The relevance of supply chain management (SCM) is being increasingly recognized in the construction industry. However, its implementation has been limited and is still challenging for researchers and practitioners. An adequate and systematic understanding of context-specific core concepts and practices are considered fundamental to foster its implementation. This paper aims to provide a holistic look into the existing research on elements underlying SCM in the construction industry. It adopts a systematic literature review method to examine almost two decades of publications and uses a comprehensive SCM framework to synthesize the findings. The results revealed a set of 19 core elements clustered in five subject areas (i.e., ‘strategic management’, ‘logistics’, ‘relationships’, ‘best practices’ and ‘organizational behavior’) that have a prominent role in construction SCM. Every core element was analyzed in detail and the results were discussed in the context of other evidence. This study produced the first comprehensive picture of the current state of knowledge, providing relevant contributions to enhance the understanding and implementation of SCM within the construction industry.

The increase in water demand in recent years led to the expansion of research and public policies on the reuse of water, especially greywater (GW). Given the diversity of research in the area, this paper proposes an analysis of the evolution of the area through an objectivity metric. Metadata of 1,524 publications indexed in the Scopus database between 1974 and 2021 were analyzed using the VOSviewer tool, and showed exponential growth in publications from 2013. Six different spelling variations were found for GW in the database. Despite the highly geographical scattering of academic production, developed countries, who began researching greywater earlier, had more connections and published more papers; except for Israel, which had the highest average of citations per article. While developed countries lead the research area, developing countries are emerging in GW reuse research. These aspects reveal both the dispersion of the research structure development and a trend of intellectual production in GW from developed to developing countries. Also, we noted that countries suffering from water scarcity stood out with the highest activity in paper publishing. Thus, we expect that future research on GW reuse will take place in developing countries that face water scarcity.

This article presents the teaching approach of different universities in the state of Rio de Janeiro regarding the dissemination of two civil construction learning paradigms: BIM and Lean Construction. The article’s main purpose is to investigate the learning systems of the two techniques for the benefit of the construction industry, as well as to evaluate their level of recognition. The principal results show that civil engineers graduates acquire little or no knowledge of both techniques, which may become a barrier to their professional evolution and especially to their involvement with public works projects.

O artigo tem como objetivo principal comparar o desempenho da construção europeia e da norte-americana, tomadas como benchmarking internacional, em relação à situação brasileira, de modo a identificar possíveis ações que contribuam para diminuir as diferenças de desempenho. Descreve-se, de modo sucinto, como a Construção Civil brasileira se insere no contexto econômico do país e são discutidos quais os principais problemas enfrentados e os desafios futuros. Ao mesmo tempo, pretende iniciar a discussão acerca das possíveis soluções para estes problemas. É traçado, também, um breve panorama da Construção Civil na União Europeia, os desafios e problemas a serem enfrentados hoje e nos próximos anos. Apresentam-se, sucintamente, estudos que debatem tais problemas, apontando caminhos e possíveis soluções. Em relação aos EUA, procura-se caracterizar a atual situação da construção civil, tendo como premissa a mesma apresentação feita para o Brasil e a União Europeia. Portanto, busca-se proporcionar um nivelamento da situação, importância, problemas e possíveis soluções para a Construção Civil dentre os três países. Assim, é possível tecer comparações entre os três, permitindo opções para as situações onde a Construção Civil brasileira esteja em desvantagem frente aos EUA e à UE.

This paper presents an analysis of the logistics processes adopted in response to six major natural disasters that occurred in the last decade: (i) the Mozambique flooding in 2000, (ii) the Pakistan earthquake in 2005, (iii) the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2006, (iv) the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, (v) the flood and landslide in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2010, and (vi) the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. Through the analysis of secondary data, the main practices, problems and challenges in these post-disaster humanitarian operations are identified. This study aims to understand the environment and circumstances in which these humanitarian operations occurred, assessing the main constraints encountered and the approaches adopted to ensure the supply of relief to victims of natural disasters. Finally, suggestions are proposed in order to improve the efficiency and success rate of the logistics process in other humanitarian response operations.

O presente artigo apresenta uma análise dos processos logísticos adotados em resposta a seis desastres naturais ocorridos entre 2000 e 2011: Moçambique (2000); Oceano Índico (2004); Paquistão (2005); Haiti (2010); Japão (2011), Brasil (2011). A seleção dos eventos estudados baseou-se na dimensão do seu impacto com relação ao número de fatalidades e ao número de pessoas atingidas. Através de uma análise realizada por meio de dados secundários, foram identificadas as melhores práticas, os problemas ocorridos e principais desafios destas operações humanitárias, de forma a identificar condições comuns aos cenários. Como resultado da análise, são propostas sugestões para aumentar a eficácia e o sucesso do processo logístico em outras operações de resposta humanitária. Este estudo contribui para a identificação de procedimentos que podem servir como base para o desenvolvimento de modelos para respostas mais eficazes em eventos similares.