Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Structural Equation Model of the Factors Affecting Construction Labor Productivity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Construction sector productivity is of great importance for the government and policymakers because it determines a nation’s future living standards and creates a competitive business environment. Addressing the factors ... -
Integrated Temporal-Spatial Model for Construction Plans with Boolean Logic Operators
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This paper presents a novel construction project planning model that allows more-efficient and more-realistic planning than current methods. Unlike scheduling methods such as the critical path method (CPM), the proposed ... -
Design and Constructability of a Novel Funicular Arched Steel Truss Falsework
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The commercially used systems of formworks and falseworks currently used in construction require high initial cost, take time to be erected, and occupy major space in the construction site. The proposed new system depends ... -
Systematic Decision-Making Process for Composite Pavement Maintenance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The assessment of pavement condition rating (PCR) for hot mix asphalt (HMA) surfaces and exposed portland cement concrete (PCC) in composite pavements is an important component of the decision-making process for treating ... -
Development of Data-Driven Influence Model to Relate the Workplace Environment to Human Error
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Because human error plays a direct role in accidents, studying the causal relationship between the environment and human error is essential to prevent mishaps. However, these relationships have been explored solely using ... -
Optimizing the Planning of Remote Construction Sites to Minimize Facility Destruction from Explosive Attacks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Remote construction sites, such as oil production facilities and military forward operating bases, are often located in remote and hostile areas that are vulnerable to the threat of explosive attacks. Planners can significantly ... -
Construction Engineering Research: Integration and Innovation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Construction engineers play a major role in the built environment by designing construction facilities and field operations and supplying materials. This paper summarizes and synthesizes the results of a research program ... -
Effects of Last Planner System Practices on Social Networks and the Performance of Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Management practices of lean production within the last planner system (LPS) have enabled significant improvements in project performance worldwide. These improvements are, in part, attributed to practices that strengthen ... -
Chaos Theory–Inspired Evolutionary Method to Refine Imperfect Sensor Data for Data-Driven Construction Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In construction planning, inherent uncertainties in activity sequences and variations of work packages can often cause deviations from project plans. In order to effectively study and preempt scenarios that may lead to ... -
Neural-Network-Centered Approach to Determining Lower Limit of Combined Rate of Overheads and Markup
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In bidding for construction projects, a contractor often uses the simple method of adding a combined rate of overheads and markup on top of the estimated direct cost for arriving at a bid. If the rate is subjectively ... -
Developing and Laboratory Testing a Smart System for Automated Falsework Inspection in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The procedure of falsework inspection has the potential for improvements in accuracy and time efficiency. The current process of inspection is often time-consuming and there is a potential for human error that could lead ... -
Performance of Highway Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build Projects by Work Types
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The design-build (D-B) project delivery method has been used increasingly by state departments of transportation (DOTs) because of its documented benefits. Many studies have shown the superior performance of D-B projects ... -
Benchmarking Project-Driven Production in Construction Using Productivity Function: Capacity and Cycle Time
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Despite being inaccurate, linear models are often used by construction managers to describe production, which limits the development and application of a production theory. The objective of this study is to formulate and ... -
Maintenance Cost Optimization for Bridge Structures Using System Reliability Analysis and Genetic Algorithms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Maintenance cost optimization and performance prediction of bridge structures have become important challenges in bridge management systems. The performance of bridge structures should be carefully monitored, especially ... -
Learning Construction Engineering: Why, What, and How?
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Recent increases in technical requirements for constructed facilities along with new contractual approaches and technologies used to deliver them provide special opportunities for increased project performance and for the ... -
Dynamic Programming Approach toward Optimization of Workforce Planning Decisions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Workforce planning plays a pivotal role in smooth execution of construction projects. The growing challenges faced by the construction industry related to skill shortage, aging problem, and workforce attraction, retention, ... -
Fatal Construction Accidents in Hong Kong
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The construction industry is infamous for its dismal safety records. In Hong Kong, the ratio of fatal accidents per thousand workers increases with the gross value of work performed per worker for a 21-year period between ... -
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(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The potential benefits of applied radio-frequency identification (RFID)-aided systems have been studied by many construction research projects. After reviewing previous works, this paper presents a self-developed system ... -
Fuzzy Cognitive Map Approach to Analyze Causes of Change Orders in Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The negative impacts of change orders on construction projects are well documented in the literature. Effective management of change orders requires a comprehensive approach to identify and analyze their causes. A change ... -
Regional Competition Analysis of Industrialized Homebuilding Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Industrialized homebuilding (IHB) has been suggested as the solution to the housing crisis around the world. However, there is no clear understanding of the potential impacts of industrialization on the competition structure ...