Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Critical Success Factors and Enablers for Facility Design Standardization of Capital Projects
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Standardization is a familiar concept today that helps organizations achieve higher value for money. However, the implementation of design standardization in the capital projects sector has been sparse. The goal of this ... -
Development of a Tool to Measure Resilience against Floods for Water Supply Systems in Tanzania
(ASCE, 7/1/2020 1)Resilience of water supply systems (WSS) needs improvements to better cope with flood impacts. Resilience in Tanzania, given its significance, remains a theoretical concept. Yet increasing interest from the water industry ... -
Employment and Wage Distribution Investigation in the Construction Industry by Gender
(ASCE, 7/1/2020 1)The construction industry has insufficient interest and participation from women, as well as an existing gender wage gap. To address these issues, a better understanding of the recent situation regarding gender workforce ... -
A Gender Lens into Sanitation Technology Innovation
(ASCE, 7/1/2020 1)Innovators in the water and sanitation sector are focused on closing the sanitation gap in developing countries through innovation in technologies that enable waste treatment onsite. To ensure universal access, these ... -
Cost Performance and Cost Contingency during Project Execution: Comparing Client and Contractor Perspectives
(ASCE, 7/1/2020 1)Current literature shows that poor cost performance in projects has become routine. Research on cost performance has mostly focused on one of the involved parties, either the client or the contractor. Not many research ... -
Appropriating the Value of Flexibility in PPP Megaproject Design
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Public–private partnerships afford governments the opportunity to build megaprojects that benefit the public but might be too expensive or risky for either the public or private entity to undertake alone. Concession ... -
Developing a Digital Twin at Building and City Levels: Case Study of West Cambridge Campus
(ASCE, 5/1/2020 1)A digital twin (DT) refers to a digital replica of physical assets, processes, and systems. DTs integrate artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics to create living digital simulation models that are ... -
UAV Integration in Current Construction Safety Planning and Monitoring Processes: Case Study of a High-Rise Building Construction Project in Chile
(ASCE, 5/1/2020 1)The majority of construction fatalities and accidents in Chile occur in high-rise building construction projects that also suffer from an insufficient number of safety managers on-site. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ... -
Effective Risk Positioning through Automated Identification of Missing Contract Conditions from the Contractor’s Perspective Based on FIDIC Contract Cases
(ASCE, 5/1/2020 1)Defining, measuring, and dealing with contractual risks are crucial for successful construction projects because the contractual risks can lead to serious claims and disputes. In general, construction participants make a ... -
Implications of Construction Vocational Education and Training for Regional Competitiveness: Case Study of Singapore and Hong Kong
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)Construction vocational education and training (VET) systems serve the mission of enhancing construction productivity and social cohesion, which are essential attributes for regional competitiveness. It is imperative to ... -
Entry Mode Sequencing Model for Emerging International Construction Firms
(ASCE, 5/1/2020 1)Entry mode selection is one of the critical decisions in construction firms’ international market entry strategies. In the course of internationalization, rather than focusing on a single entry mode, it is essential for ... -
Supply Chain Management for Prefabricated Building Projects in Hong Kong
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)Prefabricated building projects (PBPs) have gained worldwide popularity over the past few decades because of their various benefits. Supply chain management (SCM) is critical to the successful delivery of PBPs because ... -
Project Management Personnel Turnover in Public Sector Construction Organizations in China
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)This research aims to investigate the mechanism through which job satisfaction and person–environment fit influence the turnover intention of project management personnel in public sector construction organizations as well ... -
Comparing Contract Administration Functions for Alternative and Traditional Delivery of Highway Projects
(ASCE, 1/1/2020 1)Agency roles and responsibilities for contract administration depend on the contracting method. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has encouraged agencies to consider alternative contracting methods (ACMs) like ... -
Dynamic Modeling for Analyzing Impacts of Skilled Labor Shortage on Construction Project Management
(ASCE, 1/1/2020 1)In recent years, the shortage in skilled labor was one of the most significant concerns for the construction industry. Previous studies explored the causes and effects of such shortages; however, these efforts featured ... -
Multilevel Goal Model for Decision-Making in UAS Visual Inspections in Construction and Infrastructure Projects
(ASCE, 2020)Many studies have discussed unmanned aircraft system (UAS) applications for infrastructure conditions and construction project inspections. However, the industry currently faces significant challenges that hinder the use ... -
Development of Resilience Measures for Assessing the Performance of Water Infrastructure Project Delivery
(ASCE, 2020)Project delivery is often subject to uncertainties and disruptions throughout the entire process. The ability of project delivery to resist and recover from disruptions is a measure of the resilience of the process, which ... -
Multiobjective Optimization of Postdisaster Reconstruction Processes for Ensuring Long-Term Socioeconomic Benefits
(ASCE, 2020)Widespread destruction from large-scale disasters results in lengthy and costly recovery of damaged infrastructure and communities, with societal and economic impacts persisting many years after a hazard event. Robust and ... -
No-Blame Culture and the Effectiveness of Project-Based Design Teams in the Construction Industry: The Mediating Role of Teamwork
(ASCE, 2020)This study investigates how a no-blame culture affects the effectiveness of project-based design teams across different project delivery methods in the construction industry. Ninety-two team members of 34 project-based ... -
From Risk Management to Resilience Management in Critical Infrastructure
(ASCE, 2020)This article discusses critical infrastructure resilience in terms of how it could be incorporated into the existing safety and security practices, namely the ISO 31000 risk management standard. The article starts by ...