Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Defining Triangular Probability Distributions from Historical Cost Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)During the development of an automated cost estimating system, several factors led to the selection of the triangular probability-density function to model historical construction costs. The triangular-density function is ... -
Benefits of Small Projects Team Initiative
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)Ordinarily, minimum design costs are associated with all construction projects regardless of their size or complexity. Consequently, the design costs are a higher percentage of the overall costs for small projects. This ... -
Design/Build Methods for Electrical Contracting Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)This paper reports on a project sponsored by the Electrical Contracting Foundation that examined the design/build (D/B) approach and the various dimensions of the decision process that electrical contractors consider before ... -
One Company's Experience with Design/Build: Labor Cost Risk and Profit Potential
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)This paper offers the data from one construction company's experiences with design/build. Specifically, the paper presents an analysis of the company's labor cost risk based on a case study of two similar projects. One ... -
Strategic Management in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)The traditional philosophy of management in construction, both in academia and in industry, places great emphasis on the ability to plan and execute projects. In contrast, a similar emphasis on strategic management has ... -
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Selecting Cost-Effective Green Building Products: BEES Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)The Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) tool implements a rational, systematic technique for selecting cost-effective green building products. The technique is based on consensus standards and ... -
Why Use Enactable Models of Construction Processes?
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Construction is a process-based industry. In such an industry it is important to have a clear understanding of the process. One way to achieve this is by the use of a process model. In a European Community funded research ... -
Development of Construction Research
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)Construction education at the university level has advanced significantly in instruction during the past 15 years. However, the development of construction research has been minimal. Numerous studies have been conducted ... -
Performance Bonds and Guarantees: Construction Owners and Professionals Beware
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Performance bonds and guarantees have been the subject of considerable litigation in recent years in not only the United Kingdom but also some other common law jurisdictions. The aim of the research reported in this paper ... -
GA-Based Multicriteria Optimal Model for Construction Scheduling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Resources for construction activities are limited in the real construction world. To avoid the waste and shortage of resources on a construction jobsite, scheduling must include resource allocation. A multicriteria ... -
Generic Methodology for Analyzing Delay Claims
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)It is common for a construction project to encounter delays. There are several reasons that can contribute to delaying a project. Analyzing the various causes that contribute to a project's delay is an important task to ... -
Dynamic Layout Planning Using a Hybrid Incremental Solution Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Efficiently using site space to accommodate resources throughout the duration of a construction project is a critical problem. It is termed the “dynamic layout planning” problem. Solving it involves creating a sequence of ... -
Nonshored Formwork System for Top-Down Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Recently, the top-down construction method has been applied to building construction to secure excavation safety by providing rigid diaphragm walls. Usually, proper and economical formwork systems need to be selected for ... -
Models for Assessing Hoisting Times of Tower Cranes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Accurate assessment of hoisting times is crucial for planning construction activities. The objective of this paper is to develop reasonably accurate prediction models to assess hoisting times of tower cranes. Twenty variables ... -
Risk Management Model for International Construction Joint Ventures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)The current Asian financial crisis has put the role of risk management in the construction business into focus. For firms engaging in the international construction business, one of the most effective means of mitigating ... -
OO Information Model for Construction Project Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)Recently, the writers developed a general and powerful mathematical model for scheduling construction projects. An optimization formulation was presented with the goal of minimizing the direct construction cost. The nonlinear ... -
CONSCOM: An OO Construction Scheduling and Change Management System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)In a companion paper, an object-oriented (OO) information model was presented for construction scheduling, cost optimization, and change order management (CONSCOM), based on the creation of a domain-specific development ... -
Utilization of Precast Concrete Elements in Building
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)Precast concrete components can be used in building construction within a comprehensive “closed” system, or as separate elements in conjunction with any building method. The feasibility of this second possibility was ... -
Application of Mathematical Matrix to Integrate Project Schedule and Cost
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999)This research is a numerical approach to the integration of the time and cost data sets for construction projects, which addresses the conflicts between them. Mathematical matrices are introduced to show the interrelationships ...