Analysis of Sustainable Innovations in Construction Practices

This report delves into sustainable innovations in the construction sector, examining the application of computational limit analysis and design, and various sustainable construction practices. It highlights the use of computational designs to enhance decision-making, minimize manual errors, and provide a deeper understanding of design limits. The report also discusses sustainable construction practices, including resource-efficient strategies and environmentally responsible processes throughout the lifecycle of construction projects. It emphasizes the importance of innovations like 3D printing, sustainable manufacturing, circular business models, and the integration of technologies such as solar power, self-healing concrete, and augmented/virtual reality. These technologies are shown to reduce waste and promote smart growth in alignment with sustainability and resource conservation. References from academic journals and books are included to support the findings.

To evaluate practices
pertaining to sustainable
innovations in construction
sector

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DESCRIPTION ...............................................................................................................................1
Application of computation limit analysis and design ................................................................1
Practices pertaining sustainable innovations in construction ......................................................1
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DESCRIPTION
Application of computation limit analysis and design
With promotion of advanced technologies and sustainability highly efficient
computational strategies are used to resolve the design related issues in construction process.
Contrary to the traditional approaches computational designs enhances the design related
decisions using a programming or computer language. Computational based limit analysis
provides more precise and accurate evaluation of field to predict the estimate collapse of any
structure. The use of computation designs provides more flexibility and scope within
construction and civil engineering (Khatib, 2016). These design and analysis minimises the
manual errors and gives more opportunities to designers to have greater knowledge of limits and
design aspects. Thus for adopting sustainable and advanced design practices in construction
industry computational analysis is highly suitable and beneficial.
Practices pertaining sustainable innovations in construction
Sustainable construction practices are defined as the construction strategies for building
structures which are resource efficient and environmentally responsible throughout the life cycle
process of construction process such as design, operation, renovation, maintenance and
deconstruction. The strategic policies regarding sustainable building are being employed by the
service users and providers of construction industry so that sustainable mindset can be developed
for construction practices. Innovations in construction technologies such as advanced 3D
printing, sustainable manufacturing practices, circular business models, integration with solar
technologies, self healing concrete and use of augmented and virtual reality in construction sites
are significant (Siew, 2016). These technologies minimises construction waste and promotes
classical designs and smart growth in alignment with the sustainability and resource
conservation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Khatib, J. ed., 2016. Sustainability of construction materials. Woodhead Publishing.
Siew, R.Y.J., 2016. Integrating sustainability into construction project portfolio
management. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 20(1). pp.101-108.
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