Abstract: Federal and local legislation and limited resources are driving DOTs to seek improved project management skills for their employees. Numerous DOTs are currently working to establish employee development programs or ...

Abstract: Eminent domain is the mechanism that allows for the legal acquisition of private land for public use by the government or its agent with proper compensation. In the past, this type of acquisition was sanctioned for public ...

Abstract: Augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) technologies are obtaining increasing research efforts in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fields. Contrary to the well-documented research progress, there is ...

Abstract: An airport is a building type that exemplifies the wide range of interactions that can occur between building occupants and their surrounding luminous environment. Research has found numerous health and productivity benefits ...

Abstract: Design-to-fabrication is an innovative process where the structural engineer of record develops both structural and shop drawings for a project using building information modeling (BIM). This research studies two real-world ...

Abstract: Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views ...

Abstract: On January 3, 2011, the City of Boulder, Colorado, implemented the SmartRegs ordinances and, in doing so, became the first city in the nation to require energy retrofits for rental properties; 20,000 rental units comprise ...

Abstract: Under the umbrella of a departmental initiative termed CM Cares, faculty from Colorado State University have developed a service-learning course to teach and implement concepts related to sustainability in construction ...

Abstract: Across the United States, increased development continues to lead to an increase in construction defect litigation, particularly for multifamily for-sale projects. This research builds on previous research that identified ...