Sustainable Construction: Globalize, Organize, Build, Unite, Innovate, Lead, Develop

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to introduce this Topic, which examines the technological, organisational, educational, and societal changes driving sustainable and resilient built environments. We invite original research and review papers that advance knowledge and practice across the following themes:

• Globalize: Sustainable development, global challenges, and international best practice.
• Organize: Workforce capability, professional development, workplace transitions, and organizational transformation.
• Build: Planning, scheduling, cost control, quality assurance, project performance, and sustainable construction.
• Unite: Resilient infrastructure, disaster management, collaboration, and social sustainability.
• Innovate: Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), digital twins, robotics, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Lead: Governance, policy, regulations, legal frameworks, competitiveness, and strategic leadership.
• Develop: Lifelong learning, built environment education, curriculum innovation, knowledge transfer, and research capacity building.
• Cross-Cutting Themes: Building science, energy performance, lifecycle sustainability, supply chains, value engineering, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), offsite construction, fabrication, industrialized delivery, and predictive maintenance.

We particularly welcome contributions showing how AI, ML, and technological, organisational, and educational innovation can improve productivity, efficiency, sustainability, resilience, and social and economic outcomes across construction and infrastructure. By connecting researchers, educators, industry professionals, and policymakers, this Topic seeks to advance intelligent and sustainable construction worldwide.

Dr. Igor Martek
Dr. Mehdi Amirkhani
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Buildings buildings	3.4	5.6	2011	14.7 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Designs designs	-	5.7	2017	19.5 Days	CHF 1600	Submit
Energies energies	3.9	8.3	2008	16.7 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Smart Cities smartcities	6.6	13.0	2018	25.1 Days	CHF 2000	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	4.1	8.9	2009	16.9 Days	CHF 2400	Submit

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