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Cover -- Guest editorial -- The resilient - smart city development: a literature review and novel frameworks exploration -- Social network analysis applications in sustainable construction and built environment management: a review -- Analysis of issues in sustainable water management of irrigation systems: case of a developing country -- Barriers to implementing waste-to-energy projects in Sri Lanka: a PESTEL analysis -- Exploring the barriers for implementing waste trading practices in the construction industry in Australia -- A "knowledge value chain" framework for contractor organisations to maximise chances of winning tenders -- Enabling lean through human capacity building: an investigation of small and medium contractors -- Selecting suitable procurement system for steel building construction -- Occupants' perceived importance and satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality of a green building -- Building code amendment and building resilience: perspective of building code users in New Zealand -- Analysis of embodied carbon and cost profiles of school buildings in Australia -- Optimizing window size by integrating energy and lighting analyses considering occupants' visual satisfaction -- Living-transforming disaster relief shelter: a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing -- Supply chain resilience: mapping the knowledge domains through a bibliometric approach -- Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods: a physical resilience perspective -- Climatic conditions and the resilience of buildings along Lagos coastline -- Implementation of circular economy principles during pre-construction stage: the case of Sri Lanka -- Materials passport's review: challenges and opportunities toward a circular economy building sector.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1 An overview of Public Private Partnerships -- 2 PPP applications in Australian infrastructure development -- 3 Developments of Public Private Partnership in Belgium -- 4 Public Private Partnerships in Canada -- 5 Public Private Partnership development in China -- 6 Perspectives on the limited emergence of Public Private Partnerships in Finland -- 7 Public Private Partnership in Greece -- 8 Public Private Partnership in Hong Kong -- 9 Public Private Partnership infrastructure development in India -- 10 Defining Public Private Partnership in infrastructure development within the Indonesian context -- 11 Public Private Partnerships in the Republic of Ireland -- 12 Public Private Partnership in Italy: State of art, trends and proposals -- 13 Public Private Partnership in Japan -- 14 Public Private Partnership in Malaysia -- 15 The state of Public Private Partnership in Nigeria -- 16 Portugal's experience with Public Private Partnerships -- 17 Public Private Partnership in Switzerland -- 18 Public Private Partnership in major Taiwan infrastructure projects -- 19 PPP development in Thailand -- 20 Public Private Partnership in Turkey -- 21 Perspectives on the future of Public Private Partnership in the UK -- 22 Public Private Partnerships in the US transportation sector -- Index.

A Hong Kong‐based study of factors affecting construction industry performance levels confirms that selection methodologies and decisions are critical, both at the upstream formulation of procurement and operational systems themselves as well as the downstream selection of various project participants. Needs are identified for a holistic approach to broader procurement choices that incorporate all procurement sub‐systems, an integration with synergistic operational sub‐systems and more informed and intelligent participant choices. The many interacting variables and potential information overload point to the consequential need for harnessing IT/IS (information technology/information systems) to enable smarter selections at all stages of the construction supply chain. Frameworks and sample modules of the proposed knowledge‐based decision aids are presented in the case of overall procurement system selection and contractor selection.

PurposeThe business environment is fraught with risks and crises. Yet, in spite of the uncertainties faced, many construction companies were not aware of business continuity management (BCM), nor have they implemented BCM within their organizations. The purpose of this study is to understand the reasons behind this observation.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was conducted with large construction companies in China, Hong Kong and Singapore to identify the threats and crises faced by these organizations. The survey findings were aggregated with a view to understanding why BCM is not widely implemented in construction companies.FindingsThe survey findings were mapped against the Institutional Compliance Framework to explain the behavior of construction companies pertaining to BCM implementation. The study suggests that rational choice theory, normative theory and cultural‐cognitive theory provide useful pointers to understanding the decisions made and the actions that should be taken to encourage more construction companies to adopt, develop and implement BCM in their organizations.Originality/valueThrough a three‐country survey, the study presents the threats and crises that construction companies have identified in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. More significantly, the study provides, for the first time, a theoretical underpinning to explain how construction companies may receive BCM and the measures that decision makers can take to encourage these organizations to pay more attention strategically to BCM in their operations.