Abstract: Existing buildings, or those constructed before 2000, make up approximately 90% of the commercial building stock in the U.S. Existing buildings represent a large opportunity for reducing energy consumption in the U.S., ...

Abstract: The civil engineering profession has long recognized the need for engineers at all levels to enhance their technical expertise with business, leadership, and management capabilities. During its 17-year journey to strengthen ...

Abstract: The role of professors has changed from being primarily responsible for delivering content to students to including deeper or more in-depth learning opportunities designed to help students develop into creative and critical ...

Abstract: The specific goal of the study reported in this paper was to derive an understanding of the types of workflow disruptions that trigger fast-improvised decisions and actions by a crew member and how disruptions affect a ...

Abstract: In today’s world of specialization, civil engineers may benefit from a return to an earlier period when breadth of knowledge, skills, and attitudes were appreciated: the Renaissance era. A broad set of skills is especially ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a theory of emotion-driven behavior in construction contracting and provides preliminary support for this theory by presenting the quantitative results of a study on the emotional reaction of individuals ...

Abstract: During the past decade, government agencies have struggled to adequately respond to emergency events that require labor, materials, equipment, and services provided by construction contractors. In fact, the criticism ...

Abstract: Horizontal infiltration experiments were performed to validate a plug flow model that minimizes the number of parameters that must be measured. Water and silicone oil at three different viscosities were infiltrated into ...

Abstract: Postoccupancy evaluation (POE) is the assessment of the success of a project in meeting its design and service requirements. POE involves the capture, collection, and synthesis of information related to the facility ...

Abstract: Analytical solution is obtained for the localization factor, namely, the exponential spatial decay rate, in the propagation of a disturbance through a chain of nearly periodic cell units. The localization is attributable ...