Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Perceived Importance of Authentic Learning Factors in Designing Construction Safety Simulation Game-Based Assignment: Random Forest Approach
(ASCE, 2020)The construction industry remains the top contributor of fatalities and major injuries despite its stringent laws, safety technologies, and mandatory construction safety courses. Limited safety knowledge, insufficient ... -
Cost-Optimal Maintenance and Renovation Planning in Multifamily Buildings with Annual Budget Constraints
(ASCE, 2020)In strategic planning, maintenance and renovation plans serve as an instrument for multiple objectives (e.g., to control degradation, sustain optimal building performance, reduce the costs of operations, and meet budget ... -
Predicting Construction Labor Productivity Based on Implementation Levels of Human Resource Management Practices
(ASCE, 2020)The prediction of the odds of achieving higher or lower productivity as compared to some baseline productivity is one of the important steps to consider while analyzing labor productivity in construction projects. The ... -
Bargaining Game Model to Determine Concessionary Items in Build-Operate-Transfer Contracts
(ASCE, 2020)The parties involved in build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects have conflicting financial interests regarding the value of concessionary items, including concession period length and equity to debt ratio. Determining the ... -
New Model for Identifying Critical Success Factors Influencing BIM Adoption from Precast Concrete Manufacturers’ View
(ASCE, 2020)The construction industry is embracing the digital transformation to streamline the process from design to build. However, compared with design companies, precast concrete (PC) companies seem to be slow in the adoption of ... -
Promoting Information Transfer in Collaborative Projects through Network Structure Adjustment
(ASCE, 2020)The information transfer process in collaborative projects is dynamic and nonlinear, and the structure of network influences the efficiency and effectiveness of information transfer in a collaborative project network (CPN). ... -
Mental Ill-Health Risk Factors in the Construction Industry: Systematic Review
(ASCE, 2020)Mental ill health is a significant cause of suicide and disability worldwide. It has particularly affected the construction industry. The construction labor sectors in Australia and the United Kingdom have suicide rates 2 ... -
Stakeholder Engagement in Construction: Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Behaviors, and Practices
(ASCE, 2020)Stakeholder engagement is an undertheorized area of construction project management research. Often simplified as an act of corporate social responsibility, the complexity of the engagement concept means its processes and ... -
Operational Framework for Managing Construction-Contract Administration Practitioners’ Perspective through Modified Delphi Method
(ASCE, 2020)Effective construction contract administration (CCA) is a core competency for the management of construction projects. The consequences of poor contract administration can be catastrophic, and it may necessitate extensive ... -
Ontology-Based Semantic Modeling of Knowledge in Construction: Classification and Identification of Hazards Implied in Images
(ASCE, 2020)Identifying potential hazards of construction project is a data-intensive process that involves various types of information such as site data, specifications, and engineering documents. How to effectively convert the ... -
Joint Contract–Function Effects on BIM-Enabled EPC Project Performance
(ASCE, 2020)Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting does not promote collaboration and thus may not be suitable for building information modeling (BIM) projects. Joint-contract functions that combine contractual ... -
Applying and Assessing Performance of Earned Duration Management Control Charts for EPC Project Duration Monitoring
(ASCE, 2020)In this study, earned duration management (EDM) is used as a statistical project control method to monitor the performance of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects. It represents an extension of the ... -
Improving Safety, Efficiency, and Productivity: Evaluation of Fall Protection Systems for Bridge Work Using Wearable Technology and Utility Analysis
(ASCE, 2020)The construction industry is experiencing a number of challenges. For example, construction workplaces report poor safety performance, widespread inefficiencies, and stagnant productivity rates. These challenges often ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Construction Workers’ Personality Traits and Safety Behavior
(ASCE, 2020)In the workplace, some workers tend to have a higher probability of incurring an accident. Such individuals might behave unsafely because they assign low priority to safety. Some evidence in the literature suggests that ... -
Accident Analysis for Construction Safety Using Latent Class Clustering and Artificial Neural Networks
(ASCE, 2020)Despite many improvements in safety management, the construction industry still has the highest potential for occupational injuries including High Severe (HS) work events, which result in injuries or fatalities, and Low ... -
Labor Stand: Face of Precarious Migrant Construction Workers in India
(ASCE, 2020)The construction sector of India is the best representation of the informal workforce, which employs 36.12 million workers. These laborers flock together in a particular place on early morning every day in order to ... -
Economic Analyses for Low-Strength Concrete Wrapped with CFRP to Improve the Mechanical Properties and Seismic Parameters
(ASCE, 2020)One of the current approaches for retrofitting concrete is fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites wrapping. As far as cost concerns, one of the issues that may raise questions using FRP is the effectiveness of this ... -
Analysis of the Synergistic Effect of Data Analytics and Technology Trends in the AEC/FM Industry
(ASCE, 2020)Technological advancements focusing on effective and efficient information modeling, visualization, resource tracking, and collaboration have gained substantial traction in the architectural, engineering, construction, and ... -
Impact of Project Complexity on Construction Safety Performance: Moderating Role of Resilient Safety Culture
(ASCE, 2020)Due to the increasing complexity of construction projects, the construction industry is acknowledged as having inherent risks with high levels of change and uncertainty. Therefore, resilient safety culture has been proposed ... -
Risk Assessment Using a New Consulting Process in Fuzzy AHP
(ASCE, 2020)A fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) is an effective risk assessment method in which a questionnaire is used to collect experts’ responses. However, determining fuzzy numbers and establishing a consistent judgment ...