Abstracts – Browse Results

Search or browse again.

Click on the titles below to expand the information about each abstract.
Viewing 14 results ...

Antai, I, Lenka, S and Achtenhagen, L (2025) Digital platforms and the construction supply chain: trends and emerging themes in extant AEC research. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 113–29.

Arar, A J, Poirier, E and Staub-French, S (2025) A research and development framework for integrated project delivery. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 85–112.

Brown, C and Gorgolewski, M (2015) Understanding the role of inhabitants in innovative mechanical ventilation strategies. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 210-21.

Cammarano, S, Pellegrino, A, Lo Verso, V R M and Aghemo, C (2015) Assessment of daylight in rooms with different architectural features. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 222-37.

Danso, H, Martinson, B, Ali, M and Mant, C (2015) Performance characteristics of enhanced soil blocks: a quantitative review. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 253-62.

Huebner, G M, McMichael, M, Shipworth, D, Shipworth, M, Durand-Daubin, M and Summerfield, A J (2015) The shape of warmth: temperature profiles in living rooms. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 185-96.

Li, F G N, Smith, A Z P, Biddulph, P, Hamilton, I G, Lowe, R, Mavrogianni, A, Oikonomou, E, Raslan, R, Stamp, S, Stone, A, Summerfield, A J, Veitch, D, Gori, V and Oreszczyn, T (2015) Solid-wall U-values: heat flux measurements compared with standard assumptions. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 238-52.

Morgenstern, P, Lowe, R and Chiu, L F (2015) Heat metering: socio-technical challenges in district-heated social housing. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 197-209.

Robinson, J and Cole, R J (2015) Theoretical underpinnings of regenerative sustainability. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 133-43.

Siew, R Y J (2015) Alternative framework for assessing sustainable building funds: Green Building Fund. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 160-9.

van Amstel, F M C, Zerjav, V, Hartmann, T, van der Voort, M C and Dewulf, G P M R (2015) Expanding the representation of user activities. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 144-59.

van der Heijden, J (2015) Voluntary programmes for building retrofits: opportunities, performance and challenges. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 170-84.

van Uden, M, Wamelink, H, van Bueren, E and Heurkens, E (2025) Aligning practices towards a circular economy in the architecture, engineering, and construction sector: seven transitions in different stages of reconfiguration. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 153–74.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Circular construction; social practice theory; transition; practice alignment;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2024.2401829
  • Abstract:
    The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector is in need of a transition towards a circular economy. This article offers an analysis of two cases with a wide variation regarding project dynamics in the Netherlands. Alignments and misalignments were analyzed between practices concerning seven design strategies for circular design based on social practice theory and concepts from the multi-level perspective. Results show that many misalignments still hinder the transition, mostly concerning the use of secondary resources, such as notions regarding quality, beauty, and safety among project team members or rapid decision-making processes of the municipality that misalign with the uptake of design with secondary resources. This article offers directions for reconfiguration, such as better tuning between project planning and urban planning and taking up a more flexible stance regarding the function of the building. This research is interesting for practitioners and researchers focusing on the transition towards a circular economy in the AEC sector.

Walzer, A N, Tan, T, Graser, K and Hall, D M (2025) Bug or feature? Institutional misalignments between construction technology and venture capital. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 130–52.