Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Developing a Scoring Framework to Assess the Feasibility of the Design–Build Project Delivery Method for Bundled Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Project bundling has been introduced as an innovative approach that groups several infrastructure projects into a single contract. Project bundling has numerous benefits such as expediting project delivery, capitalizing ... -
A Generalized Framework for Assessing Equity in Ground Transportation Infrastructure: Exploratory Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Ground transportation infrastructure significantly impacts community connectivity, economic growth, and access to essential services such as jobs, education, and healthcare. However, in practice, these infrastructures do ... -
Wage Variances and Disparities: Unraveling the Impact of Spanish-Required Language Skills and Locational Variables in the Construction Job Market
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The major objective of this research is to investigate wage variations and disparities within the construction job market by employing a comprehensive approach that intertwines the influence of Spanish-required language ... -
Understanding the Underlying Trends in US Construction Labor Wages: A Data-Driven Mixed-Method Computational Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Precisely forecasting construction costs is crucial for maintaining financial stability for contractors and the broader construction sector. Nonetheless, this task has long been acknowledged as challenging. Recent global ... -
The Mental Health Benefits of Smart Cities: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Depression has become a prevalent global concern. The development of smart cities has advantages in promoting ecological and economic benefits, but the question of whether and how it could bring mental health benefits to ... -
Social Washing in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Firms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The growing importance of social sustainability fosters firms to communicate their social impact, e.g., through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. Unfortunately, firms’ actions are often not ... -
Personal and Organizational Factors for Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: Learnings from the Experiences of Early Career Female Construction Management Professionals
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Women often leave the construction industry faster than men in many countries. Therefore, apart from attracting more women to site-based project management roles to improve gender diversity and address the acute skill ... -
Assessing Community Needs in Disasters: Transfer Learning for Fusing Limited Georeferenced Data from Crowdsourced Applications on the Community Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The effectiveness of infrastructure resilience relies on the seamless extraction of information, timely acquisition of critical knowledge, and heightened situational awareness. The ongoing utilization of digital citizen ... -
Dynamic Resilience Assessment for Urban Healthcare Infrastructure Operations Considering the Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Public Health Emergencies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Healthcare infrastructure (HI) is essential for ensuring access to quality medical services, controlling diseases, and enhancing human health and the overall livability of cities. As public health emergencies such as ... -
Factors That Facilitated the Development of Blockchain Technology in the AEC Industry: Study Based on System Dynamics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Various factors restrict the forward movement of blockchain technology (BT) in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. These factors frequently interact and change over time. Thus, conducting continual ... -
Impact of Leaders’ Organizational Behavior on the Satisfaction and Well-Being of Project Managers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Project managers (PMs) who are middle-level leaders at the project level report to superiors in the headquarters who are top-level leaders. Other studies have focused on how PMs as middle-level managers lead teams at the ... -
Gender Disparity and Self-Presentation on Social Media among AEC Industry Leaders
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Despite equivalent qualifications, experience, and degrees, women are underrepresented in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) leadership. Understanding the factors behind this is crucial for addressing the ... -
Strength of Strong Ties: Empirical Evidence from the Construction Waste Hauling Business in Hong Kong
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)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 ... -
Forecasting Construction Material Prices Using Macroeconomic Indicators of Trading Partners
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Supply chain instabilities and inflated material prices have had a disruptive impact on cost estimating of construction projects. While several research efforts used national macroeconomic indicators to forecast the prices ... -
Barriers to Safety Participation of Construction Workers in Project Organization from a Stress Perspective
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Safety participation of construction workers, as a manifestation of organizational citizenship behaviors, is essential for overall workplace safety. Workers’ safety participation may be influenced by both organizational ... -
Circular Economy Integration in LEED: A Decade of Materials and Resources Credit Achievement Patterns
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Previous studies consistently label the Materials and Resources (MR) credit category of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) as the least attainable, despite its critical role in transitioning to a ... -
Improving Construction Meeting Effectiveness: Trade-Offs between Reactive and Proactive Site-Level Planning Discussions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Despite the adage “hope for the best, plan for the worst,” site-level proactive plans produced by construction planning meetings show planning for the best. Planning meetings comprise both proactive and reactive discussions. ... -
Developing an Integrated Construction Safety Management System for Accident Prevention
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The significance of accident prevention in the construction industry has been consistently emphasized. Despite the research into various preventive methodologies, their application in actual construction sites still needs ... -
Collaborative Management Framework for Interorganizational Risk in Megaprojects Based on Metanetwork
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Despite the awareness that effective risk management for megaprojects requires stronger interorganizational collaboration than individual efforts, there is still a lack of a systematic understanding and an integrated ... -
Quantitative Assessment of the Architect’s Role under US Standard Construction Contracts: A Graph Theory Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Evaluating the architect’s role in construction contracts is vital for improving the contractual relationship and preventing disputes. Standard contracts define the architect as an owner’s agent and/or a contract administrator. ...