Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Exploring the Potential of Social Media Data to Support the Investigation of a Man-Made Disaster: What Caused the Notre Dame Fire
(ASCE, 6/22/2023 )Man-made disasters are often unexpected events that necessitate a comprehensive investigation to ascertain their cause. These investigations are critical for government agencies, insurance corporations, and other stakeholders. ... -
Unpacking Ambiguity in Building Requirements to Support Automated Compliance Checking
(ASCE, 7/4/2023 1)In the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, manual compliance checking is labor-intensive, time-consuming, expensive, and error-prone. Automated compliance checking (ACC) has been extensively studied ... -
Factors Influencing the Acceptance of BIM-Based Automated Code Compliance Checking in the AEC Industry in China
(ASCE, 7/25/2023 )With the rapid development of building information modeling (BIM) and Industry Foundation Classes, BIM-based automated code compliance checking (ACCC) has long been desired by the architecture, engineering, and construction ... -
Knowledge Graph Improved Dynamic Risk Analysis Method for Behavior-Based Safety Management on a Construction Site
(ASCE, 5/12/2023 )Construction sites are considered high-risk working environments. Safety risk analysis of construction sites is one of the important aspects of construction safety management. However, existing construction safety risk ... -
Automated Identification of Active Players for International Construction Market Entry Using Natural Language Processing
(ASCE, 5/26/2023 )Studies on the international construction market have been limited to expanding the scope of academics and practices because of data accessibility and timeliness. With the recent advancement of natural language processing ... -
An Instrument for Identification of Intention to Settle in Project Dispute Negotiation
(ASCE, 6/27/2023 )Negotiation is widely known as the most effective way to resolve differences. Traditions of negotiation studies have contributed to this area by providing prescriptive, quantitative, and behavioral research to improve the ... -
The Impact of Institutional Pressures on BIM Identity Formation in the Construction Industry and the Mediating Role of Perceived Usefulness
(ASCE, 8/9/2023 1)During the rapid development of building information modeling (BIM) in the construction industry, a phenomenon of nonidentification with or even resistance to BIM has emerged among technical staff in construction projects. ... -
Supply Chain Consequences of Government Subsidies for Promoting Prefabricated Construction and Emissions Abatement
(ASCE, 6/24/2023 )This paper investigates the effects of two types of government subsidies: the unit cost (UC) subsidy and the floor-area ratio (FAR) subsidy on emissions abatement of a prefabricated construction supply chain (PCSC), ... -
Impacts of External Environmental Factors on the Collusive Team Scale in Bidding: The Case of China
(ASCE, 5/8/2023 1)Collusive bidding is regarded as one of the construction sector’s most socially harmful, anticompetitive, and unsustainable practices. In this scheme, bidders are accustomed to varying their collusive team scale (CTS) with ... -
Social Equity of Bridge Management
(ASCE, 6/7/2023 1)Data-driven social equity assessments of infrastructure performance are essential for reducing inequity and for institutionalizing community stakeholder considerations in infrastructure asset management programs. We expand ... -
Understanding Causes for Construction Claims in Hydropower Projects
(ASCE, 7/4/2023 1)Hydropower project construction faces huge complexities and uncertainties. Construction claims are very likely to occur, creating losses to contractors and resulting in damage at project level such as breakdown in multiparty ... -
Natural Language Processing–Driven Similar Project Determination Using Project Scope Statements
(ASCE, 2/3/2023 1)Learning from previous projects in light of benchmarking criteria is a desirable and popular approach to reliable project development and planning in the preconstruction phase. Previous similar projects serve as a practical ... -
A Decentralized and Automated Contracting System Using a Blockchain-Enabled Network of Stakeholders in Construction Megaprojects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)With recent advances in information and communication technologies, trust and collaboration have become imperative in the construction industry. The increasing exchange of digital information and assets without much regard ... -
A Life Cycle Risk Management Framework for Green Building Project Stakeholders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)The construction industry compromises the sustainability of the built environment because of its adverse impacts on the environment, economy, and society. In response, green building (GB) projects advocate for targeted ... -
Comparing Subjective and Objective Measurements of Contract Complexity in Influencing Construction Project Performance: Survey versus Machine Learning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)Contracts are the main governance mechanism regulating construction participants’ behaviors and safeguarding project performance. Besides traditional subjective measurement via survey, machine learning has been utilized ... -
Identifying Critical Risk Factors and Management Activities for Effective Offsite Construction Projects during Construction Phase
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/07/01)Off-site construction (OSC) has been drawing attention as a solution to the internal and external problems that the construction industry is facing. This study identified and analyzed the critical risk factors and activities ... -
Integrated Data-Driven and Equity-Centered Framework for Highway Restoration Following Flood Inundation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)Rapid and efficient infrastructure restoration is critical to reducing the impacts of extreme events on community lifelines. Following a large-scale extreme event, infrastructure restoration at various stages is carried ... -
Patterns of Skill Sets for Multiskilled Laborers Based on Construction Job Advertisements Using Web Scraping and Text Analytics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)The major objective of this research is to investigate what skill sets are desirable to utilize a multiskilled labor force in the construction industry using web scraping and text analytics. The construction industry has ... -
A Comprehensive Evaluation of Factors Influencing Acceptance of Robotic Assistants in Field Construction Work
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)The adoption of human–robot collaboration (HRC) in various forms is widely expected to help improve productivity, reduce human physical workload, and alleviate the issues created by a skilled labor shortage in the construction ... -
Influence of Learning from Incidents, Safety Information Flow, and Resilient Safety Culture on Construction Safety Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/05/01)The inevitable incidents (including accidents and near misses) that occur on construction sites provide opportunities to extract experience, optimize positive outcomes, and decrease the reoccurrence of unwanted events. ...