Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era

Supply chain management in the construction industry has passed through different eras - yet throughout, the construction industry has experienced fragmentation, late project delivery and other Gordian Knots due to its slow adoption of innovative modern technologies and principles in the supply chain processes.

Addressing the need to harmonise the construction supply chain and establish the industry as the lynchpin of the economy, Construction Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era acts as a roadmap, re-aligning the activities of the construction supply chain stakeholders with the principles and tenets of Industry 4.0.

Gathering evidence on both the benefits and disruptive potentials within the current construction supply chain management domain, this collection determines the acceptable practice and standard for regulatory bodies and managers, appealing also to researchers as it expands the frontiers of knowledge in the fourth industrial era.

Temidayo Oluwasola Osunsanmi is a lecturer at the Construction and Surveying Department, School of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa is a Professor at the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, and Director of cidb Centre of Excellence & Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Wellington Didibhuku Thwala is a Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa.

Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke is a Senior lecturer in the Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria and a Senior Research Associate with cidb Centre of Excellence & Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.