Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking

The global push for sustainable construction has highlighted significant gaps in integrating sustainability elements into construction management. While the supply of sustainable construction is struggling to keep pace with the growing demand, the value added of sustainable construction is not meeti...

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Main Author: AbdulLateef Olanrewaju
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-12-01
Series:Sustainable Futures
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description The global push for sustainable construction has highlighted significant gaps in integrating sustainability elements into construction management. While the supply of sustainable construction is struggling to keep pace with the growing demand, the value added of sustainable construction is not meeting the requirements of stakeholder's value systems. Despite the urgency, there is a lack of comprehensive framework addressing how to manage these elements effectively. This predicament is primarily attributable to the inadequacies in the practices, processes, tools, and strategies employed across all the phases of the sustainable construction projects. This research fills this gap by developing an international framework for sustainable construction management through clustering of its critical success factors (CSFs) using principal component analysis (PCA). Primary data for the research were collected based on survey questionnaires that were administered to more than 600 construction companies. The survey contains 48 CSFs for sustainable construction management. The PCA clustered the CSFs into nine principal components comprising project management structure, procurement plan, environmental ethics, sustainable construction managers, company policy, information management, health and safety plan, digitisation, and community engagement. This study pioneers an international framework for sustainable construction management. The findings hold significant implications for both future research and practical policy development in sustainable construction. As sustainability requirements and technologies evolve, future works should focus on refining the framework and exploring its application in emerging contexts.
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spelling doaj-art-48e5ae9f9e164fa6909d759e69fc5eca2025-08-22T04:58:16ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882025-12-011010115510.1016/j.sftr.2025.101155Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarkingAbdulLateef Olanrewaju0Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Barat 31900, Kampar, Perak, MalaysiaThe global push for sustainable construction has highlighted significant gaps in integrating sustainability elements into construction management. While the supply of sustainable construction is struggling to keep pace with the growing demand, the value added of sustainable construction is not meeting the requirements of stakeholder's value systems. Despite the urgency, there is a lack of comprehensive framework addressing how to manage these elements effectively. This predicament is primarily attributable to the inadequacies in the practices, processes, tools, and strategies employed across all the phases of the sustainable construction projects. This research fills this gap by developing an international framework for sustainable construction management through clustering of its critical success factors (CSFs) using principal component analysis (PCA). Primary data for the research were collected based on survey questionnaires that were administered to more than 600 construction companies. The survey contains 48 CSFs for sustainable construction management. The PCA clustered the CSFs into nine principal components comprising project management structure, procurement plan, environmental ethics, sustainable construction managers, company policy, information management, health and safety plan, digitisation, and community engagement. This study pioneers an international framework for sustainable construction management. The findings hold significant implications for both future research and practical policy development in sustainable construction. As sustainability requirements and technologies evolve, future works should focus on refining the framework and exploring its application in emerging contexts.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825007191Business caseResearch paradigmPedagogyWhole life appraisalNet zero buildingsEnvironmental, social, and governance(ESG)
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Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
Sustainable Futures
Business case
Research paradigm
Pedagogy
Whole life appraisal
Net zero buildings
Environmental, social, and governance(ESG)
title Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
title_full Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
title_fullStr Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
title_full_unstemmed Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
title_short Foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
title_sort foundations of sustainable construction management with international benchmarking
topic Business case
Research paradigm
Pedagogy
Whole life appraisal
Net zero buildings
Environmental, social, and governance(ESG)
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188825007191
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