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Research on Promoting the Social Sustainability of Urban Neighbourhoods

edited by

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1316 | Submission Open

Keywords: social sustainability; urban neighbourhood; resilience; sustainable development goals

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

Research on Key Technologies for Green Construction and Safe Operation and Maintenance of Tunnels and Underground Engineering

edited by

Heng Zhang

and Huayun Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1018 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel engineering; underground engineering; green construction; safe operation and maintenance; energy saving; environmental protection; low carbon development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Automation and Intelligence in the Construction Industry

edited by

Jianliang Zhou

, Pinsheng Duan and

Yongliang Deng

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 828 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent construction; human– machine collaborative construction; smart construction site; artificial intelligence; construction robot; digital twin; AR and VR

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

Advanced Structural Techniques for Seismic and Wind Resilience: Innovations in Safety and Performance

edited by Seung-Jae Lee and

Donwoo Lee

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; wind engineering; seismic design; safety in structural design; structural retrofitting; structual optimization design; damping mechanisms; vibration control; experimental validation; innovative structural systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Properties and Applications of Sustainable Construction Materials

edited by

Jiyang Wang

, Linghua Shen and Jintao Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: high- and ultra-high-performance concrete; textile-reinforced concrete; low-carbon concrete; smart concrete; recycled aggregate concrete; repair and rehabilitation; dynamic properties; seismic behavior

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

Advancements in Smart Civil Engineering: Durability, Seismic Resilience, Construction, and Composite Repair Technologies

edited by Qin Zhang,

Baoyin Sun

, Zhiwei Shan, Ziqi Li and Yantai Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 377 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart civil engineering; structural durability; seismic design; composite repair; intelligent construction technologies; sustainable building; high-performance materials; seismic resilience; structural optimization; infrastructure repair

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancements in Cementitious Materials: Exploring the Latest Trends and Future Outlook—2nd Edition

edited by

Heeyoung Lee

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: cementitious composite; carbon nanomaterials; carbon dioxide capture utilization and storage (CCUS); construction materials; concrete strengthening; rehabilitation of concrete structures

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

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 221 | 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)

Shallow Geothermal Energy Systems for Heating and Cooling in Existing European Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Zhengxuan Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal energy; sustainable heating and cooling; energy transition of existing buildings; energy modeling of geothermal energy; policy framework; life-cycle cost analysis; social impacts; market potential

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

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 May 2025 | Viewed by 185 | 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)

Innovations in Static and Dynamic Performance of Steel and Composite Structures

edited by

Xiaoxiong Zha

and Wentao Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 156 | 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)

Best Practices of Resilient Buildings (and Districts) and Post-disaster Reconstruction

edited by

Bruno Barroca

,

Maria Fabrizia Clemente

,

Jeffrey Raven

and

Gwenaël Jouannic

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12327 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; disaster risk reduction; post-disaster reconstruction; post-disaster waste management; recycling; reuse; mitigation; BIM

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

Advances in Modeling and Characterization of Cementitious Composites

edited by

Abedulgader Baktheer

and

Farid Abed

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11898 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; reinforced concrete; non-metallic reinforcement; bond behavior; constitutive modeling; nonlinear finite element analysis; damage and plasticity; time-dependent behavior; multiscale and multiphysics modeling; impact loading; cyclic loading; progressive collapse

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

Smart and Sustainable Buildings: New Trends, Technologies, and Integration in the Energy Transition

edited by

Elisa Belloni

and

Gabriele Maria Lozito

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8997 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart buildings; sustainable buildings; renewables; BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaics); building energy services; energy management; energy consumption forecasting; Internet of Things; machine learning for smart building energy data; grid integration and control

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

Characteristics of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Zhongya Zhang

, Yang Zou and

Jun Yang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7957 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); low-carbon building materials; bonding strength; composite structure; durability; strengthening; performance improvement

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

Optimal Design of FRP Strengthened/Reinforced Construction Materials

edited by

Kaiqi Zheng

,

Pu Zhang

,

Haitao Wang

and Yirui Zhang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3674 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite structures; FRP profiles/bars/sheets; etc.; analytical and design method; prestressing and anchoring FRP; novel FRP composites; FRP-reinforced structures

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

The Evolution of Construction Dispute Resolution

edited by

Andrew Agapiou

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 2110 | Submission Open

Keywords: disputes; mediation; arbitration; adjudication; alternative dispute resolution; conflict avoidance and prevention

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

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Construction Industry: 2nd Edition

edited by

Amir Mohammad Fathollahi-Fard

, Min Kong and

Maxim A. Dulebenets

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1925 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain management (SSCM); construction industry; multi-objective optimization; decision-making models; economic sustainability; circular economy; environmental sustainability; social sustainability

