Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry

Temitope Omotayo is a senior lecturer in Quantity Surveying at Leeds Beckett University, UK.Olabode Ogunmakinde is a senior lecturer in Construction Management at the College of Project Management, Built Environment and Assess and Maintenance Management, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia.Temitope Egbelakin is a professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia.Adebayo Sojobi completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR.

• 1. Introduction to Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction Industry. Section A: Technological Innovations in Construction. 2. Global Application of Digital Twins and Virtual Reality in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review. 3. Aligning digital technologies in off-site construction with Industry 5.0 design principles for a sustainable future. 4. Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of BIM Technology on Sustainable Smart Cities Aligned with Industry 5.0: A Systematic Literature Review. 5. Geospatial Applications and Risk-related Management in the Construction Industry: Opinions for Caribbean Scenarios. Section B: Digital Integration and Building Information Modelling. 6. BIM and Lean integration for management of built assets: A systematic review. 7. Framework for the Integration of BIM in Architectural Education. 8. Blockchain-based BIM and Digital Twin Potentials for the Transition toward Circular Construction: A Systematic Literature Review. 9. The application of lean manufacturing in off-site construction: A bibliometric review. Section C: Sustainable and Efficient Construction. 10. Exogenous Influence on Offsite Construction: A Comparative Study to Evaluate Economic and Environmental Feasibility. 11. Designing Out Waste in Construction: Case Studies in Reducing Formwork for Concrete Casting. 12. Using the 5Ps Model to Evaluate the State of the Construction Sector in South Africa. 13. Offsite Construction for Mass-Retrofit: Barriers and Opportunities. Section D: Future Construction Workforce and Adaptions. 14. Future-proofing construction workforce adaptations and management. 15. Attaining ambidexterity in construction organisations through digitalisation. 16. Helping Contractors Manage Social Procurement Requirements. 17. The construction industry's future: Systems, People and Projects.