Integrating Blockchain Technology with Project Management System in the AEC Sector

Since its emergence in 2008, blockchain technology has significantly expanded its scope, impacting various industries beyond its initial cryptocurrency applications. Its potential to enhance established practices is increasingly recognized, yet its application in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry has been relatively...

The effect of empathy on the integrated design process of infrastructure projects through communication: Using serious gaming to simulate the communicative processes during the integrated design process

The purpose of this study was to understand the effect of empathy in the project team on the outcome of the integrated design process of infrastructure projects. Despite years of experience, many infrastructure projects are still underperforming. Within the project lifecycle, the integrated design process has an important role in this. Empathy...

Organizational Impact on Project Team Efficiency: How simulations can help create a productive and efficient environment

This research tries to quantitatively identify the relation between team composition, organization structure, communication and team efficiency. The study takes a model-based approach to reach its objective. This research stresses the utility of agent-based modeling as a tool to first replicate the environment of an on-going project in India and...

Residual Value Determination in the Context of Product-Service Systems Applied to Infrastructure Projects

This past century the demand for raw materials has risen sharply. This demand is expected to rise even further, which is not sustainable. Changing the linear model of consumption to a circular model can help to decrease levels of raw material demand. The application of service­oriented business models, called Product­Service System (PSS) can...

Digital Twins as Enabler in Circular Construction Management

With the increasing attention on circularity and digitalization in the built environment, Digital Twins (DT), as a means of linking the digital world and real-world data, is considered as an enabler of circular construction (CC) and dealing with the related societal challenges, such as slowing the material and resource loops, optimizing the...

The Importance Of The Empathic Ability Of Project Participants During The Preconstruction Phase To Construction Project Performance: Designing A Framework To Improve Project Performance Via Empathy

The aim of this research was to investigate if and how the project performance of integrated construction projects can be improved by focussing on empathy during the preconstruction phase. Big infrastructural construction projects often face a poor project performance which causes the sector is aimed at searching for strategies to deal with this...

Utilizing the potential of infrastructure renovation programs: An explorative research on how goals can be controlled and synergies can be utilized in infrastructure renovation programs

In the upcoming years in the Netherlands, the Dutch government will be focusing on renovating infrastructure assets. Moreover, a shift from organizing each project individually to a more program-oriented approach has been observed in renovating infrastructure, whereby synergy a prominent feature is. In addition, it is becoming increasingly...

Green Public Procurement in the Dutch Construction Sector: A qualitative research on the inclusion of 
environmental requirements 
in procurement of construction projects

One way to reduce the environmental impact of the construction sector is the inclusion of environmental requirements in the procurement of construction projects, also called Green Public Procurement (GPP). This thesis first analysed the current inclusion of environmental requirements in the invitation to bid, bid and assessment of the bid....

Collaboration in construction consortia: A client's perspective

The current construction market is segregated, under-performs and becomes more complex. Often leaving the client helpless when projects go wrong. Consortia arise to handle the complexity and segregation, while improved collaboration between contractors can raise performance, but do consortia solve these problems? This research examines whether...

Designing Construction Management: The application of design thinking by construction managers in a construction-driven FEED phase of oil & gas projects

“Who of us would not be happy to lift the veil behind which the future is hidden and to focus our thoughts on the unknown future” (Shepherd & Williams, 2015). What if we already know our unknowns, would it not be a piece of cake to deliver construction projects of high quality within time and budget? In order to predict the unknown future,...

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Services by a Consultant in Industrial Projects: An exploratory study into client expectations, and limitations of construction management

Structured interviews and 5 case studies on the misalignment of client and consultant's expectations of CM in Industrial EPCM projects, and limitations in practice. Thesis is concluded with recommendations in order to bridge the misalignment.

How to allocate risks? Research into the allocation of risks between public and private organisations for large infrastructure projects in the Netherlands