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

Advance in Eco-Friendly Building Materials and Innovative Structures

edited by Mojia Huang, Zhiwen Lan, Lei Zhang and

Tengfei Zhao

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10824 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural optimization design FE numerical simulation of structures; new green building materials; green building design and application; innovation and application in bridge structures; mechanical issues in engineering structures; structural issues in power systems

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

Dynamic Response of Civil Engineering Structures under Seismic Loads

edited by Yanyan Li and Jingshu Xu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5065 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic response; engineering structure; civil engineering; seismicload; earthquake engineering; structural stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Project Development and Construction Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenzhe Tang

and

Jianli Hao

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3851 | Submission Open

Keywords: project planning; design; procurement; construction; project delivery; operation; sustainable project development; green buildings; construction waste management; information technologies

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

Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Built Environment in High-Density Cities

edited by

Lingyue Li

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3787 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart spatial planning; intensive/mixed land use; high-density built environment; sustainability; three-dimensional; compact development; machine learning; land use change and evolution; data-driven approach; quality environment

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

Workforce Development and Education in the Construction Industry: Challenges and Strategies

edited by

Manideep Tummalapudi

and

Christofer Harper

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 43606 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction workforce development; workforce training; immigration in construction; recruitment and retention; technologies for workforce development; construction skill shortages; diversity; equity; and inclusion in the construction workforce

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

Buildings for the 21st Century

edited by

Wahidul K. Biswas

and

Chithirai Pon Selvan

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 31582 | Submission Open

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

Study on Building Energy Efficiency Related to Simulation Models

edited by

Pengyuan Shen

,

Yun Kyu Yi

and

Huilong Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 23988 | Submission Open

Keywords: building simulation; energy efficiency; renewable energy system; demand response; occupancy behavior; performance-driven design; district energy system; performance optimization; HVAC system; computational fluid dynamics

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

Life Cycle Management of Building and Infrastructure Projects

edited by

Pramen P. Shrestha

and

Kishor Shrestha

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10654 | Submission Open

Keywords: procurement; contracting; and project delivery method; building information modelling; civil infrastructure modelling; building comfort; life cycle analysis; legal and disputes resolution

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

Low-Carbon Urban Development and Building Design

edited by

Yupeng Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9815 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon development; urban environmental evaluation; urban climate change; urban energy consumption; green building design; renewable energy usage; building energy consumption reduction

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

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

edited by

Bo Huang

and

Xiaolu Cui

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9201 | 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)

Advancing Life Cycle Assessment of Building Energy: Exploring Policy Contexts, Whole-Life Carbon Thinking, and Net-Zero Carbon Strategies

edited by

Jingchun Shen

and Jonn Are Myhren

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8937 | Submission Open

Keywords: regulatory and policy context; building service system; building energy; HVAC; renewable energy; sustainability; environmental impact; embodied carbon; carbon footprint; upfront carbon; operational carbon; whole Life carbon; carbon designer; circularity; sustainable procurement; sustainable finance; sustainable construction; carbon risk monitoring; digitalization; digital renovation; design for disassembly; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; product life-cycle management

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

Optimizing Living Environments for Mental Health

edited by

Xiaohuan Xie

,

Ling Zhang

and

Yiqi Tao

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8205 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; behavioral activity; human perception; living environment; built environment; environmental quality; environmental justice; health promotion strategy; design and evaluation of intervention strategies; interdisciplinary research

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

Climate-Responsive Architectural and Urban Design

edited by

Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5204 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-responsive design; net zero carbon emissions; building energy efficiency; passive design; architectural simulation; monitoring; vernacular architecture; thermal comfort

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

Rethinking Safety in Construction: Innovations and Best Practices for a Safer Site of Work

edited by

Hadi Sarvari

and Chris Roberts

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5076 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction safety safe site of work learning from accidents; safety procedures; safety training; safety culture; safety and leadership; safety and technology

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

The State-of-the-Art Technologies for Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by

Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak

and

Beata Sadowska

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4771 | Submission Open

Keywords: ZEB and nZEB; LCA; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; comfort; energy retrofitting of buildings; historic buildings; carbon footprint

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

Actual Trends in Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Buildings

edited by

Lenka Mészárosová

, Drochytka Rostislav and

Jindřich Melichar

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4122 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural renovation; building rehabilitation; sustainable reconstruction; historic preservation heritage conservation; advanced building materials; adaptive materials reuse; durability; protection; restoration

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

Multi-scale Modelling and Characterization of Asphalt Pavement Materials—Second Edition

edited by

Pengfei Liu

and

Jing Hu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3600 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative multi-scale characterisation methods; innovative image processing and multi-scale model reconstruction; novel; sustainable; multifunctional high-performance building materials; bridging scale methods; combined FEM and DEM approach to determine multiphase behaviour of pavement materials; numerical modelling of multifunctional pavement materials; molecular dynamics modelling; multiphysics simulation of pavement materials

