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AI in Construction: Automation, Optimization, and Safety

edited by

Jinhuan Shan

,

Zheng Tong

, Difei Wu and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1011 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction automation; smart construction; construction safety; structural health monitoring; automated inspection; building information modeling; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Construction 4.0 Era: The Application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Construction

edited by

Frank Ghansah

, Jinfeng Lou,

Amos Darko

and

David J. Edwards

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction 4.0 era; building information modelling; digital construction; digital technologies; smart construction; smart buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Conventional and Emerging Methods in Structural Monitoring: Bridging the Past and Future

edited by

Tengjiao Jiang

, Shaorui Wang,

Junlin Heng

, Ming Wang and

Kui Luo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 796 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; predictive maintenance; nondestructive evaluation; sensor technologies; computer vision; artificial intelligence; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advancements in Super-Low-Energy Buildings: Innovations for Extreme Climate Conditions

edited by

Shisheng Chen

, Wen Zhang,

Zhongqi Yu

and Yang He

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: super-low-energy buildings; extreme climate; low carbon technologies; sustainable building materials; indoor environmental quality; climate responsive design; occupant behavior; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Indoor Environment and Thermal Comfort: Healthy, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

edited by Weiwei Liu and Xiaoyu Tian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 683 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; heat stress; building energy; built environment; sustainability; building technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advancements in Sustainable Cement-Based and Recycled Materials: Pathways to Eco-Friendly Materials for Buildings

edited by

Ming-Gin Lee

and

Yeng-Fong Shih

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 617 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; cement-based materials; recycled construction waste; circular economy in construction; eco-friendly building materials; life-cycle assessment; construction and demolition waste (CDW); green infrastructure; resource conservation; environmental impact reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Mechanical Properties of Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Guoqiang Liu

, Yanqiu Bi, Xiaokang Zhao and Rui Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt binder; asphalt mixture; recycled asphalt pavement; high-modulus asphalt concrete; discrete element method; finite element method; rheological characteristics; durable pavement; energy conservation; vehicle exhaust purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Innovations in Static and Dynamic Performance of Steel and Composite Structures

edited by

Xiaoxiong Zha

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 581 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel and concrete structures; composite structures; vibration comfort; seismic performance; fire performance; post-fire rehabilitation; sustainable architecture; prefabricated structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Composite Materials for Sustainable Construction

edited by Damir Barbir and Pero Dabić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 580 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; eco-friendly composites; recycled materials; cementitious composites; low-carbon binders; geopolymers; fiber-reinforced composites; durability optimization; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular economy in construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Urban Sustainability: Sustainable Housing and Communities—2nd Edition

edited by Daizhong Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable housing; community engagement; policy optimization; urban sustainability; smart cities; multi-subject participation; urban planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Disaster Prevention and Resilient Structures in Engineering Construction

edited by Dehong Wang and

Wei Chang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-hazard effects; extreme climate; safety and disaster prevention; structural resilience; extreme loads; seismic performance; foundation engineering; high-performance materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Energy Storage Technologies for Low-Carbon Buildings

edited by Yaxuan Xiong,

Cancan Zhang

and Chun Chang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage materials; thermal energy storage system; energy-efficient materials; clean energy utilization; low-carbon building; green building; multi-energy supply system; multi-object optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Resilience of Buildings and Infrastructure Addressing Climate Crisis

edited by

Antonia Moropoulou

,

Evangelos J. Sapountzakis

,

Kyriakos Lampropoulos

and

Theodore E. Matikas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience of buildings and infrastructure; climate crisis; risk assessment and risk mitigation in structures and infrastructures; environmental impact; building inspection and maintenance; non-destructive evaluation and documentation of structures and building materials; rehabilitation and strengthening; preservation of built heritage; climate-responsive and climate-adaptive re-design and rehabilitation; building and environmental data platforms and management enabling technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

BioCognitive Architectural Design

edited by Michal Gath-Morad,

Koen Steemers

and

Cleo Valentine

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: BioCognitive Architectural Design; spatial cognition; wayfinding; human– building interaction; adaptive architecture; neuroscience in design; NeuroArchitecture; evidence-based architectural design; responsive environments; cognitive behaviors in architecture; generative design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Low-Carbon Urban Areas and Neighbourhoods

edited by

Xiangfei Kong

,

Haizhu Zhou

, Yong Ding,

Jihui Yuan

and Han Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon accounting; urban energy systems; district energy modeling; carbon reduction technologies; efficiency simulation algorithms; low-carbon technology integration; coordinated control methods; optimization evaluation systems; urban planning and carbon emissions; city-level emission reduction; sustainable energy configurations; building energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advancing Construction and Design Practices Using BIM

edited by Pierpaolo D'Agostino and

Erika Elefante

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction management; physical– digital interaction; digital twins; BIM integration; data sharing; sustainability in digital modeling; automation in parametric design; reverse engineering; AI application in BIM workflows; smart construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Modular and Prefabricated Concrete Construction

edited by

André Furtado

,

Wit Derkowski

and Irene Josa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: precast concrete structures; modular concrete construction; building structure; structural engineering; numerical modelling; experimental testing; sustainable construction practices; digital technologies; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Recent Developments and Applications in Vehicle-Assisted Structural Health Monitoring for Infrastructures

