- Title
- Core capabilities for achieving sustainable construction project management
- Creator
- Ershadi, Mahmoud; Goodarzi, Fatemeh
- Relation
- Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol. 28, p. 1396-1410
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.08.020
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Embedding sustainability principles in planning, design, construction, and management of projects is an indispensable social responsibility of construction organizations. The present study aims to reconcile various views and conclude core capabilities reflecting project management aspects of sustainability in the construction industry using literature synthesis. A systematic literature review on the topic of sustainable construction project management was conducted to analyze the findings of previous studies and present a consistent overview of the body of knowledge. Scopus and Web of Science as two major databases for scholarly publications were searched and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol was followed for the screening and selection process. As a result of applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 studies were selected for full-text review that eventually led to the extraction of 42 capabilities and 23 themes in a conceptual framework. Regarding the adoption of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) perspective, the capabilities cover not only the stage of construction development but also the stages of design and commissioning. The research framework conceptualizes three aspects of sustainable project management in the construction industry. It was concluded that two groups of execution-oriented and product-oriented capabilities determine the level of sustainability in managing construction projects. A research gap was found concerning the product-oriented capabilities from the economic aspect, which needs to be addressed in future studies. A research agenda was also developed as a result of this review to direct future studies.
- Subject
- sustainablity; sustainable construction project management; construction projects; project success; project performance; bibliometric analysis; SDG 4; SDG 9; SDG 12; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1448725
- Identifier
- uon:43473
- Identifier
- ISSN:2352-5509
- Language
- eng
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