Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Human–Machine System Modeling and Safety Risk Assessment in Construction Operations Incorporating Workers’ Performance Variability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The increasing involvement of diverse construction machines has significantly transformed construction operations. Within the nonlinear interaction of multiple worker and machine functions, workers’ performance exhibits ... -
Heuristic Methods for Dynamic Multiproject Scheduling Problems with Stochastic Transfer Times
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In practice, activities of the construction multiproject use limited resources in different locations, which requires resources to be transferred frequently between projects or activities. In this study, we simultaneously ... -
Harnessing Project Identity and Safety Norms to Promote Construction Workers’ Safety Behavior: Field Intervention Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The importance of workers’ social identity in shaping their safety behaviors has become increasingly acknowledged. Among various social identities (e.g., workgroup, trade, etc.), improving project identity stands out ... -
Gap Analysis of Digitalization Levels in Construction and Manufacturing: A Comparative Study of Construction 4.0 and Industry 4.0
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The digital transformation of the construction industry has been much slower than that of manufacturing. The gaps and causes require in-depth study, and the findings contribute to future directions. Therefore, this study ... -
Flow Shop Scheduling for Prefabricated Components Production Considering Parallel Machines and Buffer Constraints
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study introduces a novel scheduling approach to enhance the efficiency of prefabricated component production by integrating parallel equipment scheduling with intra- and inter-process constraints. It employs a homogeneous ... -
Exploring the Mechanism of Risk Perception Failure of Construction Workers from a Capability–Demand Balance Perspective
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Risk perception is crucial for minimizing injuries within the construction industry. However, existing research mostly focuses on the impact of demographic and external factors on construction workers’ risk perception, ... -
Exploring the Internal Influence Mechanism of Group Safety Behavior of Construction Workers: Qualitative Method Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The group safety behavior of construction workers has become a topic of global concern calling for effective organizational management measures. However, existing research predominantly relies on empirical case studies, ... -
Exploring Labor Presence in Work Zone and Tiling Trade Labor Productivity: The Moderating Role of Skilled-Labor Proportion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Labor-tracking technologies, including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), have been studied extensively for their applicability in labor presence detection within the construction industry. Although prior research has utilized ... -
Experimental Study on Pulse Elimination of Concrete Pumping
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)During concrete pumping, traditional concrete pumps generate pulses due to the swing of the distribution valve and other factors. The pulse phenomenon in concrete pumping leads to poor application performance and limits ... -
A Tripartite Governance Strategy for Infrastructure REITs Considering Tax Incentives and Antiavoidance Regulations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Tax incentives are a powerful driver for the development of infrastructure real estate investment trusts (REITs). Complementary antiavoidance regulations are essential to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of ... -
Examining the Barriers to the Adoption of IoT-Based Technologies in Green Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Although the adoption of Internet of Things (IoTs) for green buildings (GBs) has attracted significant attention from researchers and practitioners in the construction sector, few studies have investigated the barriers to ... -
Evaluation of Construction Worker Perceptions of Wearable Proximity Sensors during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing was a critical measure to reduce the exposure risk. Restrictions pushed many work settings to develop out-of-the-box solutions to accommodate the requirements, such as contact ... -
Evaluation Model for Crack Detection with Deep Learning: Improved Confusion Matrix Based on Linear Features
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Damage due to cracking can be detected through either manual visual methods or machine vision techniques for early prevention and maintenance. In recent years, image-based deep learning methods have emerged as potent tools ... -
Ergonomic Risk Mitigation through Workforce Planning for Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Construction workers are facing significant ergonomic risks, which negatively affect their health, safety, and productivity, and therefore it is essential to develop effective and applicable risk control measures. In ... -
Enhancing Worker Safety: Real-Time Automated Detection of Personal Protective Equipment to Prevent Falls from Heights at Construction Sites Using Improved YOLOv8 and Edge Devices
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Personal protective equipment (PPE), including helmets, harnesses, and lanyards, is pivotal in preventing falls from heights at construction sites. However, ensuring consistent and correct usage of PPE presents a significant ... -
Enhancing the Production Performance of Prefabricated Buildings through the Integrated Optimization of Precast Component Layout and Worker Allocation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The layout of precast components (PCs) made of concrete materials on movable mold tables not only affects the number of movable mold tables but also impacts worker allocation during production. However, previous studies, ... -
Enhanced Risk-Based Quality Control for Hydraulic Engineering Construction Projects Considering the Risk-Influencing Mechanism
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Construction inspection is essential for maintaining the quality of hydraulic engineering projects. Due to the inefficiency and inaccuracy of existing inspection methods, a risk-based approach has been explored to identify ... -
Enhanced Highway Project Clustering Framework to Support Project Cost Estimation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)State highway agencies (SHAs) frequently need to cluster projects based on their scope similarity to support various construction planning tasks such as cost estimation. Few recent studies have presented systematic methods ... -
A Streamlined Laser Scanning Verticality Check Method for Installation of Prefabricated Wall Panels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Installation quality check is essential for ensuring the construction quality of prefabrication construction. The existing techniques for assessing the installation quality of prefabricated wall panels heavily depend on ... -
A Rigorous Examination of Twelve Cutting-Edge Machine-Learning Techniques for Predicting Time and Cost in Tunneling Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study aimed to investigate and analyze the performance of twelve machine learning (ML) algorithms in estimating the construction time and cost of drill and blast tunnels. Thirteen tunnels located in different regions ...