Are Green Project Management Practices Applicable to Traditional Projects?

Andrew Hand (), Jian Zuo (), Bo Xia (), Xiaohua Jin () and Peng Wu ()
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Andrew Hand: University of South Australia
Jian Zuo: University of South Australia
Bo Xia: Queensland University of Technology
Xiaohua Jin: The University of Western Sydney
Peng Wu: Central Queensland University

Chapter Chapter 25 in Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2015, pp 291-301 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract As the social environment begins to create more awareness in the area of conserving the natural environment, a new generation of building has emerged. A trend of constructing buildings that minimise impacts on the environment has been established in the construction industry. Therefore, suitable project management practices have been adopted to efficiently manage the construction of these green buildings. This study aims at investigating practices of project management in traditional and accredited green construction projects, with the purpose of discovering if Green Project Management (GPM) practices can be applied to traditional projects to achieve more successful outcomes. The process of GPM contains what applied to traditional projects, could possibly result in benefits in terms of budget control and constructability. Currently the construction industry has been known to suffer difficulties within these areas; therefore GPM practices could possibly hold a solution to these common problems.

Keywords: Green project management; Traditional projects; Contractors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46994-1_25

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