Journal of Construction Engineering, Technology & Management

Journal of Construction Engineering, Technology & Management

• Construction project management: planning and scheduling, resource allocation and levelling, cost estimating and budget control, earned value and performance measurement, productivity assessment and improvement, delay and disruption analysis, and integrated project delivery.
• Contracts, procurement, and construction economics: contract administration and forms of agreement, tendering and bid evaluation, procurement strategy, claims and dispute resolution, risk allocation, project finance and investment appraisal, and cost engineering.
• Construction methods and equipment: construction techniques for buildings and infrastructure, temporary works and formwork design, earthworks and foundation execution, plant and equipment selection and utilisation, site layout planning, material handling and logistics, and modular and prefabricated construction.
• Construction materials and quality control: concrete mix design and performance, cement replacement and supplementary materials, steel, timber, masonry, and composite materials in construction, recycled and alternative materials, site material testing, durability assessment, and quality assurance systems and inspection regimes.
• Digital construction and building information modelling: BIM implementation and maturity, semantic models, ontologies, and interoperability, common data environments, digital twins for built assets, construction process modelling and simulation, and 4D and 5D scheduling and cost integration.
• Automation, robotics, and emerging construction technology: construction robotics and autonomous plant, additive manufacturing for construction, sensing, visual analytics, and reality capture for project control, drones and remote monitoring, wearable and IoT site technologies, and machine learning applications in construction.
• Health, safety, and workforce: site safety management systems, hazard identification and accident causation, safety technology and monitoring, occupational health in construction, labour productivity and workforce development, skills shortages, and training and competency.
• Sustainable construction and green building: sustainable design and construction practice, life cycle assessment and embodied carbon, energy performance of buildings, green rating systems, waste minimisation and circular construction, sustainable supply chains, and responsible sourcing of materials.
• Infrastructure and asset management: condition assessment and structural health monitoring, maintenance and rehabilitation strategy, retrofit and adaptive reuse, resilience of critical infrastructure, facility and asset lifecycle management, and end-of-life demolition and deconstruction.
• Organisational and strategic management in construction: firm-level strategy and leadership, organisational performance and competitiveness, supply chain relationships, innovation adoption and diffusion, small and medium enterprise development, and knowledge management in construction organisations.