Abstract: Recent advances in optical sensors and computing technologies have led to the development of inspection systems for underground facilities such as water lines, sewer pipes, and telecommunication conduits. It is now possible ...

Abstract: Transportation asset management (AM) research has yielded a well-accepted AM framework for state departments of transportation (DOTs) to model. However, no studies have developed a model to measure the level of AM ...

Abstract: There has been an increasing need to examine the level of service from a customer’s perspective in order to set the appropriate service level with a limited maintenance budget. This paper presents an evaluation of a ...

Abstract: Many researchers and project managers have attempted to improve project performance by applying new philosophies such as lean principle, just-in-time, pull scheduling, and last planner. However, very little research has ...