Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Incorporating Multiskilling and Learning in the Optimization of Crew Composition
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The presence of multiskilled workers in a crew can increase the crew’s productivity through reducing inefficiencies and supervision requirements, while also providing on-the-job learning opportunities for single-skilled ... -
Current Status of Interface Management in Construction: Drivers and Effects of Systematic Interface Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Interface management (IM) is an emerging construction management practice that industry finds necessary for megaprojects that have become more complex and global. Defined as the appropriate management of communications, ... -
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Assessing the Applicability of Ground-Penetrating Radar to Quality Control in Tunneling Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has proved to be a valuable method for tunneling quality management and evaluation. The research literature includes many successful works addressing the use of this technique with the aim ... -
Technical Review: Analysis and Appraisal of Four-Dimensional Building Information Modeling Usability in Construction and Engineering Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Building information modeling (BIM) fundamentally requires the importation of a three-dimensional (3D) model with a series of repository data. Numerous studies have been conducted to clarify the philosophy of BIM and promote ... -
Price Adjustment Clauses and Submitted Bid Prices for Major Asphalt Line Items in Highway Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Unprecedented uncertainty in the price of asphalt cement over the last decade has been a source of major concern for state departments of transportation (state DOTs) and highway contractors. This uncertainty may lead to ... -
Near-Miss Information Visualization Tool in BIM for Construction Safety
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Although the number of fatalities experienced by the U.S. construction industry has been declining, the magnitude of the decrease has stagnated in recent years. Several improvements have been realized in visualizing ... -
Learning Curves in Construction: A Critical Review and New Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper brings forth from the literature a series of learning curve models and evaluates them through the lens of the construction industry. The review suggests that there is still no consensus on which model provides ... -
Preproject-Planning Process for Capital Facilities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)Preproject planning is defined as the process of developing sufficient strategic information for owners to address risk and decide whether to commit resources to maximize the change for a successful capital facility ... -
Optimization of Change Order Management Process with Object-Oriented Discrete Event Simulation: Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Change orders are common to most construction projects. They can significantly increase project cost and duration, leading to more claims and disputes and ultimately creating an adversarial relationship among project ... -
Construction Engineering Conference and Workshop 2014: Setting an Industry–Academic Collaborative Research Agenda
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Construction engineering is a vital discipline in industry practice, providing essential facilities and systems for modern society. Despite its undisputed importance, basic research intensity and focus has been declining, ... -
Impact of Financial Package versus Technical Solution in a BOT Tender
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)The two main components in the tender of a privatized infrastructure project let under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) contractual arrangement are the technical design and the financial package. This paper examines the ... -
Discovering Stakeholder Values for Axiology-Based Value Analysis of Building Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)There has been an increasing demand for maximizing the environmental, social, and economic value of built infrastructure. However, a major gap still exists in the area of value analysis; there is no formal model to ... -
Advanced Steel Beam Assembly Approach for Improving Safety of Structural Steel Workers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This study describes an advanced steel beam assembly approach to improve the safety of structural steel workers compared with that of the conventional process in construction. The approach uses a self-supported steel joint ... -
Modeling Multi-Stakeholder Multi-Objective Decisions during Public Participation in Major Infrastructure and Construction Projects: A Decision Rule Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Major infrastructure and construction (MIC) projects are those with significant traffic or environmental impact, of strategic and regional significance and high sensitivity. The decision-making process of schemes of this ... -
Paradoxical Organizational Tensions between Control and Flexibility When Managing Large Infrastructure Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Recent socioeconomic changes have created and intensified paradoxical organizational tensions that companies in numerous industries, including the construction sector, need to address when organizing and managing their ... -
Criteria Used for Selecting Envelope Wall Systems in Chilean Residential Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Building envelope selection greatly influences the building’s performance. Specifically, the envelope wall system (EWS) definition is a critical part of this selection, especially for residential projects. This selection ... -
Tested or Not?—A Categorical Examination of HIV/AIDS Testing among Workers in the South African Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and antibody testing (VCT) is the cornerstone of HIV/AIDS prevention. Prevalence rates for the infection in the South African construction industry exceed those of most other sectors. Little ... -
Crowdsourcing Construction Activity Analysis from Jobsite Video Streams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The advent of affordable jobsite cameras is reshaping the way on-site construction activities are monitored. To facilitate the analysis of large collections of videos, research has focused on addressing the problem of ... -
Findings from the Analysis of Incident-Reporting Systems of Construction Companies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Incident reporting systems (IRSs) are well-known for producing proactive information for safety management. However, there is little guidance on how the analysis of IRSs can provide feedback for improving those systems. ...