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Behm, M (2012) Safe Design Suggestions for Vegetated Roofs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 999–1003.

Dewlaney, K S, Hallowell, M R and Fortunato, B R (2012) Safety Risk Quantification for High Performance Sustainable Building Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 964–71.

Elghamrawy, T, El-Rayes, K, Liu, L and Odeh, I (2012) Performance of Temporary Rumble Strips at the Edge of Highway Construction Zones. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 923–30.

Esmaeili, B and Hallowell, M R (2012) Diffusion of Safety Innovations in the Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 955–63.

Ikpe, E, Hammon, F and Oloke, D (2012) Cost-Benefit Analysis for Accident Prevention in Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 991–8.

Kim, B, Lee, H, Park, H and Kim, H (2012) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Onsite Equipment Usage in Road Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 982–90.

Nassar, K and Hosny, O (2012) Solving the Least-Cost Route Cut and Fill Sequencing Problem Using Particle Swarm. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 931–42.

Porwal, A and Hewage, K N (2012) Building Information Modeling–Based Analysis to Minimize Waste Rate of Structural Reinforcement. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 943–54.

Tatari, O and Kucukvar, M (2012) Sustainability Assessment of U.S. Construction Sectors: Ecosystems Perspective. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 918–22.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Sustainable development; Environmental issues; Construction industry; System analysis; Ecosystems; United States; Sustainable development; Environmental issues; Construction industry; System analysis;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000509
  • Abstract:
    The U.S. construction industry accounts for approximately 4% of the gross domestic product. Although quantifying and analyzing the cumulative ecological resource consumption of the construction industry is of great importance, it has not been studied sufficiently. This paper aims to account for the total ecological resource consumption of the construction industry, including its supply chains. This analysis is achieved by using an ecologically based life-cycle assessment model. The impacts on the ecosystem were calculated on the basis of the economic data in terms of cumulative mass, energy, industrial exergy, and ecological exergy. U.S. construction sectors are holistically evaluated by using various sustainability metrics, such as resource intensity, efficiency ratio, and loading ratio. Total ecological exergy values were generally found to be larger for the sectors with higher economic output values. Heavy construction industry sectors, including construction and maintenance of highways, bridges, or pipelines, were generally found to use fewer renewable resources and to have higher emission intensity.

Taylor, T R B, Ford, D N and Reinschmidt, K F (2012) Impact of Public Policy and Societal Risk Perception on U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Plant Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 972–81.