Digital Green Construction Project Management

Mohammad Sakikhales, Stephen Ling Ming Au and Amos Darko

Chapter 18 in Developing a Body of Knowledge for Green Construction Project Management, 2024, pp 579-627 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The concern about the sustainability impact of construction has increased rapidly over the past few years and green construction has become a focal point of discussion and an important player to achieve sustainability goals. While green construction is not a new topic, it has been emphasized in the light of new digital technologies and modern software packages. Digital technologies and software, such as building information modeling (BIM), the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twins, and artificial intelligence and machine learning, make many promises to improve the project management (PM) of green construction projects. This chapter explores the benefits of digital technologies and software for designing for sustainability, and for schedule, cost, quality, resource, communications, stakeholder, risk, health and safety, and construction site management for green construction projects to transform the way buildings are designed and constructed by reducing their environmental footprint, improving efficiency, and better use of resources. Practical cases are introduced. The chapter emphasizes the need to fully integrate integrated digital delivery and digital twins into green construction PM. Despite the many benefits that digital green construction PM can offer, this practice is not free from challenges. Some significant challenges and solutions for digital green construction PM are discussed. The insights from this chapter will help practitioners to unlock the full value of digital in the management of their green construction projects. Researchers and students will benefit through an understanding of the past, present, and future developments of the field.

Keywords: Project Management; Construction Management; Environmental Management; Green Construction Project Management; Green Construction Management; Body of Knowledge; Green Building; Green Construction; Sustainable Building; Sustainable Construction; Circular Economy; Resilience; Climate Change; Carbon Emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L74 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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