Towards a Sustainable Construction Industry: The Role of Innovation and Digitalisation: Proceedings of 12th Construction Industry Development Board (C [Hardcover]

This book gathers papers from the 12th Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Postgraduate Research Conference, which was held at the International Convention Centre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from July 10 to 12, 2022. The conference directly addresses the objectives of SDG9: Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation. Moreover, the conference is designed to promote capacity development and transformation within the built-environment space by providing an all-inclusive platform to established and emerging researchers to discuss the recent advancements needed to move the industry forward.

Adding Resilience to a Building Using Lightning Information Modeling.- Evaluating the Influence of Floor Heights on Thermal Comfort in Multi-storey Office Buildings in Temperate-dry Climate of Nigeria.- Improving Safety on Building Project Sites: The Role of Sensor-Based Technology.- Assessment of Architects Adoption of Green Smart Design Strategies in High-Rise Office Building in Lagos Nigeria.- Evaluation of Alternative Materials for Building Construction in Nigeria.- Investigation of Indoor Environmental Quality of Lecture Rooms on Students Comfort in Selected Polytechnics, Lagos, Nigeria.- Evaluation of Low-Cost Housing Estate Readiness to Green Environment Creation.- Towards the Adoption of Modular Construction in Residential Projects in Egypt: Benefits, Barriers, and Enablers.- Retrofitting and maintaining existing South African government buildings for improving safety from fire: A comprehensive review of literature.- Assessment of the Perception and Practices of Sustainable Construction in the University of Nigeria.- Barriers to the Successful Adoption of Innovative Building Materials for Sustainable Construction: A Review.- Barriers to the Implementation of Industrialized building system in South Africa.- Blockchain Technology Innovation in Supply Chain Managemls'