BIM and Sustainable Construction Management

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to submit your latest research contributions in the Special Issue of Sustainability (IF 3.889, ISSN 2071-1050) titled "BIM and Sustainable Construction Management" . This Special Issue calls for original research and review papers around innovative methodologies, technologies, and best practices pertinent to the application of digital transformation such as building information modeling (BIM) in sustainable construction engineering and in the management of building and infrastructure projects.

This Special Issue provides a comprehensive approach towards sustainable construction management from the digital innovation and integration perspective. There are still limited studies that have investigated various functionalities of the BIM process in the sustainability of buildings and infrastructures such as roads and bridges. Some common domains of BIM and sustainability in lifecycle assessment, green building criteria, energy analysis, environmental assessments and design, construction, and project management will be highlighted here. This Special Issue aims to cover the broader scope of BIM and sustainable construction management in buildings and infrastructures, with particular focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• BIM integrated with sustainable construction materials;
• BIM integrated with sustainable database management systems; 
• BIM integrated with energy analysis and simulation;
• BIM integrated with green building rating systems;
• BIM integrated with Life cycle environmental impacts assessment (LCA);
• BIM integrated with life cycle cost (LCC) analysis and assessment;
• BIM integrated with Geographical information system (GIS);
• Road/ Bridge Information modeling (BrIM) integrated with sustainability practices;  
• Application of BIM into low carbon procurement practices;  
• Resilient buildings and infrastructures in changing climate through BIM;
• Cyber Physical Systems (Construction 4.0) applications to perform sustainable project management; 
• Project management through digital construction applications.

Papers on mentioned topics can have a diverse scope (i.e., comprehensive literature review, scientific advancement and technology innovation, methodology development and implementation, industrial/commercial practices, and case studies).

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Farzad Jalaei
Dr. Jieying Jane Zhang
Dr. Ahmad Jrade
Guest Editors

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