A Digital Path to Sustainable Infrastructure Management: Emerging Tools for the Construction Industry

As urbanization, digitalization, rising social expectations, and the quest for greener development become increasingly important and called for, a need to transform infrastructure and its management has become more pronounced. A Digital Path for Sustainable Infrastructure Management delivers the much sought-after guidance that the industry seeks to embrace technological advancements, establish new sustainable working practices, and foster socially valuable collaborations.

Oke and Stephen open with a discussion on key sustainability concepts and the crucial measures that the construction sector must effectively establish to keep up with modern-day challenges. Moving to investigating multiple theoretical and practical aspects of novel digital tools, they analyse how these services can contribute to building and maintaining infrastructure better while aiding the impactful realization of globally recognized sustainability goals.

Through an easy-to-follow and iterative structure, readers in both academic and professional settings are equipped with a comprehensive overview of the state of the art. This is a vital reference resource for future works in the area.

Ayodeji E. Oke is an author and a lecturer with several years of teaching and research involvement in higher institutions of learning across the world. He founded the Research Group on Sustainable Infrastructure Management plus (RG-SIM+) and he is currently the leader of the team. He is currently a member of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria.

Seyi S. Stephen is a Construction Manager and a graduate of Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He is a Social Psychology, a Behavioural Sciences enthusiast and a member of the Research Group on Sustainable Infrastructure Management plus (RG-SIM+). Stephens is currently a research coordinator, and his areas of specialization are academic consultancy, psychological education and teaching.