Spon Research
About the Book Series
Spon Research provides a series of advanced books for built environment researchers and professionals from one of the world’s leading publishers.
Sustainable Communities through Digital Transformation
1st Edition
By Yusuf Arayici, Niraj Thurairajah, Bimal Kumar
April 29, 2025
This book brings together cutting-edge exploratory research findings to show how a vision for sustainable communities can be enabled by digital transformation. It attempts to apply existing knowledge about digital transformation and sustainable communities and compare, interpret, diagnose, and ...
International Construction Management Research
1st Edition
By Igor Martek
December 30, 2024
This book lays out the evolution of the often contested construction management discipline. How is the field defined? What has been discovered to date? Who are the researchers involved? Where is the research being conducted? What national priorities exist among the many nations now grappling with ...
Occupational Diseases in the Construction Industry
1st Edition
By Imriyas Kamardeen, Abid Hasan
October 23, 2024
Despite occupational diseases in construction contributing to a significant proportion of fatalities, and permanent and temporary incapacities, they have not gained as much attention as occupational injuries from practitioners and researchers. The research in this book aims to discover occupational...
Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Commercial Buildings: An Analysis for Green-Building Implementation Using A Green Star Rating System
1st Edition
By Cuong N. N. Tran, Vivian W. Y. Tam, Khoa N. Le
August 26, 2024
This book develops a model to evaluate and assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on typical Australian commercial building design options. It also draws comparisons between some of the many green building rating tools that have been developed worldwide to support sustainable development....
Work Stress Induced Chronic Diseases in Construction: Discoveries using data analytics
1st Edition
By Imriyas Kamardeen
August 26, 2024
This book aims to fill a gap in the current construction health and safety research and discover new knowledge about work stress induced chronic diseases among construction industry professionals. In achieving these aims, the book investigates: the nature and extent of psychosocial stressors ...
Power in Megaproject Decision-making: A Governmentality Approach
1st Edition
By Jessica Pooi Sun Siva, Thayaparan Gajendran
July 31, 2024
This research-based book critically examines the complex interplay of power relations in decision-making in megaprojects. This book is tailored for academics, students, practitioners, clients, and policymakers and addresses a significant gap in understanding how formal and informal power influences...
Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry
1st Edition
Edited
By Temitope Omotayo, Temitope Egbelakin, Olabode Ogunmakinde, Adebayo Sojobi
June 07, 2024
Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry examines current and futuristic developments in the construction industry hinged on the construction industrial fourth and fifth revolution, otherwise known as construction industry 4.0 and 5.0. This book provides a wide...
Managing Projects with Smart Technologies: Developing Technological Competency for Project Managers
1st Edition
By Bon-Gang Hwang, Jasmine Ngo, Hanjing Zhu
April 23, 2024
With a focus on project managers (PMs) in the construction industry, this book addresses the impact of smart technology applications on project management and examines how technologically competent PMs can be developed for successfully managing and delivering projects with smart technologies. The ...
Digitalization in Construction: Recent trends and advances
1st Edition
Edited
By Chansik Park, Farzad Pour Rahimian, Nashwan Dawood, Akeem Pedro, Lee Dongmin, Rahat Hussain, Mehrtash Soltani
December 12, 2023
This book highlights the latest trends and advances in applications of digital technologies in construction engineering and management. A collection of chapters is presented, explicating how advanced technological solutions can innovatively address challenges and improve outcomes in the ...
Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the COVID-19 era
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick Manu, Clara Cheung, Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo, Fidelis Emuze, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin, Bonaventura Hadikusumo
September 12, 2023
This edited book presents a significant and timely contribution to our understanding of a broad range of issues pertaining to COVID-19 and its relationship to occupational safety, health and well-being (OSHW) in the global construction industry. The editors first introduce the industry and its poor...
BIM and Construction Health and Safety: Uncovering, Adoption and Implementation
1st Edition
By Hamed Golzad, Saeed Banihashemi, Carol Hon, Robin Drogemuller
June 30, 2023
This book aims to conceptualise the implementation of building information modelling (BIM) in the workplace health and safety (WHS) management of construction projects to reduce occupational accidents. The safety performance of the construction industry has always been a concern across the globe, ...
Successful Development of Green Building Projects
1st Edition
By Tayyab Ahmad
June 20, 2023
Focusing on office buildings, this book explores how Green Building (GB) development can be managed to achieve successful project outcomes. The book starts by highlighting the special requirements of GBs which distinguish them from traditional buildings. The book then presents a detailed discussion...