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; modal identification; unmanned aerial vehicles; deep learning; drive-by/fly-by method; computer vision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Applications of Advanced Composites in Civil Engineering

edited by

,

, Junlong Yang,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced composite materials; composite structures; mechanical performance; failure prediction; life-cycle analysis; damage detection; advanced manufacturing processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Selected Papers from the CIB WBC 2025—Sustainable Development and the Built Environment: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Makarand Hastak,

Behzad Esmaeili

and

Andrew Agapiou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction law; environmental regulation; built environment governance; legal barriers to sustainability; climate-responsive policy; green infrastructure compliance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Vibration Control of Civil Structures

edited by

Zhouquan Feng

,

Konstantinos Kapasakalis

and

Haoran Zuo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control seismic isolation; energy dissipation; wind-induced vibration; damping materials and devices; active and semi-active control; structural performance evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digitization and Automation Applied to Construction Safety Management

edited by

Sheng Xu

,

Ke Chen

and

Brian Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety management; digital technology; artificial intelligent; human-robot interaction; automation and robotics; human cognition; ergonomics; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Life Cycle Assessments in Construction Industry

edited by

Xuehui An

,

Peng Lin

and Chengzhi Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; life cycle assessment; intelligent construction; analytical models; intelligent operations and maintenance; intelligent equipment; object detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Green and Low-Carbon Comprehensive Utilization of Solid Waste Resources

edited by

Huazhe Jiao

, Mingqing Huang,

Zhuen Ruan

and Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste management; green technologies; low-carbon strategies; innovative materials; waste-to-resource; comprehensive utilization; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Buildings and Urban Microclimate Challenges: Impacts on Thermal and Wind Environments

edited by

Yasuyuki Ishida

,

Zheng Wang

and

Yifei Peng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: building form; building layout; local climate; ventilation path; street canyon effect; wind and thermal environment; thermal comfort; ENVI-met; CFD; GIS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Planning, Operation, and Control of Renewable-Penetrated Power System in the Context of Building-Integrated Resources

edited by

Da Xu

, Xiaodong Yang, Juan Wei, Hanyu Yang and Ziyi Bai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration and control; economic optimization strategies; distribution systems; transactive energy control; Artificial Intelligence; power/load forecasting; building microgrid

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advanced Cementitious Materials: Integrating Nanotechnology, Sustainability, and Intelligent Design

edited by Chuang He, Xiaolei Lu and

Zhenkun Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoengineered cementitious materials; low-carbon binders; machine learning in concrete design; hydration kinetics and modeling; sustainable construction materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Innovative Performance-Based Risk Assessment and Bio-Composite Applications for Disaster-Resilient Structures

edited by Nicola Chieffo,

Cigdem Avci-Karatas

and Elisa Bertolesi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: performance-based assessment; structural vulnerability; disaster risk mitigation; bio-composite materials; sustainable construction; resilient buildings; performance-based assessment; seismic retrofit; smart materials; advanced modeling techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Intelligent Automation in Construction Management

edited by Hyunsu Lim, Taehoon Kim and

Chang-Won Kim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent automation; construction management; artificial intelligence; robotics; digital twin; IoT; computer vision; site monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advancing Construction Management with BIM and AI Agent Technology

edited by Taewook Kang and

Soo-Young Moon

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM; AI Agent; LLM; RAG; generative AI; digital twin; automation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

New Building Materials and Advanced Energy Systems: High-Performance, Low-Carbon, and Environmentally Friendly

edited by Hongqiang Li and

Shuang Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass insulation materials; biomass fertilizer; heavy metal adsorption; building energy system; prefabricated construction; energy saving; carbon neutralization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Reliability and Risk Assessment of Building Structures

edited by Bowei Li, Zhicheng Ouyang, Min Li and

Gao Ma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural reliability; risk assessment; uncertainty quantification; performance-based design; probabilistic methods; machine learning; surrogate modeling; risk-informed decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Cement Composites and Carbon Sequestration Materials for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

edited by

Guoming Liu

, Weina Meng and

Zhenjiao Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; dust control; underground infrastructure; UHPC in bridges and tunnels; cement-based materials; pneumatic conveying; CFD-DEM; critical infrastructure durability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Generative AI in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: Innovations and Applications

edited by Huaquan Ying, Jianli Chen and Tanya Bloch

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; large language models (LLMs); architecture; engineering and construction (AEC); multimodal data collection and processing; decision-making support; human– AI collaboration; ethical; regulatory; and governance aspects of generative AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Selected Papers from the 20th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2024)

