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Health and Safety in the Built Environment: Toward a Systems Thinking and Human-Centred Approach

edited by

Hector Martin

, Raj Shah and Wilfred Matipa

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1256 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction safety management; human factors in construction; occupational health and wellbeing; safety culture and climate; accident prevention and analysis; digital technologies for safety; construction risk management; resilience and systems thinking; behavioural safety in construction; construction safety research and innovation

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

Digital Technologies for Cost and Time Management in Construction

edited by

Mirarchi Claudio

and

Jacopo Cassandro

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence for cost and time management in construction; AI-based decision support systems for project control; predictive analytics for cost and schedule forecasting; integrated cost and schedule control; automation in construction project management

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

Modern Trends in the Revitalization of Buildings and Post-Industrial Facilities

edited by

Jerzy Rosłon

Paweł Nowak

, Janusz Sobieraj and

Dominik Metelski

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8678 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban revitalization; post-industrial facilities; sustainable construction; land reclamation; building information modeling (BIM); innovative construction technologies; sustainable urban development

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

Analysis of Performance in Green Concrete Structures

edited by Robin Kalfat and

Jessey Lee

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4024 | Submission Open

Keywords: green concrete; geopolymer concrete; low-carbon concrete; sustainable concrete structures; strengthening and retrofitting; fiber composite materials; concrete durability; post-installed fastenings; life cycle assessment (LCA); nano additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Inclusivity and Accessibility of Buildings and Open Spaces

edited by Dario Trabucco,

Adolfo Baratta

and Valeria Tatano

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: accessibility; universal design; equality; inclusive; gender gap; architecture; buildings; public spaces

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

Advances in Composite Structures for Sustainable Building Solutions

edited by

, Jingyang Zhou,

and Zhihao Hao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3050 | Submission Open

Keywords: composites; fiber; concrete; structural design; structural health monitoring; sustainability; low carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Long-Term Durability Performance of Steel-Reinforced Concrete and Steel-Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

edited by

Renjie Wu

Xiaoping Zhong

, Yixue Zhang and

Xipeng Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open

Keywords: stainless-clad steel rebar; FRP rebar; fiber-reinforced concrete; durability; corrosion; mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Sustainable Green Building Practices and Structural Engineering

edited by

Ahmed Ibrahim Hassanin Mohamed

Hani Salim

and

Pan Ni

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1292 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building management; structural engineering; recycled materials; self-healing concrete; composite materials; nanomaterials; carbon-negative materials; life cycle assessment; smart monitoring systems

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

Human Comfort and Building Energy Efficiency

edited by

Yu Dong

, Yuxin Yang and Mingli Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environmental quality (IEQ); human health and well-being; multi-domain comfort; thermal adaptation; intelligent HVAC control; occupant behavior; climate resilience; sustainable building design; renewable energy

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

Smart Structures and IoT-Based Health Monitoring for Buildings

edited by

Paweł Karol Frankowski

and Marcin Mąka

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete; civil engineering; non-destructive testing (NDT); structural health monitoring (SHM); Internet of Things (IoT); machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials and Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by Shaojun Cao,

Muhammad Abid

, Pang Chen and Peng Sun

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building materials; low-carbon construction; mechanical property; durability performance; structural fire resistance; seismic performance; impact and explosion resistance; bridge seismic resistance; composite materials; machine learning

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

Structural Engineering in Building: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eden Bojórquez

and Juan Bojórquez

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural design of buildings; earthquake engineering; wind engineering; infrastructure under natural hazards; experimental tests; structural resilience of buildings; application of artificial intelligence to structural engineering; energy dissipation devices; optimal structural design; life cycle costs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Applying Artificial Intelligence in Construction Management—2nd Edition

edited by Phuong Hoang Dat Nguyen,

Minsoo Baek

and Md Nazmus Sakib

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning/deep learning; computer vision; natural language processing; predictive analytics; smart construction; digital twins; cyber– physical systems; automation in construction

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

Sustainable Construction Management and Engineering: Residential Construction with Focus on Life Cycle of Buildings and Costs—2nd Edition

edited by

Eduard Hromada

Bozena Kaderabkova

Klara Cermakova

and Lucie Kurekova

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1442 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering; buildings; real estate market; sustainability of housing; affordable housing; life cycle costing; project management; cost management; facility management; energy management; BIM; multicriterial modelling; risk analysis

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

Adaptive Lightweight Materials and Systems for Sustainable Construction: Innovations and Future Directions

edited by

Alessandra Zanelli

Carol Monticelli

, Salvatore Viscuso, Farzaneh Oghazian and

Amirhossein Ahmadnia

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 930 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptable building systems; lightweight/ultra-lightweight construction; energy efficiency; composite/bio-composite materials; membrane architecture; textile-based building systems; smart materials; sustainable construction; bio-inspired building systems; life cycle thinking

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

Advanced Structural Performance of Concrete Structures

edited by Wei Zhou and Daiyu Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2326 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural performance of concrete structures; high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete; fatigue performance; prefabricated structure; structural performance assessment; reliability analysis; finite element analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

High-Performance Sustainable Concrete and Cementitious Materials for Buildings

edited by Zhenzhen Jiao,

Xiang Tian

, Yu Yan and Shaojun Cao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 667 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; sustainable cementitious materials; low-carbon building materials; geopolymers; alkali-activated materials; durability and long-term performance; sustainable buildings

