Abstract: To estimate the impact of Hurricane Ike of 2008 on local communities, service areas of hospitals and corresponding service populations were calculated at both the county and facility levels within the Houston metropolitan ...

Abstract: Traditionally, project planning in industrial shops, such as in a steel fabrication shop, has employed the experience of production engineers as its primary source in decision making. A scientific technique for analyzing ...

Abstract: Labor productivity is a fundamental piece of information for estimating and scheduling a construction project. The current practice of labor productivity estimation relies primarily on either published productivity data ...

Abstract: A poor scope definition in an engineering design project disrupts project rhythm, causes rework, increases project time and cost, and lowers the productivity and morale of the workforce. A quantitative measurement of the ...

Abstract: The importance of integrating construction knowledge into the design process has long been recognized by the construction industry. This paper studies early contractor involvement in design and its impact on construction ...

Abstract: Compaction quality is critical to the stability and durability of earth-rock dams. The traditional quality inspection method relies primarily on testing randomly sampled spots of a job site, which may cause unreliable ...

Abstract: System simulation has proved to be an effective tool for planning and improving the performance of a construction process in many successful case studies. However, with the aid of a three dimensional

Abstract: In recent years, prefabricated structures have attracted a lot of attention because of their advantages of multifunctional design, fast construction speed, and high degree of standardization. However, they also entail ...

Abstract: A 3D computational fluid dynamics model for describing the water flow and suspended solids (SS) concentration distribution in a rectangular sedimentation tank is presented. The interfacial momentum transfer, buoyant forces, ...