Papers by Miguel Torres Curado
Sustainability: science, practice, & policy, Jun 24, 2024
Circular economy: current view from the construction industry based on published definitions Migu... more Circular economy: current view from the construction industry based on published definitions Miguel torres Curado , ricardo resende and Vasco Moreira rato research center for information Sciences, technologies, and architecture (iStar), university institute of lisbon (iScte-iul), lisbon, Portugal ABSTRACT the third decade of this millennium has seen a growing interest in using the circular economy (Ce) concept to achieve the broad goals of sustainable development. Still, like the latter, the former notion has different meanings to different audiences in general and in the construction sector in particular. this Brief report assesses how the construction sector regards the Ce concept, or more precisely, how it defines it. We draw on previous research, applying an existing generic framework to the construction sector, dividing the Ce into its main components and subcomponents, and quantifying the extent of their acceptance. the main contribution of this work lies in establishing a benchmark for comparison with other industries and across time within the construction industry. We start with an analysis of the available literature and then focus on how the reviewed works perceive the scope of Ce, its deployment systems, enablers, and its relationship with sustainable development. our results confirm that the sector is embracing the linkage of Ce to sustainable development while revealing a lesser concern for Ce's social and future dimensions. this Brief report also shows that the understanding of Ce actions in terms of a hierarchy is still limited. However, its three main components (reduce, reuse, recycle) are almost universally espoused, while the recover component is mentioned by just over half of the reviewed works.
SuStainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 2024
Circular economy: current view from the construction industry based on published definitions Migu... more Circular economy: current view from the construction industry based on published definitions Miguel torres Curado , ricardo resende and Vasco Moreira rato research center for information Sciences, technologies, and architecture (iStar), university institute of lisbon (iScte-iul), lisbon, Portugal ABSTRACT the third decade of this millennium has seen a growing interest in using the circular economy (Ce) concept to achieve the broad goals of sustainable development. Still, like the latter, the former notion has different meanings to different audiences in general and in the construction sector in particular. this Brief report assesses how the construction sector regards the Ce concept, or more precisely, how it defines it. We draw on previous research, applying an existing generic framework to the construction sector, dividing the Ce into its main components and subcomponents, and quantifying the extent of their acceptance. the main contribution of this work lies in establishing a benchmark for comparison with other industries and across time within the construction industry. We start with an analysis of the available literature and then focus on how the reviewed works perceive the scope of Ce, its deployment systems, enablers, and its relationship with sustainable development. our results confirm that the sector is embracing the linkage of Ce to sustainable development while revealing a lesser concern for Ce's social and future dimensions. this Brief report also shows that the understanding of Ce actions in terms of a hierarchy is still limited. However, its three main components (reduce, reuse, recycle) are almost universally espoused, while the recover component is mentioned by just over half of the reviewed works.
During the last decades the global business environment suffered the effects of successive waves ... more During the last decades the global business environment suffered the effects of successive waves of management requirements. Companies have adapted, or are trying to adapt, to quality and environmental management standards and to occupational health and safety legislation and standards. The recent publication of the standard SA8000 on “Social Accountability” is a harbinger of events to come. Social and ethical questions are growing in importance and will have to be adequately tackled by companies in the years to come. For companies social and ethical accounting are emerging as basic instruments to answer to demands of improved transparency and accountability from various stakeholders. As a result of this trend, at present there are already several organisations accredited to audit facilities for conformance to SA8000 as well as a growing number of SA8000 third-party certified companies. This is the moment to both increase awareness of the issues raised by SA8000 and discuss the attitude towards yet another movement towards certification, at the light of the mixed experiences with standards such as the ISO9000 and ISO14000 series.
During the last decades the global business environment suffered the effects of successive waves ... more During the last decades the global business environment suffered the effects of successive waves of management requirements. Companies have adapted, or are trying to adapt, to quality and environmental management standards and to occupational health and safety legislation and standards. The recent publication of the standard SA8000 on “Social Accountability ” is a harbinger of events to come. Social and ethical questions are growing in importance and will have to be adequately tackled by companies in the years to come. For companies social and ethical accounting are emerging as basic instruments to answer to demands of improved transparency and accountability from various stakeholders. As a result of this trend, at present there are already several organisations accredited to audit facilities for conformance to SA8000 as well as a growing number of SA8000 third-party certified companies. This is the moment to both increase awareness of the issues raised by SA8000 and discuss the att...
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Curado, MT and Dias, LM (1996); Integration of Quality and Safety on Construction Companies Proc.... more Curado, MT and Dias, LM (1996); Integration of Quality and Safety on Construction Companies Proc. of the CIB W99 International Conference on Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites, Balkema: Lisbon.
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This paper discusses the application of the production management principle of reducing process c... more This paper discusses the application of the production management principle of reducing process cycle time in construction sites. In its initial part, the paper presents a theoretical framework in which high abstract principles and low abstract tools can be integrated. The assumption ...
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ABSTRACT: ISO 9000 compliance is rapidly becoming a prerequisite for construction companies seeki... more ABSTRACT: ISO 9000 compliance is rapidly becoming a prerequisite for construction companies seeking contracts and a competitive position in the construction market. This paper examines the use of ISO 9000 standards in Portugal's construction industry by investigating theory ...
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Management standards have been landing on the construction industry as a whole in successive wave... more Management standards have been landing on the construction industry as a whole in successive waves. First came the now conspicuous quality management standards (usually on one of the variations in the ISO 9000 series or national equivalents). Environmental standards were ...
As questões sociais e éticas assumem crescente importância e têm de ser adequadamente abordadas p... more As questões sociais e éticas assumem crescente importância e têm de ser adequadamente abordadas pelas empresas no futuro próximo. Para o meio empresarial a demonstração de responsabilidade social e ética está a emergir como um instrumento básico para ...
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