Special Issue "Sustainable Decision Making in Civil and Construction Engineering"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jolanta Tamošaitienė
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Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-1022 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: civil engineering; construction; technology; processes; MCDM; risk
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Dear Colleagues,

In contemporary civil construction engineering, sustainable and rational solutions to problems are of utmost importance. In turn, sustainable solutions demand decision-making models, while decision-making models assume that decision-makers make choices that maximise benefits and minimise losses, considering sustainability aspects. Sustainability-centred decision-making in civil and construction engineering assumes the use of resources, rationally organised processes, the cost of minimisation, the optimised project duration, the best quality of the product, etc. New and emerging risks can be detected for the identification of an individual situation, problem formulation and analysis, modelling, development of problem-solving processes, methodology design, analysis of the condition, calculation, checking and comparison of results and making the final decision.

Problem evaluation attributes are selected considering the interests and goals of an object or process, as well as factors that influence decision-process efficiency and value creation with sustainability aspects. Traditionally, decision making needs to consider several different criteria; therefore, multicriteria decision making (MCDM) approaches with hybrid, extended or modified decision-making methods are used while considering sustainability aspects for this purpose.

This Special Issue welcomes articles that offer technical and environmental, economic and social benefits from civil and construction engineering solutions involving various decision-making methods, methodologies, models, algorithms and tools and decision support systems including sustainability aspects. Complex, interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. Papers that discuss solutions of specific problems in a wider context are also welcome.

Dr. Jolanta Tamošaitienė
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • civil
  • construction
  • engineering
  • multicriteria decision making
  • processes
  • modelling
  • sustainability
  • assessment

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Decision-Making Rules and the Influence of Memory Data
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1396; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031396 - 29 Jan 2021
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The problems that decision-makers face can escalate under imbalances, turbulent development, risks, uncertainties, disasters, and other influences. The development of processes in technical and economic structures is generally considered complex and chaotic, and it usually expands into innumerable dynamic influences. The paper focuses [...] Read more.
The problems that decision-makers face can escalate under imbalances, turbulent development, risks, uncertainties, disasters, and other influences. The development of processes in technical and economic structures is generally considered complex and chaotic, and it usually expands into innumerable dynamic influences. The paper focuses on the evaluation of the decision criteria choice structure, such as the factual cause of the consequences (e.g., future threats, opportunities, chances, occasion). It offers a graphical vision of the future forecast. It draws attention to prevention and prophylaxis versus criterion-generated time–space (TS). The paper deals with the question: Is it possible to choose and recommend the right time and place of process activities? The paper formulates a positive answer and illustrates a range of consequences. Developed activities (investment, production, etc.) take place in a defined TS; over time, they create new time-series states and expand the space by defining processes as a time series of activities. In a broader context, the article deals with the issue of the lifecycle of decision rules (dynamic proposal of opportunities) as the first step of decision making, i.e., the decision about the existence of opportunity. On the one hand, it respects static applications based on equilibrium states, while on the other hand, it draws attention to the need for a dynamic view of turbulent, dynamic, chaotic, and nonlinear phenomena. Full article
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Project Portfolio Construction Using Extreme Value Theory
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 855; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020855 - 16 Jan 2021
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Choosing proper projects has a great impact on organizational success. Firms have various factors for choosing projects based on their different objectives and strategies. The problem of optimization of projects’ risks and returns is among the most prevalent issues in project portfolio selection. [...] Read more.
Choosing proper projects has a great impact on organizational success. Firms have various factors for choosing projects based on their different objectives and strategies. The problem of optimization of projects’ risks and returns is among the most prevalent issues in project portfolio selection. In order to optimize and select proper projects, the amount of projects’ expected risks and returns must be evaluated correctly. Determining the relevant distribution is very important in achieving these expectations. In this research, various types of practical distributions were examined, and considering expected and realized risks, the effects of choosing the different distribution on estimation of risks on construction projects were studied. Full article
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