Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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EISSN:1943-7862|ISSN:0733-9364|Disc:The Journal of Construction Engineering and Management publishes quality papers that aim to advance the science of construction engineering, harmonize construction practices with design theories, and further education and research in construction engineering and management. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: construction material handling, equipment, production planning, specifications, scheduling, estimating, cost control, quality control, labor productivity, inspection, contract administration, construction management, computer applications, and environmental concerns|Priority:12| Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Performance and Efficiency Diffusion of US Surface Transportation Public–Private Partnerships
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)With successes and attritions, the US transportation industry has implemented public–private partnership (P3) projects for over 3 decades. However, performance inquiries of P3 have not kept up with its development, ... -
Pathways to Socially Sustainable Adaptation: Real-Time and Context-Specific Vulnerability Assessment in South Carolina after Hurricane Dorian
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Effective responses to natural hazards require prompt identification of vulnerabilities within impacted communities. This task is challenging due to the unique characteristics of each hazard and the dynamic nature of ... -
Paradox of Time Pressure: Cognitive and Task Performance during Time-Sensitive and Challenging Teleoperation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A heavy machinery operators’ ability to adhere to schedules is crucial for the success of construction projects. However, unforeseen delays often occur during projects, forcing operators to expedite their work. This pressure ... -
Optimal Outcome Sharing among Clients, Builders, and Designers in Collaborative Construction Contracts: Comparing Design–Bid–Build and Design–Build Methods Using Principal–Agent Theory
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study addresses a significant gap in the literature by proposing an optimal outcome–sharing framework within client–builder–designer relationships, specifically in design–bid–build (DBB) and design–build (DB) project ... -
Analysis of Existing Resource Distribution Metrics and Suggestion of New Metrics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Resource leveling aims to reduce peak resource demand and fluctuations in resource usage histograms throughout a construction period. The objective function optimum can be obtained in the digitalized construction management ... -
A Context Taxonomy for Construction Field Crew Members
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction industry has encountered persistent stagnation in labor productivity spanning several decades. Although lean construction principles underscore the significance of information availability and transparency, ... -
Multiobjective Trade-Off Optimization of Time, Cost, Quality, and Carbon Emission in the Building Construction Stage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)For a long time, the production management of the construction industry has been mostly based on experience, and there are often problems such as construction delays, high costs, quality defects, and serious pollution. In ... -
Multiobjective Ant Colony System Algorithm for Component-Level Construction Schedule Optimization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Automatic generation of construction schedules has emerged as a key solution to address the inefficiencies and instabilities arising from the over-reliance on empirical judgment. However, traditional construction scheduling ... -
Mitigating Fatigue in Tunnel Construction through Illumination: Evidence from Virtual Reality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Tunnel construction is crucial to the advancement of global transportation networks. Despite their importance, there have been few investigations on the safety and comfort of workers. Tunnel workers operate under various ... -
Minimization of Rebar Cutting Waste Using BIM and Cutting Pattern-Oriented Multiobjective Optimization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Rebars are among the main materials used in reinforced concrete structures and among the costliest and most carbon-intensive construction materials. However, during the construction phase, rebar cutting schemes are usually ... -
An Ontological Knowledge-Driven Smart Contract Framework for Implicit Bridge Preservation Decision Making
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The decision-making for bridge preservation constitutes two types of rules: explicit rules, which are based on clear specifications to establish an overall baseline preservation plan, and implicit rules, which are rooted ... -
Material Distribution Planning Method and Experimental Verification under Multinode and Multivehicle Scene
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In the construction process of construction engineering, there exist a complex construction site layout and multiequipment collaborative work. If a reasonable construction plan cannot be made quickly and accurately, the ... -
LSTM-CNN Architecture for Construction Activity Recognition Using Optimal Positioning of Wearables
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Enhancing construction worker performance, safety, and project management through automated activity classification is a promising endeavor. By extracting activity-level information, this technology provides valuable ... -
Low-Carbon Multiobjective Optimization for Repetitive Projects Based on Crew-Based Scheduling Strategy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Repetitive projects represent a significant proportion of the construction industry. Effectively reducing carbon emissions from such projects plays an important role in mitigating climate change. This study employs the ... -
An Integrated Resilience and Assessment Methodology Framework for Addressing Uncertainty in Highway Operation and Maintenance Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Highway operation and maintenance (O&M) systems exhibit characteristics of multisubsystem correlations and interactions among multiple disaster-causing factors over time. Traditional risk-centered approaches, which ... -
Leveraging Semisupervised Learning for Domain Adaptation: Enhancing Safety at Construction Sites through Long-Tailed Object Detection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The advancement of deep learning has led to a growing demand and increase in research on computer vision–based construction site monitoring for improved safety and operational efficiency. These methods largely depend on ... -
An Improved YOLOv8-Dyhead-WiseIoU Model for Positioning and Counting Detection of Grouting Sleeves in a Prefabricated Wall
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In China, despite the industrialization of prefabricated building production and construction, inspection is still mainly done manually, which has been criticized for subjectivity, fatigue, and high cost. Existing inspection ... -
Allocation of Environmental Responsibilities in the Prefabricated Construction Supply Chain: Exploring the Influence of Government Subsidies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Prefabricated construction has shifted a portion of environmental responsibilities (ERs) from on-site to off-site, prompting a focus on the entire supply chain. As an issue emerging alongside the prefabricated construction, ... -
AI, Agility, and Environmental Performance: A New Framework for Construction Project Managers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly is being used by businesses to improve capabilities and performance. Guided by the dynamic capabilities framework, this study investigated how AI assimilation affects environmental ... -
Impacts of Physical and Informational Failures on Worker–Autonomy Trust in Future Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Autonomous agents are increasingly becoming construction workers’ teammates, making them an integral part of tomorrow’s construction industry. Although many expect that worker–autonomy teaming will enhance construction ...