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

Traditional Construction Wisdom in Developing Regions: Sustainable Urbanization and Local-Eco Adaptation—2nd Edition

edited by

Yin Zhang

Quan Wen

and

Ahad Amini Pishro

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: building performance; traditional and cultural architecture; remote and developing regions; local construction wise; smart and resilient communities; rural– urban interaction; regional adaptation; sustainable spatial planning; eco design cases

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

Innovative Smart Materials for Resilient Buildings and Transportation Systems

edited by

Mehdi Shokouhian

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction materials; self-healing composites; shape memory alloys and polymers; sustainable infrastructure; bio-responsive concrete; experimental validation; predictive modeling; machine learning in materials; resilient design

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

Urban Climate and Building Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Lucas Rosse Caldas

Loyde Vieira de Abreu Harbich

Francesco Pittau

and

Ehsan Kamel

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; buildings; cities; circular economy; nature based solutions (NbS); renewable energies; life cycle assessment (LCA); digital tools; simulation

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

Deterioration and Durability of Building Materials and Infrastructures in Aggressive Environments

edited by

Adebayo Sojobi

and

Temitope Awolusi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

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

Intelligent Automation and Robotic Systems in Construction and Infrastructure

edited by

Zhengyi Chen

Lei Zhang

and

Wenkang Du

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodied AI; construction robotics; human– robot collaboration; autonomous inspection; active perception; LLM agents; mobile manipulation; digital twin

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

Advanced High-Performance Building Materials Development and Application

edited by Kai Yan,

Qiaoling Liu

Wenming Wang

and

Tianfeng Yuan

submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 791 | Submission Open

Keywords: cementitious composites; innovative construction materials; low-carbon; structural health monitoring; retrofit and strength; lifecycle carbon analysis; artificial intelligence

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

Sustainable and Resilient Affordable Housing in Architecture Design and Urban Plans

edited by

Giovanna Mangialardi

and

Umberto Berardi

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1859 | Submission Open

Keywords: housing policies; housing projects; publicness; regenerate; housing sustainability; social and public housing; affordability; inclusion; circular economy; reuse

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

Construction 4.0: The AI-Driven Innovation and Application for Construction Management

edited by Ren-Jye Dzeng

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction management; artificial intelligence (AI); construction management; automation; robotics; site safety; autonomous systems; digital twins; sustainable construction; circular economy; human& ndash; AI collaboration

Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering: Intelligent Construction, Structural Health Monitoring and Sustainable Materials

edited by

Jun Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 641 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable architecture; civil engineering; green and low-carbon buildings; structural health monitoring; resilient and smart structures; energy-efficient building design; life cycle assessment; digital twin; sustainability of infrastructure

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

Resilient and Sustainable Buildings: Advances in Architecture and Structural Systems

edited by

Majid Movahedi Rad

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient buildings; sustainable architecture; structural systems innovation; building information modeling (BIM); digital twin technologies; retrofitting and rehabilitation; energy-efficient building design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research and Development of Cement-Based Materials

edited by

Jie Yuan

and

Gaowang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: cement-based materials; cement concrete; concrete repair materials; recycled concrete; concrete admixture; durability performance; early-age behaviour

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

Structural Performance and Analysis of Wood-Based Structures

edited by

Miroslav Premrov

and

Erika Kozem Šilih

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber buildings; structural analysis; timber– glass load-bearing components; mid-rise and high-rise timber structures; hybrid wood-based buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Assessment and Retrofitting of Structures: Modelling and Testing

edited by Natalia Pingaro,

Ali Güney Özcebe

Ernesto Grande

and

Gabriele Milani

submission deadline 1 May 2027 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical analysis; experimental testing; structural assessment; structural strengthening; earthquake engineering; soil-structure interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancing Building Energy Efficiency Through Better Design, Engineering and Management

edited by Yanan Liu,

Shen Wei

Anxiao Zhang

, Chika Udeaja and

Amin Hosseinian-Far

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: passive design; energy-efficient systems; low-carbon solutions; renewable energy; occupant behaviour; whole life-cycle design; building information modelling/management; digital twins

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

Assessment of Safety, Reliability, Robustness, Risk and Resilience: Building Structures and Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Luchuan Ding

Fulvio Parisi

and André Teófilo Beck

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural safety; structural reliability; structural robustness/progressive collapse; risk management; disaster resilience; civil engineering; disaster mitigation; structural resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Transformation and Automation in Construction Project Management

edited by

Conrad Boton

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 868 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital construction; project management; building information modeling (BIM); lean construction; construction automation; artificial intelligence (AI) in construction; robotics in construction; digital twins; construction risk management; project control

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

AI-Ready Data Centers as Next-Generation Buildings: Lifecycle Performance, Grid Integration, and Decarbonization Pathways

edited by Arezou Shafaghat, Ali Keyvanfar,

Da Hu

and

Soheil Sabri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-ready data centers; lifecycle assessment (LCA); demand response and load flexibility; grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEB); waste heat valorization; embodied carbon; decarbonization pathways; digital twins and BI; project and risk management; business models and ESG governance

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

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