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

Low-Carbon Concrete Structures Incorporating Sustainable Pozzolan and Recycled Materials

edited by

C. W. Lim

and

Wisal Ahmed

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3237 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon concrete; sustainable and recycled materials; sustainable pozzolans; eco-efficient binders; fiber-reinforced concrete; mechanical properties and durability; life cycle assessment; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine Learning (ML)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Building Design

edited by

Yupeng Wang

, Dengjia Wang, Barbara Galli and Xiaolei Ju

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2592 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar building; building energy saving; solar energy technology; indoor thermal environment; green building design; renewable energy management; renewable energy; building renovation; urban heat island; urban redevelopment

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

Frameworks, Tools, Methods, Indicators, and Considerations for Evaluating Circular Economy in Buildings

edited by

Md. Uzzal Hossain

and Yahong Dong

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2434 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; low carbon; sustainable; green buildings

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

Timber Building Design and Construction for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Hüseyin Emre Ilgın

and

Markku Karjalainen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2367 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood construction; sustainability; space efficiency; multi-story timber buildings; large-scale timber buildings; tall/high-rise timber buildings; processes of industrial wood construction; wooden additional floor construction; adhesive-free and metal fastener-free wood products; resident survey for wooden apartment buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Steel-Concrete Composite Structure—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiang Liu

, Mingjin Zhang, Yinping Ma and Lipeng Sun

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1806 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel– concrete composite structures; high-performance structures; high-performance materials; industrial construction; long-term performance; temperature action; wind load; environmental impact; numerical simulation; test method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Solar Building Technology

edited by

Yang Cai

,

Weiwei Wang

and

Fuyun Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1372 | Submission Open

Keywords: building integrated photovoltaic; solar thermal collector; solar driven ventilation; solar-assisted heat pump; solar cooling; solar photocatalysis; solar composite utilization

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

Rapid Inspection, Evaluation, and Repair Materials on Transportation Infrastructures

edited by

Changjun Zhou

and

Hui Qin

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 754 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructures; rapid inspection; rapid evaluation; rapid repair materials; durability; sustainability

Digital and Sustainable Building and Construction Management: Advances and Prospects

edited by Qian Zhang and

Siliang Yang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction management; sustainable building practices; including corporate social responsibility; environmental; social; and governance; circular economy; and sustainable innovation; digital transformation in construction; construction 4.0 technology management (e.g.; building information modeling; Internet of Things; blockchain; Artificial Intelligence (AI) in construction; automation and robotics in construction; lean construction methodologies; circular economy in construction; energy-efficient building design; resource optimization; resilient construction practices; project leadership and organization

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

Advanced Experimental and Numerical Studies on Ancient Stone Masonry Constructions

edited by

Fernando F. S. Pinho

,

Ildi Cismaşiu

and

Nuno Monteiro Azevedo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 540 | Submission Open

Keywords: laboratory characterisation; in situ testing; numerical micro- and macro-modelling; retrofit solutions; numerical analysis; vulnerability assessment

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

Built Environment and Building Energy for Decarbonization

edited by

Kyungmo Kang

and Daeung Kim

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy; indoor air quality; indoor environmental quality; thermal comfort; advanced building control and optimization; building simulation; building materials; IoT technology; building information modeling

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

Damage Research of Building Structures Under Fire, Structural Dynamics and Material Degradation Conditions

edited by

Kostiantyn Protchenko

submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire resistance; structural dynamics; durability of structures; building materials; fiber-reinforced polymer composites; building information modeling; precast structures; concrete technologies; masonry structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Construction Workplace Trends and Work Health and Safety

edited by

Yingbin Feng

and

Peng Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 31656 | Submission Open

Keywords: work health and safety; technology; resilience; offsite construction; sustainability; construction workplace; cultural diversity; digitalisation; industrialisation; globalisation

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

Energy Efficiency and Carbon Neutrality in Buildings

edited by

Amos Darko

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 28469 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy efficiency; carbon neutrality; net zero carbon; resilience; buildings and construction; sustainable built environment

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

Timber in the City: Interior Design and City Environment Development with Wood Materials

edited by

Danijela Domljan

,

Dina Stober

and Vjekoslav Živković

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19464 | Submission Open

Keywords: interior design; wood products design; city environment; trends in wood application; environmental; perception of wood; human-centered design; health; human behavior; well-being; biophilic design; multisensory stimulation; traditional wooden structures; design theory; BIM

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

Cold-Formed Steel Structures

edited by

Krishanu Roy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18497 | Submission Open

Keywords: High strength CFS structures; Stability of CFS beams and columns; Seismic response of CFS structures; FS portal frames; Web crippling of CFS sections; Fire and seismic performance of CFS framed shear walls; Hysteretic behaviour of CFS wall panels; Fire furnace tests on CFS members; Cold-formed stainless steel sections; CFS cladding systems; Sustainability of CFS structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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