Abstract
Abstract: The complexity that surrounds the construction projects ends up hampering the balance between economic, environmental and social issues. In this context, this research aims to know the behavior of international scientific production relating sustainability to complex projects, through a systematic literature review and bibliometric indicators. It was searched for articles that related the terms “project *”, “complex *”, “sustainability”, “building OR civil construction” in the Scopus database, resulting in a sample of 331 articles. There is a tendency of studies on the subject from 2006, where the articles, for the most part, seek to understand the consequences and complexity in the implementation of works, through case studies. The sample obtained also showed that the American researchers lead in quantity of research and are the most cited. Finally, the emerging international interest in sustainable construction may correlate with the growing number of green buildings and the existing certifications that characterize sustainable buildings.
Highlights
The complexity that surrounds the construction projects ends up hampering the balance between economic, environmental and social issues
This paper is divided in 5 sections: the first one presents the Introduction of the themes treated in the research; theoretical reference, titled sustainability in complex civil construction projects, in which concepts about the theme are exposed; in the third section, we present the methodology used by the authors to reach the objectives; the Analysis of Results are presented in section 4, followed by the Conclusions
The methodological approach used was a systematic review of the literature associated with bibliometrics, in which the objective is to analyze the literature on a particular theme, which in this case is to know the behavior of international scientific production related to sustainability in complex projects in civil construction
Summary
The complexity that surrounds the construction projects ends up hampering the balance between economic, environmental and social issues. O interesse internacional emergente na construção sustentável pode se correlacionar com o número crescente de edifícios verdes e as certificações existentes que caracterizam edifícios sustentáveis. The implementation of urban infrastructure entails negative environmental, social and economic consequences generated by the expressive amount of solid waste in the construction industry and its incorrect destination impose the need for effective reuse alternatives and final disposal solutions Such alternatives should be predicted in the projects, since it is the same in the beginning of the life cycle of a construction (Csillag, 2007). The designer, in this case, must recognize the impacts of each choice, seeking sustainability requirements applicable throughout the different phases of the life cycle of the building, from its conception, during its useful life, to management of building waste in phase (Akadiri et al, 2012), for example
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