edited by

Adel Francis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: visualization techniques; construction optimization; graphical modelling; digital twins; building information modelling (BIM); civil information modelling (CIM); virtual reality in construction; construction planning and scheduling; machine learning in construction; resource allocation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Smart Construction Management by Harnessing Digital Transformation and Automation

edited by

Shunyao Cai

and Jing Yin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital construction management; Building Information Modeling (BIM); construction automation; IoT sensors; artificial intelligence in construction; digital twin technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Low-Carbon Concrete Solutions for Sustainable Construction: Trends and Perspectives

edited by

Ming Sun

, Youzhu Lin and

Qiyan Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon concrete; sustainable construction materials; supplementary cementitious materials (SCMS); carbon footprint reduction; recycled aggregates; CO2 mineralization; green concrete technology; life cycle assessment (LCA); carbon capture and utilization (CCU); machine learning in concrete design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Technologies in Energy Consumption and Optimization for Residential Buildings

edited by

Akbar Sheikh Akbari

, Faheem Khan,

Mohammad Hassan Khooban

and

Iosif Mporas

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; smart energy management systems; renewable energy integration; energy optimization algorithms; building energy modeling; home energy management systems (HEMS); energy consumption monitoring; artificial intelligence in energy optimization; energy storage systems; machine learning for energy efficiency; zero-energy buildings; energy performance simulation; building automation systems; IoT in energy management; smart metering; lighting control systems; energy consumption analytics; energy policy and regulation; user behavior and energy consumption and energy efficiency standards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advanced Concrete Structures: Structural Behaviors and Design Methods—2nd Edition

edited by Haibo Jiang, Renda Zhao,

Yunchao Tang

, Xiaohong Zheng and Fangwen Wu

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11232 | Submission Open

Keywords: UHPC structures; shear behavior of concrete structures; precast concrete structures; connections of prefabricated concrete elements; rehabilitations of concrete structures; novel concrete composite structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

New Technology of Green Intelligent Construction and Risk Assessment in Architectural Structures

edited by

Bo Huang

and

Xiaolu Cui

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10364 | Submission Open

Keywords: green architecture; low-carbon technologies; artificial intelligence; high-performance materials; intelligent robots; structural disaster prevention; risk assessment; structural design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Towards More Practical BIM/GIS Integration

edited by

Junxiang Zhu

, Ran Wei,

Yi Tan

and Mengtian Yin

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9340 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM/GIS integration; semantic web; graph theory; labelled property graph; infrastructure management; building permit; smart city; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Structural Performance and Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures Exposed to High Strain Rate Loads

edited by Chunwei Zhang and Masoud Abedini

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6589 | Submission Open

Keywords: blast and impact loading; finite element modeling; damage assessment; strain-rate effect; structural strengthening; structural dynamics; protective structures; structural response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Development Is Transforming the New Regenerative Building and Construction Sector

edited by

Manuel V. Castilla

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open

Keywords: design management in buildings; digital technologies; construction/project management; mathematical modelling; regenerative construction; energy performance in buildings; life cycle analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

New Technologies for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings

edited by

Francesco Di Paola

and

Federica Fernandez

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; eco-friendly mortars; nanotechnology; IoT sensing; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; 3D printing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Seismic Response Analysis of Underground Structure

edited by

Jingqi Huang

,

Xu Zhao

,

Fanchao Kong

and Huifang Li

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10446 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; underground structure; soil– structure dynamic interaction; analytical method; numerical method; experimental method; material constitutive; seismic response; seismic reinforcement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Energy Solutions to Enhance Building Energy Efficiency and Flexibility

edited by

Kun Zhang

and

Hongwen Dou

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; energy flexibility; HVAC; energy storage; renewable energy; grid-interactive building; advanced control; artificial intelligence; machine learning; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Digital Technologies in Buildings and Critical Infrastructure: Transforming Design, Construction, and Operations

edited by

Issa Ramaji

and

Soheil Sabri

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; digital engineering; Artificial Intelligence (AI); building information modeling (BIM); robotics; compliance checking; generative design; operation and maintenance; real-time assessment; automation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Machine Learning for Building Performance: Modeling and Analysis for Building Assessment and Optimization

edited by

Sukjoon Oh

and

Seongjin Lee

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven modeling; machine learning control; AI optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Beyond Compliance: Safety, Productivity and Innovation in Diverse Construction Contexts

edited by Emmanuel Aboagye-Nimo,

Poorang Piroozfar

,

Colin Booth

and Fred Sherratt

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction safety; productivity in construction; safety-performance trade-offs; site-level innovation; safety culture; informal practices; emerging technologies; small and micro enterprises; resource-constrained environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in the 3D Printing of Concrete

edited by Jolien Van Der Putten

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17849 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D Printing; material development; material characterization; durability/sustainability; parametric design; structural applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

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