Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Smart Rehabilitation-Planning Framework for Sustainable Infrastructure: Roofing Application
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Aging infrastructure assets, including buildings, require efficient rehabilitation to sustain services. However, current rehabilitation planning is a complex process that is challenged by strict budgets and the difficulty ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Construction Quality Hazard Management with Deep Learning–Based Multimodal Storage Strategy–Enabled Blockchain
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Hazard-related data are a critical component in construction quality hazard management (CQHM). However, data security and latency issues in CQHM cannot be guaranteed in centralized systems currently and prevent it from ... -
Contactless Vital-Sign Monitoring of Construction Machinery Operators Using Millimeter-Wave Technology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accidents related to construction machinery primarily result from operators engaging in unsafe behavior. Continuous monitoring of the vital signs of heavy machinery operators is necessary to enable timely intervention in ... -
A Novel Real-Time Torque Prediction of EPB Shield in Mixed Ground Using Machine Learning Method Based on Geological Knowledge Fusion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Intelligent tunneling has become a necessary technology in urban underground development. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have been widely used in predicting earth pressure balance shield (EPBS) machine tunneling; however, ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Technology-Driven Serious Games and Simulations for Construction Management Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Serious games and simulations differ from other forms of gaming in that their primary goal is education rather than entertainment. The face-to-face, analog format has gained popularity as an effective pedagogical strategy ... -
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 ... -
Voluntary Workplace Proenvironmental Behavior on Construction Project Sites: Antecedent Roles of Green Human Resource Management Practices, Environmental Awareness, and Job Control
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Green human resource management (GHRM) has been tagged as one of the surest means of encouraging voluntary workplace proenvironmental behavior (VWPB) among an organization’s employees. However, previous studies have not ... -
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 ... -
Enhancing Quality Management: Lightweight Detection and Risk Warning of Concrete Cracks and Rebar Exposure Using Improved YOLOv8
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Defects in reinforced concrete structures can pose significant threats to the long-term quality and safety of buildings, making it crucial to ensure timely and accurate detection and assessment of these defects. This study ... -
Robust Forecasting Models for Highway Construction Cost Indices during Pandemic-Era Inflation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The highway construction cost index (HCCI) is a critical benchmark for managing highway construction project budgets. However, unpredictable economic and market changes, such as inflation due to the pandemic and supply ... -
Decision-Making Framework for Selecting Sustainable Prefabricated Residential Building Technology Schemes under Minimum Assembly Rate Constraints
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Prefabricated construction (PC) is a sustainable construction technology that is progressing worldwide. Nevertheless, there is a conflict between the policies’ high requirements for assembly rates and developers’ focus on ... -
Culvert Inspection Framework Using Hybrid XGBoost and Risk-Based Prioritization: Utah Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Resource constraints often prevent Departments of Transportation (DOTs) from performing routine culvert inspections. This study focused on the Utah DOT (UDOT), which lacks a comprehensive culvert management system and faces ...