Abstract: Project engineers and managers involved in construction spend a disproportionate amount of time collecting and processing construction data. This processing of data typically causes the construction manager to be distracted ...

Abstract: The role of a teacher is to facilitate learning. This task is accomplished through a variety of instructional methods, the most established being the classroom lecture. Civil engineering students are taught the basics in ...

Abstract: Although the construction industry does not yet have a broad base of experience with bar code technology, a wide range of applications has recently been developed by member firms of the Construction Industry Institute. The ...

Abstract: The introduction of inexpensive microcomputer hardware and innovative user‐oriented software packages has had a significant impact on the traditional data processing procedures of the construction industry. Copyrighted ...

Abstract: Two‐dimensional (2D) bar codes provide a greater capacity for encoding data than regular or linear symbology. With recent developments in 2D hardware, this symbology can now be employed in industrial applications. This ...

Abstract: This paper describes a research project sponsored by an industrial partner to design a system that automates the process of acquiring field construction data. A survey of field supervisors revealed that the two field ...

Abstract: The experiential learning theory is one of the best-known learning theories in education and has been explored and developed for decades through various studies in higher education. This learning method is expected to ...

Abstract: The complex environment facing the U.S. construction industry is causing some construction analysts to call for a new kind of construction executive who understands not only project level engineering and management, but ...

Abstract: Highway agencies around the world are undergoing major changes in their traditional maintenance practices, including the privatization of entire sections of highway routine maintenance activities. Performance-based contracts ...

Abstract: The selection of appropriate type of contract for a highway maintenance project can be influenced by project attributes such as the expected cost and duration. However, the expected project cost and planned duration depend ...