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A Global Review of Environmental Management System Implementation in Construction Industry

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Sustainable Earth and Beyond (EGRWSE 2022)

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Significant advancements in company structure and management have been accomplished in recent years. Many causes have contributed to the creation of quality control and environmental management systems as a competitive strategy for enterprises, including the rising needs of customers and the globalization of world markets. In comparison to other professional sectors, the construction industry has been sluggish to respond to environmental issues and implement Environmental Management Systems (EMS). As our understanding of the environment grows and a more sustainable approach is needed, the construction sector faces several problems. Time, money, and quality have historically been the limiting factors in building projects, but it has become increasingly important to include environmental factors as well. One of the primary problems that designers and project managers face nowadays is focusing on environmental factors. The body of knowledge on the issue of environmental management in the construction industry was gathered and analyzed in this study with the goal of determining the state of the art. Barriers to the adoption of the ISO 14001 standard in the construction sector were also highlighted, based on different locations throughout the world.

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Eteraf, H., Delshad, Z., Mikita, V. (2023). A Global Review of Environmental Management System Implementation in Construction Industry. In: Yukselen-Aksoy, Y., Reddy, K.R., Agnihotri, A.K. (eds) Sustainable Earth and Beyond. EGRWSE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 370. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4041-7_37

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