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The carbon footprint of construction industry: A review of direct and indirect emission
Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, 2021 The construction industry is considered to be among the major sectors that contribute significantly toward the emission of GHGs in our environment, which have a major effect on the climate change, and is approximately responsible for about 19 percent of ...
Y. Labaran, V. S. Mathur, M. M. Farouq
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Challenges of a Healthy Built Environment: Air Pollution in Construction Industry
Sustainability, 2021 Air pollution is a global concern, especially in cities and urban areas, and has many implications for human health and for the environment. In common with other industrial sectors, the construction industry emits air pollutants. In scientific literature,
A. Wieser +3 more
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Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022 Synchronous chip seal is an advanced road constructing technology, and the gravel coverage rate is an important indicator of the construction quality. The traditional method to measure the gravel coverage rate usually depends on observation by human eyes,
Xin Rong +3 more
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Tower Crane Layout Planning: Multi-Optimal Solutions Algorithm
BuildingsEffective tower crane layout planning is essential for the success of construction projects. Traditional optimization algorithms, which often provide a single optimal solution, may not always reveal the global optimum, leaving room for doubt.
Xiaokang Huang +6 more
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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2012 The benchmarking of engineering productivity can assist in the identification of inefficiencies and thus can be critical to cost control. Recognizing the importance of engineering productivity measurement, the Construction Industry Institute (CII ...
Pin-Chao Liao +5 more
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The Development of a New Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE)-Modified Asphalt
Buildings, 2023 The use of (recycled) plastics and (waste) vulcanized rubber powder is the main polymer of raw materials, and composite organic additives are selected to fully combine with asphalt components.
Rui Dong +5 more
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Barriers to Adopting Lean Construction in the Construction Industry—The Case of Jordan
, 2021 During the last few decades, there has been a greater understanding of the role of lean construction (LC) in achieving better management of construction projects and enabling the application of the fourth industrial revolution in the construction ...
Wassim Al Balkhy, R. Sweis, Z. Lafhaj
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Characterization of quality recycled gypsum and plasterboard with maximized recycled content
Materiales de Construccion, 2017 The quality of secondary materials is imperative to promote a circular economy. In order to improve the way in which the quality of recycled gypsum is assessed, European guidelines on recycled gypsum (RG) quality criteria have been outlined in the ...
A. Jiménez-Rivero, J. García-Navarro
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Construction Innovation: The Implementation of Lean Construction towards Sustainable Innovation [PDF]
, 2011 The prevalent theory of construction has been seen as a hindrance to construction innovation. The concept of lean construction is concerned with the application of lean thinking to the construction industry.
Goulding, Jack Steven +2 more
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Digital transformation in the construction industry: a bibliometric review
Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 2021 Purpose The construction industry has been traditionally referred to as slow when it comes to technological transformation. This study aims to investigate and present a scorecard of the construction industry in the past decade, the paper adopted ...
S. Adekunle +4 more
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