Editorial: Disaster resilience: Building the Jigsaw

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Success in collaborative construction through the lens of project delivery elements

Purpose The emergence of collaborative delivery models and working practices in construction industry has created a potential area for project success research. Previous studies have addressed success factors of various collaborative delivery models (e.g. alliance and partnering). However, there is currently very limited research-based knowledge concerning core success factors for different collaborative delivery models, exploring the commonalities. Thus, this study aims to conceptualize a success model for collaborative construction projects by identifying and structuring their core success factors through the lens of project delivery elements. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted, and thematic as well as content analysis of the relevant studies led to the identification of mentioned success factors in the literature for different collaborative delivery models. Then, those common success factors were structured in a model based on factors' relation to project delivery elements. Findings The obtained results present eight core success factors (e.g. equality, mutual trust and commitment to win–win philosophy) for collaborative construction projects, structured in a model based on their contribution toward project organization, contractual relationships, and operational system in construction project delivery. Moreover, the differences between success factors for traditional and collaborative construction projects are discussed. Originality/value This study's findings provide insightful theoretical contributions on collaborative construction project success and providing a departure point for future studies based on the discussed differences between success factors of collaborative and traditional construction projects. The findings can be also practically insightful for the project professionals in collaborative construction projects to succeed in managing project organization, contractual relationships, and operational system.publishedVersionPeer reviewe

Sustainability Indicators in Building Construction Projects through the Lens of Project Delivery Elements

Sustainability indicators have been developed since 1990s to be utilized in construction projects as tools and instruments for achieving higher level sustainability. Achieving sustainability goals in construction projects can be affected by the delivery model in place in a positive or negative manner, as it accounts for accomplishing project definition, design, planning, and execution phases. With any construction project we can recognize three main delivery elements which are project organization, contractual relationships, and operational system. This study aims to address the role of these project delivery elements in the application of sustainability indicators in building construction projects. To do so, a literature study was carried out and qualitative analysis of the relevant studies led to the identification of sustainability indicators, barriers, and enablers in building construction. Then, these indicators, barriers, and enablers were analysed and structured within a model based on their relation to the elements of construction project delivery. The findings present a sustainability model for building construction, revealing the connection between the project delivery elements and the identified barriers and enablers for the application of the sustainability indicators. These findings contribute toward facilitating sustainable construction through project delivery and provide a frame of reference for the future studies.publishedVersionPeer reviewe

Visual product chronology as a solution for accessing building product model data

SUMMARY Building product modelling technology is principally aiming for solutions which are capturing the data of gradually developing buildings. In simple terms these solutions can be characterised as storages where the most recent data and its updates exist. At the moment IFC standard is providing a common starting point for sharing building product model data between various applications. Having this as a starting point one major current challenge is to build methods and practical tools for accessing building product models. Here the term access means both data input and different analyses over building product model data. For example, the user needs to find out all building components where changes have appeared during certain period and visualise those in an appropriate level of detail. It is considered that these types of operations shall provide a true basis for wide acceptance and impact of building product modelling technology. Visual Product Chronology is an application, which can be used for linking data from various sources with the objects of building product model and for analysing the content of the resultant data storage. Development of Visual Product Chronology is proving improved understanding of various problems and their potential solutions when we are on way to develop applications enabling versatile but an easy access of building product model data

The framing of construction management responsibilities in job advertisements in the UK and the USA

Responsibilities in construction management can be looked at from many perspectives: individually and organizationally, within the organization and outside the organization. They spread from the daily tasks of a site manager to contractual responsibilities of a whole organization forming a wide and complex topic. The aim of this research was to enhance the understanding of construction management responsibilities by looking at how job advertisements frame the responsibilities of construction management professionals. A documentary research approach with genre and content analyses was used to analyze a selection of job advertisements from large main contractors in the UK and the USA qualitatively. The genre analysis revealed that job advertisements present the construction management responsibilities through a breakdown of three levels: the role name, the overview of the work functions and the description of the responsibilities. The qualitative content analysis resulted in a redeveloped definition of construction management and typology of responsibilities. Recommendations are given for job advertisement writers to ensure that the role name, overview of the work functions and description of the responsibilities all align and contain an appropriate amount of accurate information to attract suitable candidates to apply.publishedVersionPeer reviewe

Teaching BIM: a comparison between actual and future perspectives

Building Information Modeling BIM in AEC education is a promising teaching strategy. The aim of the European project BENEDICT is to analyze teaching approaches to Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the construction industry. The goal of this research is therefore to perform an exhaustive analysis on the methods of transmission of BIM awareness and education in some American universities with the aim of comparing them with the BENEDICT approach developed in Italian, Estonian and Finnish Universities. Therefore, a teaching plan that aims to standardize and unify relevant teaching programs, tools and methods is developed, tackling existing skill gaps and mismatches between academia and industry

Stirring the Construction Project Management with Co-creation and Continuous Improvement

AbstractGathering information that is capable to explain customers’ needs is usually seen as a quite straightforward part of the traditional construction process: a customer should be able to tell all relevant needs in the first stage so that a building could be designed and built according to the gained information. But the process is lacking of service abilities if a customer wants to modify the given information due to a change in circumstances, albeit such a change is easily caused due turbulent economic situations and long spans in real-estate development projects. Hence the customer perspective regarding the construction management (CM) process should be accommodated better. In this paper, the case studies of the four premises improvement projects are reported upon, where the CM process was altered to include and apply the concepts of continuous improvement and co-creation. The process documentation covered the impacts of the case project on the usability of the premises, the indoor climate conditions (carbon dioxide and temperature) metering, the time lapse cameras and the on-line user feedback system. The documentation consists of the minutes of the meetings, the financial reporting and the time tables.Both the processes and the results of the projects are analysed. Based on the key findings, some suggestions are put forth upon how to improve the CM process to better serve customer interests and quality improvement in the future

Hyvä yliopisto-opettajuus – kysymyksiä ja vastauksia yliopistopedagogisen koulutusvuoden varrelta

Hyvä yliopisto-opettajuus – kysymyksiä ja vastauksia yliopistopedagogisen koulutusvuoden varrelta on julkaisu, joka kuvaa Aalto-yliopiston yliopistopedagogiselle kurssille vuonna 2014 osallistuneiden pedagogisen osaamisen kehittymistä. Oppimisprosessi oli vuoden mittainen ja perustui yhteisölliseen ja tutkivaan oppimiseen. Näin heterogeenisestä osallistujaryhmästä kehittyi yhdessä toimiva oppimis- ja tutkimusryhmä. He kiinnostuivat oman ja työyhteisönsä reflektiivisestä opetuksen kehittämisestä. Julkaisussa Opettaja kehittäjänä –kurssin osallistujat kuvaavat ja avaavat ilmiötä hyvä yliopisto-opettajuus monelta eri näkökulmalta. Kurssin ohjaajat jäsentävät kurssin toteutusta ja arvioivat sen onnistumista pohtien miten tämän tyyppinen kurssi, jonka sisältöjä ei ole ennalta suunniteltu pystyy vastaamaan osallistujien erilaisiin odotuksiin ja osaamistarpeisiin. Julkaisu tarjoaa näkökulmia opetusosaamisen ja opetuksen kehittämiseen. Teos sopii kaikille yliopisto-opetuksesta ja sen kehittämisestä kiinnostuneille. Part of the publication is in English (pages 76-175, title "Integrating transferable skills into teaching at Aalto University"