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This ongoing study intends to explore and formalize the information dependency patterns in network forms of organizations in construction project management. In construction projects, information is critical for seamless and cost-effective operations. Communication of project information and coordination of information exchanges between different project participants are essential for a project's success. On the other hand, a better understanding of information dependencies between participants is of utmost importance for strategic choices on information technology (IT) applications since decisions on IT investments greatly influence the effectiveness of not only internal communications within a project team, but also the interactions of the project team with other project-related organizations. In this paper, we provide a case study to highlight the characteristics of information exchanges and dependencies in construction project organizations. We introduce approaches that are wellaccepted by organization theorists in analyzing network organizations and assess their strengths and limitations in modeling information dependencies in construction projects. We focus specifically on dependency structure matrix, social network analysis and computational organization theory since these methodologies have been applied to construction project organizations. These methods, alone, have limitations in supporting decisions on investments regarding IT applications. We conclude with a research roadmap that highlights the research needs for modeling information dependencies within construction project organizations to enable effective IT investments.

As the construction industry is one of the dominant contributors to the world's total CO2 emissions and it has huge negative impacts on the environment, sustainable construction has become a key aspiration in the field. Through utilizing eco-friendly design and resource efficiency, sustainable construction is considered as the main concept to create and operate a healthy built environment. Although sustainability has been demonstrated as a timeless objective for continuous development in Turkey's governmental policies, the number of qualified professionals in the field and the attributed significance to the notion of sustainability in the Turkish educational context is questionable. Accordingly, this paper concentrates on the Turkish architectural and civil engineering education -two disciplines that are expected to raise experts on the subject within the scope of sustainable construction. Ten research universities, which are identified by the Higher Education Institute (YÖK), are analyzed in terms of the content of the curriculum and the conducted graduate studies in architecture and civil engineering departments. The main aim of this paper is to reveal the lack of sustainability-related graduate studies and sustainability-related content in the established curriculum of the higher education institutions in Turkey.