Research

With its future-oriented research areas Institute of Construction Economics and Management is a promising partner for international cooperation in R&D.

Our researchers has participated in numerous multidisciplinary scientific projects such as:

  • Life cycle cost modelling using 6D BIM in construction
  • Evaluation of the increased safety and reliability of railway infrastructure after its modernization or reconstruction (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic)
  • Megaprojects – current best practices and future research opportunities (with Sintef, Norway)
  • Modeling of whole life costs of buildings (with Cracow University of Technology, Poland)
  • Megaproject: The Effective Design and Delivery of Megaprojects in the European Union (COST action under the leadership of Naomi Brooks and Mauro Mancini)
  • Procedures to support decision-making in the field of construction investments while ensuring the stability of the area from the perspective of possible flooding (Czech Science Foundation)

In addition, our Institute organises traditional international scientific conference “People, Buildings and Environment“. Last editions are indexed in respected databases Scopus and Web of Science.

Featured publications

ICIM’s featured publications include a selection of significant peer-reviewed manuscripts published recenlty by our scientists in scholarly journals, monographs or proceedings. We invite you to review a sample of these materials and engage in conversations about the future of construction economics & management with us.

MARVAN, P.; HROMÁDKA, V.; VÍTKOVÁ, E. Risk management based on the best value approach and its application in conditions of the Czech Republic. Open Engineering, 2023, 13(1), pp. 1-12.

HANÁK, T.; MAROVIĆ, I.; KOPEČKOVÁ, L. Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the operation of construction companies in the Czech Republic. In Economics and business of the post COVID -19 world. Rijeka, Croatia: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics and Business, 2023. pp. 141-160. ISBN: 978-953-7813-76-5.

KREJZA, Z.; KOCOURKOVÁ, G.; VAŇKOVÁ, L.; ŠEBESTOVÁ, M. Variants of determining the construction production carbon footprint. Gradevinar, 2023, 75(3), pp. 273-281.

HROMÁDKA, V.; KORYTÁROVÁ, J.; FEDERLA, J.; VESELÝ, A.; SKALICKÝ, M. Optimizing Energy-Saving Measures in New Residential Buildings Regarding Life-Cycle Costs. Buildings, 2023, 13(8), pp. 1-14.

HANÁK, T.; MAROVIĆ, I.; PLAUM, S. Performance management in civil engineering: A systematic literature review. Advances in Civil and Architectural Engineering, 2022, (13)24, pp. 47-58.

PLEBANKIEWICZ, E.; LEŚNIAK, A.; VÍTKOVÁ, E.; HROMÁDKA, V. Models for estimating costs of public buildings maintaining – review and assessment. Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022,68(1), pp. 335-351.

FUNK, T.; HROMÁDKA, V.; KORYTÁROVÁ, J.; VÍTKOVÁ, E. Accident costs on the railway network in the Czech national conditions. Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022, 68(1), pp. 579-593.

HANÁK, T.; VÍTKOVÁ, E. Causes and effects of contract management problems: Case study of road construction. Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022, 8(2), 1-10.

KORYTÁROVÁ, J.; HROMÁDKA, V.; FEDERLA, J. Impacts of Determining Economic Life of Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects on Their Economic Effectiveness. Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022, 8(1), pp. 1-6.

MAROVIĆ, I.; PERIC, M.; HANÁK, T. A Multi-Criteria Decision Support Concept for Selecting the Optimal Contractor. Applied Sciences – Basel, 2021, 11(4), 1-18.