Social network analysis (SNA) is a significant tool for analyzing networks in complex project management that examines the actors’ interdependence in iterative and interactive social structures. It can also be used for nonsocial structure analysis. The potential of SNA might be extended significantly if the application of it to complex project management is clarified. The objectives of the present review are threefold: (1) to clarify the interpretation of SNA metrics, (2) to identify SNA applications to complex-project-management knowledge areas, and (3) to reveal the uses of SNA in nonsocial structures of complex networks. The authors conducted a qualitative systematic review on the basis of 65 peer-reviewed publications to identify 38 SNA metrics and concepts in nine complex-project-management knowledge areas. The findings show that SNA is a useful tool for application to the analysis of nonhuman resource networks and can be used for strategic planning and the improvement of project transmission efficiency and interdisciplinary interactions. The authors also delineate future studies and potential applications of SNA to provide new insights into advancing the use of SNA for analyzing and mitigating complex-project-management issues.

Cultivating a good safety climate is critical to the improvement of safety performance in construction. Previous research has demonstrated that communication is important in strengthening the safety climate. However, few studies have addressed the role of jobsite communication in safety or investigated its relationship with the safety climate. Attempts to optimize communication to improve the safety climate appear to lack both adequate theoretical and empirical bases, as well as consensus on its importance. Therefore, this study identifies the relationship between communication and construction safety climate. The authors surveyed four subcontractors employed on two construction projects, which were administered by different Chinese state-owned enterprises. Models of the safety communication structure and safety climate were developed through social network analysis. Interviews were conducted to confirm and summarize the findings. The results indicate that a positive safety climate could be associated with higher communication density and degree centrality, as well as with lower betweenness centrality. To enhance the jobsite safety climate, this study recommends the following best practices: (1) Construction safety leaders (e.g., site managers) should communicate more frequently with construction workers when high organizational centrality is detected. (2) Additional communication channels should be established to bridge communication gaps among individuals. The findings validate the importance of communication as a way to manage the safety climate of Chinese construction projects.

International construction is complicated and involves high risks. However, with the development of technological innovation, Building Information Modeling (BIM) emerged and seems to be able to address certain risks. To understand BIM applications in risk management for international construction, a state‐of‐the‐art review is required. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the research trends and opportunities for risk management in BIM‐enabled international construction by reviewing 526 peer‐reviewed journal articles for the years 2007–2017. Thus five steps of bibliometric analysis were conducted based on the proposed frameworks of BIM risk management in international construction (BIM‐RM‐INTL). The results show that the popularization of BIM not only attracts all stakeholders’ interests but also brings some risks. For example, financial factors are hard to detect and control through BIM, information loss during transmission stands out, and BIM has no unified standards and regulations for international construction. The research has mapped existing research results and their relationships for future risk management in BIM‐enabled international construction.