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Construction projects normally last some years. Their results, buildings and infrastructures, are used and operated during many decades. Meeting the needs of current and future generations is asked for. To deal with the uncertainty of a long-time future and to convince people of sustainable investments is not easy. In this paper, first a basic model and a conceptual background for construction projects is presented. Then the sustainability evidence is extracted from six large, medium size and small construction projects of the past decades. Observations concerning capture, society, economy, environment and resilience are described for each case. The conclusions contain general criteria for the sustainability of a construction project design and resilience as well as suggestions for further research.
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Knoepfel, H. (2021). Sustainability for Construction Projects. In: Cuevas, R., Bodea, CN., Torres-Lima, P. (eds) Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60139-3_12
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