Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Assessment of Construction Workers’ Labor Intensity Based on Wearable Smartphone System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Construction jobs are more labor intensive than other industrial jobs. Safety problems caused by overworked bodies are common, and the supervision of construction workers is always flawed. In China, piecework has long been ... -
Temporal Dynamics of Willingness to Pay for Alternatives That Increase the Reliability of Water and Wastewater Service
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Changes in public perceptions affect infrastructure projects, policies, and revenue streams. As such, utilities should leverage these dynamic perceptions for a variety of reasons, including identifying strategic times to ... -
Capital Cost Comparison of Pavements Comprised of Insulation Layers: Case Study in Edmonton, Canada
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Using insulation layers is the go-to strategy for alleviating winter frost heave and subgrade weakening during spring thaw, but the cost effectiveness of using insulation layers compared to conventional methods needs to ... -
Trends in Expectations about Duties and Responsibilities of Construction Managers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper discusses the findings of a study conducted under the direction and supervision of the ASCE Committee on Management Practices in Construction (MPIC) to investigate the expectations of the parties involved in the ... -
Impact of Weather Conditions on In Situ Concrete Wall Operations Using a Simulation-Based Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The purpose of this research is to study the impact of temperature, precipitation, and wind speed on in situ concrete wall operations, and its combined resulting effect on project duration. The research presented is anchored ... -
Optimization of Job Allocation in Construction Organizations to Maximize Workers’ Career Development Opportunities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Workforce planning in the construction industry too often ignores the symbiotic relationship between employee and employer objectives by overly concentrating on corporate objectives such as maximizing productivity at the ... -
Multifaceted Productivity Comparison of Off-Site Timber Manufacturing Strategies in Mainland Europe and the United Kingdom
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Off-site construction methods have been suggested as a necessity for improving the efficiency and productivity of the construction industry through implementation of automation and lean principles in a controlled factory ... -
Satisfying the Need for Diversity Training for Hispanic Construction Workers and Their Supervisors at US Construction Workplaces: A Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The representation of the Hispanic construction workforce has substantially increased over the last 15 years, and it continues to increase. Because of this, the Hispanic construction workforce represents a crucial ... -
Hybrid Recommendation Approach for Behavior Modification in the Chinese Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Behavior-based safety (BBS), which contains definition, observation, intervention, and test, is proven to be useful in safety management on-site. Safety training is regarded as an effective method for the BBS intervention. ... -
Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure Determinants in Infrastructure Projects under Public–Private Partnerships
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have emerged as a promising alternative to financing infrastructure projects in order to address the infrastructure restoration and rehabilitation challenge. However, in the current ... -
Classification of Modular Building Construction Projects Based on Schedule-Driven Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Modular construction projects involve concurrent manufacturing production and construction processes for constructing the main structure and the foundation, on-site installation, and finishing work. Using process-driven ... -
Equipment Logistics Performance Measurement Using Data-Driven Social Network Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The construction industry relies heavily on the use of equipment. Equipment management for a single project is, in itself, challenging, and large contractors who want to achieve long-term success must also manage equipment ... -
Real-Time Safety Risk Identification Model during Metro Construction Adjacent to Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Comprehensive and effective safety risk identification in metro construction has a significant impact on risk management. Although previous studies attempted to obtain a final ranking of the risk factors using various risk ... -
Simulation of a Construction Project: Assessing Impact of Just-in-Time and Lean Principles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The construction industry is always searching for better ways to manage construction projects and improve productivity while leaving a smaller ecological footprint. To help with this goal, a simulation model was developed ... -
Examining Influence of Construction Projects’ Quality Factors on Client Satisfaction Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Quality and client satisfaction is a long-established focus of attention in the construction industry due to its significant role in the success or failure of a project, yet few studies have examined the impact of a lack ... -
Talking Safety: Health and Safety Communication and Safety Climate in Subcontracted Construction Workgroups
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The practice of subcontracting out construction work has been identified as a contributing factor in poor work health and safety (WHS) performance. Relatively few studies have considered the processes through which safety ... -
Taxonomy and Deployment Framework for Emerging Pervasive Technologies in Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Managing complex and dynamic construction projects is challenging because it relies highly on the real-time communication and seamless coordination of numerous things and people that are spatially and temporally distributed ... -
Market Concentration and Competitive Intensity of the International Engineering Contracting Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Since the 21st century, the international engineering contracting industry has been developing rapidly. A growing number of contractors have entered the international market to engage in various business fields, leading ... -
Causes, Solutions, and Adoption Barriers of Falls from Roofs in the Singapore Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Fall from roof (FFR) has been a perennial problem in the construction industry. It has been one of the leading sources of injuries and accidents in many countries. The objectives of this paper are to (1) investigate ... -
Extending the Transactional View on Public–Private Partnership Projects: Role of Relational and Motivational Aspects in Goal Alignment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)In public–private partnerships (PPPs), aligning the goals of the public sector with those of the private contractor is usually achieved using incentives informed by agency theory. However, the success of the traditional ...