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    Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis

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    Karji, A.; Namian, M.; Tafazzoli, M.
    Abstract
    The need to build more facilities has intensified the inherited adverse impacts of the construction industry on the triple bottom lines of sustainability (i.e., people, planet, and profit). The current practice of sustainability in the construction industry is far from reaching the targeted green goals. In order to foster these endeavors, this study aims to explore sustainable construction barriers in the United States. To achieve the objective, first, 12 sustainability barriers were identified based on an excessive and comprehensive literature review and solicitation of experts’ opinions to validate the barriers. Next, a questionnaire survey was developed and distributed among 135 industry professionals to evaluate the relative importance of factors. To offer a practical solution, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze the data and find the most effective barriers. The results show that four major barriers, including (1) pre-construction constraints, (2) managerial constraints, (3) legislative constraints, and (4) financial and planning constraints are the most influential challenges that the industry faces to foster sustainable construction. Practical solutions are suggested to tackle sustainable construction barriers. The findings of this study are beneficial to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry members along with owners and policymakers.
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    This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9439
    Subject
     sustainable construction; sustainability barriers; principal component analysis; construction management; sustainable development 
    Date
    2020-06-22
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    Karji, A., & Namian, M., & Tafazzoli, M.. (June 2020). Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis. , (), - . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9439

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    Karji, A., and Namian, M., and Tafazzoli, M.. "Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis". . . (), June 2020. September 30, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9439.
    Chicago:
    Karji, A. and Namian, M. and Tafazzoli, M., "Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis," , no. (June 2020), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9439 (accessed September 30, 2023).
    AMA:
    Karji, A., Namian, M., Tafazzoli, M.. Identifying the key barriers to promote sustainable construction in the United States: A principal component analysis. . June 2020; (): . http://hdl.handle.net/10342/9439. Accessed September 30, 2023.
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