International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning

International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning

International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning [2456-2335(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2015 primarily devoted to scientific articles and comprehensive reviews that are focused on quality control, risk assessment, and resource management in the field of construction engineering and planning. Journal also focuses on production planning and critical path methods that can create an impact on ongoing research.

• Construction planning and scheduling: work breakdown structure development, critical path and precedence network methods, programme evaluation and review techniques, line of balance and location-based scheduling, lookahead and last planner systems, schedule compression and acceleration, and delay analysis and schedule forensics.
• Resource management and productivity: resource allocation, levelling, and smoothing, labour productivity measurement and improvement, plant and equipment utilisation, material handling and site logistics, workforce planning and crew composition, and lean construction methods and waste reduction.
• Cost engineering and estimating: conceptual and detailed estimating methods, parametric and model-based cost prediction, budget development and cost control systems, earned value management, cost overrun analysis and causation, value engineering, and whole-life costing.
• Quality management and control: quality assurance systems and inspection regimes, statistical process control in construction, defect prevention and rework analysis, conformance testing and acceptance criteria, and quality certification frameworks.
• Risk management in construction projects: risk identification and register development, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, Monte Carlo and probabilistic scheduling, contingency estimation, risk allocation in contracts, and claims and dispute avoidance.
• Construction materials: cement and concrete technology, reinforcement and corrosion protection, bricks, mortars, and masonry units, admixtures and supplementary materials, timber, steel, polymers, and glass fibre composites, bituminous materials, recycled and waste-derived materials, bamboo, rammed earth, and other non-conventional building materials, and material testing and performance evaluation.
• Procurement and contract planning: procurement route selection, tendering and bid preparation, quantity surveying and measurement, subcontractor selection and management, supply chain planning, and engineering, procurement, and construction delivery models.
• Site organisation and execution planning: site layout and facility planning, temporary works planning, method statements and construction sequencing, interface and coordination management, and constructability review.
• Digital planning tools and simulation: construction estimating and scheduling software, building information modelling for planning and coordination, four- and five-dimensional model integration, discrete event simulation of construction operations, and optimisation and machine learning applied to project planning.
• Performance measurement and project outcomes: key performance indicators for construction projects, benchmarking and comparative project analysis, post-project review and lessons learned, causes of project success and failure, and case studies of planned versus actual performance.