Description
This book provides readers with an insightful understanding of the various emerging issues in the construction industry, especially in the area associated with United Nations developmental goals, 4th Industrial Revolution, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Skills and Capacity development. The need for all practitioner to understand growing issues surrounding the various evolving concepts or technologies in the construction industry remain critical to stakeholders if any meaningful gains are expected. This book explains the importance of inclusion, health and safety, skills development, collaboration, pandemics, the fourth industrial revolution, capacity building, and green finance, among others. Thus, it provides an in-depth understanding of the issues mentioned in developed and developing countries for construction professionals, researchers, educators, and other stakeholders. The book can be adopted as a research guide, framework, and reference on the emerging concepts in construction practices.
Table of Contents
- Diversity and Inclusion in the Construction Industry: The Vulnerability Factor
- Pandemics and the Construction Industry in Developing Countries
- Collaborative Flow of Work in the Construction Industry
- Approaches to Green Financing in the Construction Industry
- Espousal of Zero Carbon Emission in Buildings: Empirical Analysis of Propelling Measures
- Overview of 4th Industrial Revolution in the Construction Industry
- Digital Capabilities in the Construction Industry
- Skills Development in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR): The Construction Industry
- Mobile Devices Applications in the Construction Industry
- Systemic Capacity Building of Built Environment Professionals for Construction 4.0: A Review of Concepts
- Competitive Intelligence Features and Competitive Advantage in Construction Firms in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Transfer of Construction Safety Knowledge to Project Host Communities: Naivety or Plausible?
- Visualization and Interpretation of Resilient Safety Culture: Integrated Social Network Modeling
- Discomforts Experienced by Construction Workers with Safety Helmet Use -Experiences from the Ghanaian Construction Industry
- Understanding Safety of Construction Sites: Construction Site Workers' Experience
