Aims and Scope

 Vision

Promotion, scientific progress and publication of research achievements in the field of engineering and construction management with the sustainable development approach.


 Aims

Journal of "Engineering and Construction Management" aims to provide a suitable platform for the most constructive exchange of new and original content among experts and researchers in the construction industry to achieve the following goals:

 

  • Development of knowledge and concentration in specialized and research fields of engineering and construction management.
  • Creating a suitable platform for presenting the results of research in the country's construction industry and improving the knowledge level of experts, practitioners and those interested in engineering and construction management.
  • Designing new scientific issues and expanding the boundaries of engineering & construction management and sustainable development knowledge
  • Identifying management and construction technology issues in organizations and presenting appropriate solutions for them.
  • Helping to find and solve scientific and technical problems related to the bottlenecks of the country's engineering section and its development.
  • Introducing research achievements and creating a context for exchange of ideas and greater cooperation between domestic and foreign scholars.
  • Helping to establish communication between educational, scientific and research centers as well as between researchers and experts in order to transfer and exchange learnings, experiences and new obtained scientific achievements.
  • Publication of high quality research from academic communities with high citation rate and high impact in achieving sustainable development of the construction industry

 Scope

Engineering and Construction Management

  • Sustainable Development in Construction (Sustainable and Green Building, Carbon Emissions, Energy, Waste management, Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy, etc.)
  • Construction Informatics (Building Information modelling (BIM), Virtual & Augmented Reality Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Information Technology and Project Management Information System, etc)
  • Smart Construction (Smart Building, 3D printing, Robotics, etc.)
  • Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) (New Technologies, Mass Production and Prefabricated Building Systems, Open Building Systems ...)
  • Urban Construction Management (Sustainable & Green City, Smart City, Resiliency, Infrastructure,...)
  • Project Management Knowledge Areas (Integration, Risk, Quality, Resource, Stakeholders Management,...) and Project Planning and Control
  • Concrete Technology and Building Materials

Civil Engineering

  • Structural and Earthquake Engineering
  • Water and Hydraulic Structures Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Road and Transportation Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Architecture and Urbanism

  • Architecture (Architectural Education, Architectural Technology, Architecture and Energy, Housing, Traditional Architecture, Landscape Architecture, etc.)
  • Urban (Urban Design, Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Management, Urban and Rural Geography)

 Acceptable Articles

Original scientific and research articles include:

  • Articles that contain novel and original content in scientific and technical fields and have not been published in any other journal.
  • Papers presented in conferences, are evaluated and published if approved, as well as other submitted papers
  • Original scientific and research articles are published in this journal in both Persian (Farsi) and English languages. Therefore, authors who wish to submit articles in English language can refer to the English page of the journal's website.