Sustainable Building: Risk Assessment and Occupational Safety in Construction Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 4 October 2025 | Viewed by 3071
Special Issue Editor
Interests: civil engineering; construction; decision making; modelling; multi criteria decision making (MCDM); risk; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction industry is one of the major direct contributors to development. It encompasses various large- and small-scale activities, such as building, resulting in various structures as their main product. It also plays a role in determining quality of life through creating living and working conditions. Generally, sustainability aspects must be included in a building’s physical and technical conditions and construction management by setting a high environmental standard. Important considerations include the structure of a building, the materials used, conditions and regulations related to a green-building concepts, and sustainability aspects in construction standards. Another relevant topic is the numerous types of building certification systems, such as the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). They support decision-making processes for companies, consumers, and policymakers, aiming to improve sustainability practises in the construction sector.
Also, the construction sector is associated with high risk and uncertainty. Projects are unique and implemented only once, and their life cycle encompasses various risks originating from many sources, including external and internal environments, formal activity in the construction sector, object analysis, size, processes, temporary project teams collected from different companies, construction sites, etc. Moreover, the increasing size and complexity of construction projects requires more processes, adding to the risks. This factor is additional to the political, economic, and social conditions of a construction project. A risk can be defined as an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on at least one objective, such as time, cost, or quality. Risks, including occupational safety aspects, cause cost and time overruns and impact the quality of construction products. Risk management is a process that focuses on defining sources of uncertainty and is a central part of any organisation’s strategic management. It helps organisations methodically address risks attached to their activities to achieve sustained benefits within each activity and across their entire portfolio. In construction, risk management is an important task, with objective functions changing during the construction project’s life cycle.
This Special Issue intends to provide an overview of the most recent advances in multidisciplinary research connected to sustainable building, risk assessment, occupational safety in construction management, and the enhancement of environmental standards, safety, and the operability of process systems. Research articles are invited on topics associated with sustainable buildings, as well as analyses of environmental aspects, green-building concepts, and occupational safety in construction management, including risk modelling, assessment, technique regulation, environmental conditions, and reliability of technological systems in buildings.
Dr. Jolanta Tamošaitienė
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainability
- green building
- regulation
- environmental product declaration
- civil engineering
- construction
- construction management
- decision making
- multi criteria decision making (MCDM)
- risk
- occupational safety
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