforcement, etc. Superior kinds of high-strength concrete that utilized non-metallic reinforcement or intentions to decline shrinkage effect are entirely illustrations of reinforced concrete structures. For the forecasting and assessment of structural safety and durability, significant advancement has been attained for designing purposes.

The current Special Issue utilized new and waste materials under the perception of circular economy models to develop an innovative structural and material solution, especially for reinforced concrete and masonry structures. Therefore, this subject issue includes theoretical and experimental examination and mathematical simulations. The current Special Issue not only deals with construction management, but also deals with all these mentioned parameters to develop an innovative model and construction related solutions, especially for reinforced concrete and masonry structures. Therefore, this subject issue includes theoretical and experimental examination and mathematical simulations. Therefore, this Special Issue calls for papers in (but not limited to) the following areas:

• Construction management;
• Project and risk management;
• Information technology in building industry 4.0;
• Circular economy model;
• Waste management;
• Conservation and restoring monuments and historic buildings;
• Probabilistic analyses of structures;
• Analysis of historic buildings/monuments;
• Housing and real estate economics;
• Fiber-reinforced concrete and structures;
• Cement, sand and aggregate partial replacement;
• Waste material utilization and management.

Dr. Ahsan Nawaz
Dr. Iftikhar Hussain
Guest Editors

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