Abstract: Strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analysis has been in use since the 1960s as a tool to assist strategic planning in various types of enterprises including those in the construction industry. While still ...

Abstract: Phase planning is one of the most important components of lean-based production planning that provides basic guidelines for the entire production process. In modular integrated construction (MiC) projects, the complicated ...

Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) truck information, e.g., geometry, orientation, and position, can enable various smart construction applications such as monitoring earthwork, enhancing construction safety, and promoting ...

Abstract: Innovation is widely considered the lifeblood of organizational survival and growth. However, despite its importance, innovation diffusion does not take place spontaneously in organizations. In fact, diffusion of innovations ...

Abstract: The so-called strength of weak ties (SWT) theory asserts that weak relationships are more instrumental than strong ones in job searching and sharing. Yet, some posit the opposite: job opportunities tend to be shared through ...

Abstract: Gaining or maintaining a “contractor’s” competitive advantage is not easy as it is determined by a large number of factors. Identification of critical success factors (CSFs) allows one to reduce the vast number of factors ...

Abstract: Building information modeling (BIM), as a technological artifact, has been acclaimed to have significant effects on construction projects by overcoming inherent problems such as poor communications. However, little has ...

Abstract: Research into construction education (CE) has garnered increasing attention over the last few decades and a great number of CE studies have been published. However, few studies have mapped the global geography and perspective ...

Abstract: Managing complex and dynamic construction projects is challenging because it relies highly on the real-time communication and seamless coordination of numerous things and people that are spatially and temporally distributed ...