Abstract: Construction contracts form a mutual agreement between entities that dictate specific conditions for project delivery. The following research analyzes the content of standard form contracts typical for commercial construction ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics for various configurations of air jets impinging on the leading edge inner surface of the blade wall is presented. Three configurations ...

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: The similarity parameters that can be used to relate erosive particle trajectories in hot gas and equivalent cold gas flows are derived from the equations of motion. The flow in a radial ...

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: AbstractA contract termination for default (T-for-D) is a drastic remedy that an owner maintains against a contractor under standard construction contract forms. An owner can default-terminate a contractor based on significant ...

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 ...