Abstract: Continuing‐education programs provide a vital service to the engineering profession and are an important university function. They serve to keep engineers current on technology and to educate them in skills needed for ...

Abstract: Materials quality management is an essential part of construction quality and requires the same degree of planning, prevention, appraisal, and corrective action as design engineering and construction. Materials quality ...

Abstract: Contract incentives are the means by which an owner intends to secure certain project goals through the contracting process. Incentive contracting is designed primarily to reduce cost in negotiated contracts through profit ...

Abstract: Construction professionals are recognizing the need to focus on the materials management process as a proactive, identifiable entity that has a significant impact on the cost of construction. In recent years construction ...

Abstract: The use of bar‐code technology continues to grow in construction‐related industries in the United States. This growth provides an opportunity for construction owners, contractors, and vendors to take advantage of an ...

Abstract: Construction materials management is generally recognized to be the integrated coordination of materials takeoff, purchasing, expediting, receiving, warehousing and distribution. When these functions are not properly ...

Abstract: The purpose of a construction geotechnical investigation is to provide soil property data for the design and implementation of a project. With this information a safe, economic foundation may be designed. Inadequate ...

Abstract: This paper presents a decision‐support system for selecting the best set of strategies (projects) for bridge rehabilitation and replacement on a highway network, specifically during a long‐range planning of the bridge ...