Corporate social responsibility (CSR), as companies’ commitment to the sustainable development of the whole society, is an important approach for construction companies to respond to the emerging social and environmental issues. As the improvement of CSR efficiency leads to the reduction of CSR cost, CSR efficiency is becoming increasingly prominent for construction companies. In this research, the three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is adopted to analyze the CSR efficiency of Chinese construction companies in the period of 2012–2016. The findings of this research are as follows: (1) the efficiency of the Chinese construction companies in fulfilling CSR has not yet reached an optimal level; (2) the effect of institutional factors on CSR efficiency is complex and non-linear; and (3) the improvement of the CSR efficiency in the Chinese construction industry relies on both optimizing the institutional environment and enhancing the management capacity of CSR efficiency. These findings can not only provide empirical evidence for the government to formulate targeted policy-making regarding marketization to promote construction companies’ efficient commitment of CSR, but also provide construction company managers a valuable reference to benchmarking the CSR efficiency to help them find self-improvement ways to improve CSR efficiency performance.

With the increasing application of a sustainable development concept in the construction industry, green construction technology has been widely used in the construction stage of architectural projects which promoted the development of construction engineering in China. Green construction has been an irresistible trend of the constructional industry development all over the world. This paper studies the fundamental connotation of green building construction, illustrates the significance and meaning of green construction and analyzes the green construction principles. Then, the useful green construction technical measures will be put forward in order to provide reference for researchers and engineers. Finally, the actual project is introduced as an example to demonstrate the application and management measures to minimize pollution, reduce natural resource consumption, and create environmentally friendly, energy-saving green buildings. The main elements of green construction, work art and requirements of green construction application and management, occupational health and safety management measures are illustrated as well.

This paper reviewed the definition, scope, and types of joint ventures (JVs) in the construction industry, summarized the research interests and trend on construction joint ventures (CJVs), and provided implications for future research into CJVs. Based on the observations of all CJV related studies, seven major categories of research focus on CJVs have been classified. In general, since the benefits and success criteria of CJVs have been well-documented in the literature, future research could be more valuable and practical when concerned about how to reduce the number of disputes in and even failures of CJVs, which in-turn renders it significantly important for researchers to develop relevant state-of-the-art criteria/framework to aid the assessment of appropriateness of selecting CJV contracting method in project procurement.

Prefabricated construction is of great significance to deal with demographic dividend reduction and construction transformation. Based on synergy theory, the problems in the design and construction of the existing assembly building are summarized, besides, the development model of collaborative management about integration of design and construction is proposed. Collaborative management mode can effectively expand the design depth and fully use the advantages of various departments, which can form an integrated development effort and make it be more integrated and synergistic.