Abstract: The construction industry is one of the main sectors of the U.S. economy that has a major effect on the nation’s growth and prosperity. The construction industry’s contribution to the nation’s economy is, however, impeded ...

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a practical and automated system for optimizing the utilization of construction resources to simultaneously minimize project cost and duration while maximizing project quality. The ...

Abstract: Available construction optimization models can be used to generate optimal tradeoffs between construction time and cost, however their application in optimizing large-scale projects is limited due to their extensive and ...

Abstract: Organizing construction project documents based on semantic similarities offers several advantages over traditional metadata criteria, including facilitating document retrieval and enhancing knowledge reuse. In this study, ...

Abstract: Several important aspects characterize construction project documents. Large numbers of documents are produced in construction projects. The majority of the documents are unstructured textual documents. The production of ...

Abstract: Many departments of transportation have recently started to utilize innovative contracting methods that provide new incentives for improving construction quality. These emerging contracts place an increasing pressure on ...

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a parallel multiobjective genetic algorithm framework to enable an efficient and effective optimization of resource utilization in large-scale construction projects. The framework ...

Abstract: The objective of this research is to present an innovative technique for managing the knowledge contained in construction contract documents to facilitate quick access and efficient use of such knowledge for project ...

Abstract: Previous surveys on document management (DM) have focused on certain aspects such as the adoption of electronic methods by construction firms and the important features of electronic document management systems. This study ...

Abstract: This study proposes a new methodology for selecting renewal plans for sewer networks based on their impacts on the behavior of the networks over their whole lifecycle. The proposed approach combines a multiobjective genetic ...