Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Relating Institutions and Governance Strategies to Project Outcomes: Study on Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Projects in India
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )Public–private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure are long-term agreements subject to uncertainties. A variety of governance strategies must therefore be enacted over the PPP lifecycle to ensure that they deliver their ... -
Institutional Connectedness in Resilience Planning and Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )The objective of this paper is to propose a framework for characterizing and analyzing institutional connectedness as an emerging property in the human system affecting resilience planning and management in interdependent ... -
Gender Diversity in US Construction Industry Leaders
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Despite having a US gender population distribution of 50.8% and 21.9% of civil engineering bachelor’s degrees earned in the last 24 years, women are significantly underrepresented in US engineering and construction ... -
Quantitative Comparison of Project Performance between Project Delivery Systems
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )A project delivery system (PDS) defines the relationship and timing of involvement between different contracting parties in construction. Using data from 109 projects, this paper statistically investigates the project ... -
Rapid Assessment of Disaster Impacts on Highways Using Social Media
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)A timely and reliable assessment of disaster impacts on highways is desired for executing evacuations, providing emergency services, and planning relief and recovery activities in disaster management. Although social media—a ... -
Performance Indicators for the Claim Management of General Contractors
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )The purpose of this study is to investigate performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of claim management for construction projects. As current construction projects become larger and more complex, claim management ... -
A Proposed Framework for the Incorporation of Economic Resilience into Transportation Decision Making
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )The profound effects of the Great Recession sparked not only research in terms of the definition and characterization of resilience to economic shocks, but also policy-making discussions about building more resilient ... -
Informality in Postdisaster Reconstruction: The Role of Social Capital in Reconstruction Management in Post–Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )On September 20, 2017, Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. To continue on their path to recovery, many households have, when other resources became scarce, relied on informal housing reconstruction, such as ... -
Imposter Syndrome and Gender Stereotypes: Female Facility Managers’ Work Outcomes and Job Situations
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)It is important to ensure that female facility managers (FMs) have a good experience at their workplace and are able to achieve positive work outcomes. However, women may face issues such as gender stereotypes and the ... -
Social Network Analysis of Road PPP Equity Markets in Canada, Chile, and the United States
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)For several decades, governments around the world have increasingly used public–private partnerships (PPPs) to improve the road infrastructure sectors in their jurisdictions. In response, research has examined the managerial ... -
Rethinking the Construction Schedule Risk of Infrastructure Projects Based on Dialectical Systems and Network Theory
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)The construction of infrastructures is becoming increasingly complex and risky under uncertainty, which often results in construction delay. Many efforts have been made to identify and control construction schedule risks. ... -
Integrated Framework of Horizontal and Vertical Cross-Project Knowledge Transfer Mechanism within Project-Based Organizations
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Although the importance of cross-project knowledge transfer (CPKT) is increasingly valued from academia and industry, the research on the integrated CPKT mechanism within project-based organizations (PBOs) including ... -
Cost Implications of Indefinite Delivery–Indefinite Quantity Contracting in the US Defense Sector
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Public sector procurement policies are traditionally designed to encourage open competition to ensure a fair price. Yet many public agencies also deliberately use procurement strategies, such as contract types, delivery ... -
How the Aptitude of Workers Affects Construction Labor Productivity
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Aptitude is the potential to demonstrate the ability to perform a certain kind of work at a certain level. While several studies have highlighted the relationship between aptitude and employee performance, very few have ... -
Quantifying the Effectiveness of IoT Technologies for Accident Prevention
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)The Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted attention in recent years as a way to prevent construction site accidents. Although various IoT technologies have been tested for the purpose of safety management, few have been ... -
Impact of Work Motivation on Construction Labor Productivity
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Poor performance of workers is a perennial problem for the construction industry worldwide. While there have been many studies reporting the influence of motivation on construction labor productivity (CLP), much of the ... -
Recoverability Modeling of Power Distribution Systems Using Accelerated Life Models: Case of Power Cut due to Extreme Weather Events in Norway
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Today’s societies rely on electric power distribution systems. Recent weather events have illustrated that the loss of such service can lead to severe consequences for societies and stakeholders. Hence, to reduce the impact ... -
Prioritizing Preproject Planning Activities Using Value of Information Analysis
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Preproject planning is becoming a widespread best management practice. Potentially, it can be an extremely time and resource intensive practice and, as such, presents challenges in the management, allocation, and prioritization ... -
Delineating Infrastructure Failure Interdependencies and Associated Stakeholders through News Mining: The Case of Hong Kong’s Water Pipe Bursts
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)The failure of one infrastructure system could trigger cascading impacts on other interdependent infrastructures. In order to improve the management of diverse infrastructure systems, decision makers should be mindful of ... -
Linking Cascading Failure Models and Organizational Networks to Manage Large-Scale Blackouts in South Korea
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Major blackouts are often attributed to cascading failures, where the failure of few power grid components causes large-scale loss of electricity. Despite recent innovations in modeling and predicting cascading losses, few ...