This report has been prepared within the 'European Monitor of Industrial Ecosystems' (EMI) project with the objective to analysing the green and digital transformation of industrial ecosystems and progress made over time, in this specific case construction. The second edition of the Industrial...

The general objective of this report is to identify the most effective strategies and policy scenarios to support a decarbonized building sector by 2050, both at the aggregate EU level and individual Member State (MS) level. It evaluates six strategies for reducing emissions across the entire...

The construction industry has a crucial place in any country's economy. However, compared to other sectors, construction companies have been relatively slow to adopt new technologies, while most companies in different sectors have already begun to adopt the latest technologies to renovate their...

In dieser Studie wird die Alterszusammensetzung der unselbständig Beschäftigten in Wien im Vergleich zu den übrigen österreichischen Bundesländern analysiert. Branchenspezifische Unterschiede und mögliche Auffälligkeiten im Anteil älterer und jüngerer Arbeitskräfte sowie...

The construction industry faces risks across various domains, including cost, safety, schedule, quality, and supply chain management. Recent artificial intelligence (AI) advancements offer promising solutions to enhance risk management. This systematic literature review (SLR) explores the...

This study aims to explore the transformative impact of emerging technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), on construction logistics management systems.This study employs a systematic literature review (SLR) in three...

The construction sector has long been underrepresented in business historical studies and debates. While an application of the "historical alternatives to mass production" approach has provided a valuable conceptual framework, this paper offers a still-needed quantitative basis to assess actual...

This article proposes to take a fresh look at Germany’s colonial past and its key players in order to trace the particular influence of economy in colonial contexts. It presents the Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH) as a colonial actor outside the sectors typically explored in the context of the...

This article aims to investigate the trade credit policies in construction firms across Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) and Western Europe (WE). Utilizing financial data from construction companies in 12 European Union (EU) countries (2000-2020), sourced from the BACH-ESD database, panel data...

Real construction volume is expected to decline for the fifth year in a row: A decline of nearly four percent is expected for 2024 and it should fall by almost one percent in 2025. However, the construction industry may manage to reverse the trend in 2026, when real construction volume is...

We document a Kuznets curve for construction productivity in 20th-century America. Homes built per construction worker remained stagnant between 1900 and 1940, boomed after World War II, and then plummeted after 1970. The productivity boom from 1940 to 1970 shows that nothing makes technological...

Megaprojects have a huge contribution to the built environment and development of nations, and they are a key contribution economically and socially. However, we can only seek to mitigate the unavoidable environmental impacts that accompany megaprojects, particularly in the construction...

The construction of the Tehran-Shomal Freeway is a major infrastructural project in Iran aimed at enhancing connectivity between Tehran and northern regions. This study evaluates the environmental impacts associated with the construction of the third section of this freeway. Using Life Cycle...

The coexistence of the winner's curse and cost overruns in the construction industry implies a cost pendulum in which the winning bid is undervalued, whereas the final payment to the contractor is overvalued. We posit that this results from a strategic interaction between three stakeholders: the...

The rapid expansion of civil infrastructures has improved the quality of life but has also resulted in a significant increase in industrial solid wastes (ISWs), posing serious sustainability challenges, particularly for waste disposal. To address the challenges, this study investigated the state...

Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in most developing countries. However, many of these enterprises face a range of challenges that hinder their growth and survival. This research aimed to examine the critical success factors affecting the growth of different sizes of...

This study investigates the determinants shaping Construction 4.0 adoption in the Australian construction sector, with a focus on organisational integration and workforce skills development. Drawing on the technology-organisation-environment (TOE), resource-based view (RBV) and socio-technical...

This study examines how blockchain technology (BT) enhances sustainability and resilience in construction supply chains (CSCs). Recognizing the sector's vulnerability to disruptions and inefficiencies, the research aims to identify key blockchain facilitators (BTFs) that enhance environmental,...

In 2023, the JRC Technical Report "The status and needs for implementation of Fire Safety Engineering approach in Europe", presented the results of a survey carried out by the European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and the...

This study provides information allowing for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the construction sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective...

This report emphasizes the importance of standardisation in promoting circular construction and the circular economy. It discusses the need for future standardisation and pre-normative research for circular construction in terminology, metrology, performance characterisation, compatibility and...

This report emphasizes the importance of standardisation in promoting circular construction and the circular economy. It discusses the need for future standardisation and pre-normative research for circular construction in terminology, metrology, performance characterisation, compatibility and...

Construction is the second largest industrial ecosystem in the EU, both in economic and employment terms. It is a major contributor to economic growth and job creation in Europe, and provides important solutions to social, climate and energy challenges. As such, it plays an important role in...

The European Union is the most polyarchical political institution in the world. This complex constitutional arrangement best explains both its the unique values and difficulties. In order to properly understand the European Union and its unique model of legitimacy, accountability and democracy,...

This study assessed the prioritisation for the introduction of possible future European EoW criteria for a list of ten pre-selected construction and demolition waste and by-product (CDW) streams. There was a general positive acceptance and willingness among stakeholders to introduce EU-wide EoW...

The EU Construction & Demolition Waste Management Protocol aims to enhance confidence in CDW management processes and increase trust in re-used products and recycled materials. As CDW is the largest waste stream in the EU, better CDW management can deliver significant environmental, economic and...