Abstract: Enhancements to the theory of network‐based planning techniques invented in the late 1950s, along with improved hardware and software environments, have resulted in elegant and powerful tools for planning today's construction ...

Abstract: This paper describes a distributed architecture that enables the delivery of building design services over the Internet. The architecture of an individual service is three tiered. The first tier is a common communication ...

Abstract: In the purchase of a constructed facility, the buyer values those components that are in place when the user occupies the building. A task of placing or assembling such a component is therefore “value-adding” (VA). This ...

Abstract: For many years, the Japanese construction industry has practiced several accident‐prevention activities. In spite of these safety activities, occupational accidents recur. Why? This paper offers examples of accident‐prevention ...