Abstract: Amidst the growing recognition of the impact of indoor environmental conditions on buildings and occupant comfort, health, and well-being, there has been an increasing focus on the assessment and modeling of indoor ...

Abstract: Maintaining the quality of indoor environments in educational facilities is crucial for student comfort, health, well-being, and students’ learning performance. Current indoor environment maintenance practices and building ...

Abstract: Multiple or unusual change orders often cause productivity losses through a “ripple effect” or “cumulative impact” of changes. Many courts and administrative boards recognize that there is cumulative impact above and beyond ...

Abstract: This paper presents a hybrid approach to quantify the impact of change orders on construction projects using statistical regression and fuzzy logic. There are many qualitative variables affecting the impact of change orders ...

Abstract: Labor-intensive industries such as the electrical and mechanical trades are considered high risk due to the high percentage of labor costs. Because of this high risk, it is important for contractors in these industries to ...

Abstract: Change is inevitable on construction projects, primarily because of the uniqueness of each project and the limited resources of time and money that can be spent on planning, executing, and delivering the project. Change ...