Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice: Recent submissions
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Developing a State-of-the-Art Facility to Support Construction Research and Education: A Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The University of Washington’s Department of Construction Management is in the process of developing interdisciplinary research and experiential education in construction engineering and management (CEM) with the creation of the -
Reconciliation of Owner and Contractor Views in Heavy Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Delay and loss of productivity are the two main types of damage experienced by the contractor when the owner issues a change order. Courts have recognized critical path method schedule analysis as the preferred method of ... -
Construction Claims and Disputes and the Business Culture of Construction in Japan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Increasing attention is today being focused on the issue of dispute resolution in the Japanese construction sector. Disputes were infrequent under the traditional contract agreement system. However, against the background ... -
Alternative Project Delivery Systems: Applications and Legal Limits in Transportation Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey of the legal codes of all the 50 states in the United States regarding alternative project delivery systems in transportation projects. In the past decade there has ... -
How to Write an Award-Winning Paper
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Safety Management in Construction: Best Practices in Hong Kong
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Safety issues have gained vital importance throughout the construction industry. Many construction companies around the world are implementing safety, health, and environmental management systems to reduce injuries, eliminate ... -
Education Improvement in Construction Ethics
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Applying Total-Quality-Management Principles to Improving Engineering Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Peer review of teaching is assumed to be an excellent tool, next to student evaluation, to measure the quality of a professor. This argument builds on the fact that only peers can understand the material of the engineering ... -
Outcome Assessment of Performance on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination
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Environmental Considerations for a Proposed Tolled Highway Project
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)As federal dollars available for highway projects are tightened and as demand for more highway capacity continues to increase, transportation officials seek more innovative financing methods. One of the more common methods ... -
Compliance Guide for a Proposed Highway Project to Meet National Environment Protection Act Requirements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) requires that, prior to construction of a highway, the head of the federal agency that is committing funds to the project must evaluate the effect of the project on the human ... -
Interlocutory Injunctions in Construction Cases in Hong Kong: Revisiting American Cyanamid Principles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Interlocutory injunctions in construction litigation cases are not uncommon, in particular, in construction nuisance cases. Despite its importance, there are only a few written materials dealing with this topic. With the ... -
Dispute Review Boards: Expected Application on Egyptian Large-Scale Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The construction industry is heavily affected by the troubles arising out of construction disputes, especially when it comes to large-scale projects, as a direct result of the inherent complexity of such projects. This ... -
Published Research on Engineering Work
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Engineering literature mostly focuses on the “objects” and techniques that interest engineers: there are only a few accounts of the people that do engineering work and what that work actually involves. The relevant literature ... -
Environmental Process Engineering: Building Capacity for Sustainability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)The chronic problems resulting from unsustainable production and consumption, as well as acute environmental problems from accidents and inadequate waste treatment, are continuing challenges for environmental engineering ... -
Public Policy Shields Engineer and Contractor from Tort Liability for Pipeline Failure
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Integrating Ethics into the Engineered Construction Curriculum
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Equality, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, security, civic duty, justice, honor, and the rule of law are some of the widely held values in society. These are the values engineers must adopt to comply with regulations. ... -
Reliability and Validity of FE Exam Scores for Assessment of Individual Competence, Program Accreditation, and College Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This study explores whether fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam scores are reliable and valid measures of individual competence, program accreditation, and college performance, each of these being processes commonly ... -
Structural Surface-Achieving Model in the Teaching and Learning Process for Construction Engineering Students
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Education is a systematic teaching-learning process involving four main components (teachers, students, knowledge, and the environment) and three main subprocesses (teaching, learning, and evaluation). Throughout the ... -
Tradition and Innovation in Teaching Structural Design in Civil Engineering
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper briefly reviews the history of structural engineering education: The dawn, development, and consolidation of traditional education systems, as well as their fall into decline in the contemporary technological ...