Promoting biomimetic materials for a sustainable construction industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olusegun A Oguntona ◽  
Clinton O Aigbavboa
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Biomimetic Materials

Ontology-Based Interorganizational Knowledge Management in Sustainable Construction Project

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6339-6343
Author(s):  
Guang Bin Wang ◽  
Gui You He ◽  
Li Bian
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Process Ontology ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
Industry Needs

Due to the great negative impact, the construction industry needs to undergo a paradigm shift from traditional construction to sustainable construction. To reach the goal of sustainable development, the construction industry needs to intensify its efforts to move to a knowledge intensive mode. Based on the analysis of e-Cognos and the concept of ontology, this paper proposes that e-Cognos ontology can be applied in the development of sustainable construction process ontology, which is a key part of knowledge management system (KMS). Following this, the application process of ontology-based KMS is analyzed using IDEF0 modeling method. Finally, this paper analyzes interorganizational collaboration model in sustainable project.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recovery in Sustainable Construction Waste Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 937-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A Kazerooni Sadi ◽  
Arham Abdullah ◽  
Masoud Navazandeh Sajoudi ◽  
M.F.M. Kamal ◽  
Fatemeh Torshizi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Waste Minimization ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Waste Minimisation ◽  
Minimization Technique ◽  
Local Construction

The construction industry consumes a substantial amount of raw materials in its processes and the output is obviously the product and most importantly the waste material. Other than that, the construction industry is well known as one of the worst environmental polluters. This study is to determine the use of waste minimisation technique in creating sustainable waste management in order to identify the technique which has the most capabilities to reduce on-site waste. The objective of this study is to assess the waste minimization techniques taken from the 4R concept (which includes reduce, reuse, recycle and recovery techniques) in minimizing the waste in construction waste management. The most used waste minimization technique found in the 4R concept would be waste reduction. This shows that the local construction industry has the knowledge necessary to plan out the waste management processes but the implementation is still far from satisfying. Additionally, the findings reveal that because the industry is profit-driven, construction practitioners are motivated by profit to adapt to this techniques.

scholarly journals DfMA: Towards an Integrated Strategy for a More Productive and Sustainable Construction Industry in Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9219
Author(s):  
Craig Langston ◽  
Weiwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Design For Manufacture ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Interdisciplinary Design ◽  
Business Politics ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Manufacturing Assembly

Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) is an important part of the future of the construction industry due to the promise of speed of project delivery, quality control, worker safety, and waste minimization onsite via the purposeful design for manufacture and assembly offsite. However, the adoption of DfMA in Australia has been slow. This paper investigates the barriers prohibiting widespread uptake and how digital construction will be a catalyst for improving use on commercial-scale projects. A total of six leading experts were interviewed to elicit their opinions, and seven recent case studies of high-rise modular apartment and hotel buildings constructed by Hickory were cross-referenced as evidence of DfMA capability. The experts suggested that the reasons for slow adoption in Australia were community mindset, government regulations and incentives, planning and building codes, unionization and business politics, finance, and supply chain management. The case studies suggest that compatible building type and transportation distance are also factors. These barriers can be addressed by the clever integration of building information modelling tools with lean construction processes as part of a proposed strategy leading to smarter (more productive) and better (more sustainable) outcomes predicated on growth in digital construction practices. The paper concludes with a proposed framework for change that conceptualizes the ‘ecosystem’ needed to support widespread DfMA in the Australian context, including the paradigm shift from building to manufacturing/assembly, the displacement of workers from onsite to offsite activity, and the expansion of interdisciplinary design and construct collaboration.

Framework for Sustainable Procurement - Identifying Elements for Construction Works

2020 ◽  
Vol 897 ◽  
pp. 245-249
Author(s):  
Reini Wirahadikusumah ◽  
Muhamad Abduh ◽  
Yunita Messah
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Sustainable Procurement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Construction Works

Sustainable procurement has been considered an opportunity for improving the environmental performance of the construction industry. The development of sustainable procurement in Indonesia is still in its initial phase. Therefore, a framework is needed to establish an outlook to explore the enablers and barriers for promoting sustainable procurement in the construction industry. In the formulation of the framework, the first step is to identify the important elements. The approach was explorative-descriptive. Based on ISO 20400, as the guidelines for sustainable procurement, and literature on sustainable procurement for construction works, a list of elements was gathered. In-depth interviews were conducted to identify the most significant elements for the Indonesian construction public procurement context. Respondents included procurement experts from the government agency, (i.e., the National Public Procurement Agency and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing), academics, and procurement specialists who are the members of the Indonesian Procurement Professionals Association. Results suggest that all elements contained in ISO 20400 are relevant with the kinds of literature on construction works; also, Indonesian respondents agreed with all the identified elements ranging from “important” to “very important.” This finding will be subsequently used to further understand the complex cause-effect relationships among the important elements in developing the framework for sustainable construction public procurement.

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