Special Issue "Construction Project Management 2021"

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy and Buildings".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Nerija Banaitiene
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Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10221 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: project and risk management; quality management; energy behavior change; building life cycle analysis; multiple criteria decision making
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Prof. Dr. Audrius Banaitis
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Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius 10221, Lithuania
Interests: renovation of buildings; green and sustainable construction; sustainable supply chain management; energy behavior change; property management; multiple criteria decision making: applications in construction and real estate
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Prof. Dr. Chunlu Liu
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School of Architecture and Built Environment, Waterfront Campus, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
Interests: construction economics; project lifecycle management; sustainability assessment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Construction project management is a challenging but rewarding profession in the built environment. The current climate challenges and energy concerns are affecting the construction industry as well as the project solutions. Effective construction project management benefits owners by increasing the potential for successful project completion—on time, within budget, and free of financial or legal issues. Companies are currently facing more than just risks that are a part of their business activities. In addition, the construction industry members—developers, owners, contractors, suppliers, subcontractors, and vendors—have experienced varying degrees of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic depending on the responses at the state and local levels. Even so, the crisis might also represent an opportunity to solve some of the industry’s challenges and to prepare for the digital future. The construction project is a collaborative effort. Thus, human skills are extremely important at all project management levels.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide the current state-of-the-art knowledge and the best practice, cutting-edge tools, and technologies for construction project management. The relevant topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Construction project planning and scheduling;
  • Cause, effect, and delay analysis in construction projects;
  • Construction contract claims and dispute resolution;
  • Coordination and cooperation in construction projects;
  • Safety management in construction projects;
  • Risk management in construction projects;
  • Environmental and social issues in construction project management;
  • Green project management practices for the construction industry;
  • Supply chain management in the construction industry;
  • Building information modeling (BIM) implementation in construction projects;
  • Digitalization and construction project management.

Prof. Nerija Banaitiene
Prof. Dr. Audrius Banaitis
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chunlu Liu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • Construction project scheduling
  • Claims
  • Disputes
  • Safety management
  • Risk management
  • Green project management
  • Building information modeling (BIM)
  • Sustainable construction

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The Use of 3D Numerical Modeling in Conceptual Design: A Case Study
Energies 2021, 14(16), 5003; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14165003 - 15 Aug 2021
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This article describes the construction of a building with four aboveground floors and one underground floor as part of the ongoing development of Warsaw’s city center. A 3D numerical model was developed to reflect the spatial and structural solutions of the new building [...] Read more.
This article describes the construction of a building with four aboveground floors and one underground floor as part of the ongoing development of Warsaw’s city center. A 3D numerical model was developed to reflect the spatial and structural solutions of the new building based on the design documentation with regard to the outcomes of geotechnical tests, the actual phases of work completed, the results of the geodetic measurements carried out in individual phases of the building implementation, and the characteristics of the existing adjacent buildings. The 3D numerical model was calibrated taking into account the results of the geodetic measurements of the benchmarks stabilized on the adjacent buildings. The numerical models of the building were used to analyze a number of multiple-step variants, taking into account the increase in the number of aboveground floors (from 1 to 4) and underground floors (by 1), as well as the increase in the projected area of the underground part compared to the area of the site designated for development. The paper presents the conclusions of our analyses, which may be helpful to others designing buildings in intensively urbanized areas and guide them in selecting the best solution. Full article
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