Sustainability Risks and Decision Making in the Construction Industry: A Case Study-Based Approach

In recent years, with the concept of sustainability put forward, more and more enterprises have considered it when making strategies and decisions. Sustainability emphasizes striking a balance between the economic, environmental, and social dimensions to ensure that current development does not jeopardize future resources and opportunities. The construction industry is not an exception. However, due to the huge energy consumption and inevitable uncertainty in the construction scenes, the sustainability concept needs to be conducted better in this industry. Current studies focused on the sustainability decision-making model choices; these studies greatly contribute to the theoretical background but could be more focused on the construction scenes and sustainability decision-making chain. This paper first revealed the risks and consequences of sustainability to point out the necessity of this research. Secondly, this paper demonstrated two case studies about sustainability decision-making. Reviewing these cases concluded a sustainability decision-making chain, which may help the construction industry reduce energy consumption and shoulder more social responsibilities.