Abstract: This paper presents a brief chronology of the events that preceded the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel, including the prior failure that occurred during construction and the evolution of the ...

Abstract: In this paper, we provide a brief overview of the historical underpinnings of the design-construction industry and the development of design engineering and construction engineering as independent but related subdisciplines ...

Abstract: Building-focused structural engineering has been an advanced user of computational technologies over the last 3 decades. During this time, there was still a lack of integration among the participants involved in the ...

Abstract: Building information modeling (BIM) has started to become a common practice in the architectural, engineering, construction, and facilities management (AEC-FM) industry. The benefits of BIM have been recognized in the ...