Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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The Bidding Game
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)Published bidding models have traditionally been approached from the point of view of the bidder or contractor. This paper deals with the analysis of more than 5,000 tenders comprising approximately 34,000 bids which were ... -
Mansion House London: Risk Assessment and Protection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)Settlements occurring during the first phase of tunneling for the extension of the Docklands Light Railway in London caused concern for damage to the Mansion House during subsequent phases of the work. The building is a ... -
Public-Opinion Sentiment Analysis for Large Hydro Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Public opinion is becoming increasingly involved in feasibility studies, construction, and post-evaluation of large hydro projects. Recently, with the rapid development of social network services, sentiment analysis can ... -
A Fuzzy-Based Integrated Framework for Assessing Time Contingency in Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Assessing time contingency is an important part of construction project scheduling because it helps generate a more reliable schedule. Traditionally, the assessment is made using expert judgment and inherently inserted to ... -
Subway Infrastructure Condition Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Public transit infrastructures nowadays face extensive deterioration and require large amount of capital expenditure to regain sufficient performance levels. According to one official U.S. government assessment, transit ... -
Effects of Stress and Commitment on the Performance of Construction Estimation Participants in Hong Kong
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Cost-estimation participants play an essential role in the success of construction projects, as well as determining the profit margin of an organization. However, these participants must always work to rigid and urgent ... -
Application of Case-Based Reasoning for Estimating Preliminary Duration of Building Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The applicability and effectiveness of case-based reasoning (CBR) have been demonstrated in various construction management areas, including bidding, international market selection, safety hazard identification, construction ... -
Dynamic Management of Risk Contingency in Complex Design-Build Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Contingency budgets are commonly used by managers to respond to uncertainty and control the project within the original cost and schedule targets. However, a variety of project participants with conflicting interests creates ... -
Value Engineering for Roadway Expansion Project over Deep Thick Soft Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)A roadway expansion that takes place on soft ground is susceptible to differential settlement because of the high consolidation of soft soils. Therefore, steps must be taken to lessen the risk of such settlement; yet, this ... -
An Integer Linear Programming Model for the Multiperiod Production Planning of Precast Concrete Beams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Unlike conventional beams, which are cast in the construction site, precast beams are cast in a production line in a beam factory. Their use may considerably reduce the completion time of construction projects, making them ... -
Safety in Developing Countries: Professional and Bureaucratic Problems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created to enhance safety in the workplace. Employers are subject to OSHA site inspections and must conform to a set of comprehensive rules ... -
Environmental, Economic, and Social Implications of Highway Concrete Rehabilitation Alternatives
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Currently, there is no comprehensive benchmark of life-cycle assessment for the rigid pavement alternatives for highway rehabilitation. To fill this gap, the major objective of this study is to investigate the environmental, ... -
Construction Bidding and the Winner’s Curse: Game Theory Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)In the construction industry, competitive bidding has long been used as a method for contractor selection. Because the true cost of construction is not known until the completion of the project, adverse selection is a major ... -
Rational Design of Shoring-Tower–Based Formwork
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)Although formwork based on high shoring towers is a very common solution for forming elevated slabs and other concrete elements over high spaces, the trade literature furnishes neither detailed guidelines nor basic cost ... -
Predictability Index: Novel Metric to Assess Cost and Schedule Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The ability to timely forecast accurate project outcomes is fundamental in an industry marked by endemic cost and schedule deviations. Indeed, owners and contractors alike make key strategic decisions about individual ... -
Minimizing Upgrade Cost to Achieve LEED Certification for Existing Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Aging buildings represent a significant percentage of existing buildings and are often in urgent need of upgrading to improve their operational, economic, and environmental performance. The owners of these buildings often ... -
Developing Acceptance-Sampling Methods for Quality Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)An acceptance-sampling method plays an important role in designing quality-assurance (QA) specifications. It applies statistics to specify the requirements of (1) how many measurements are needed; and (2) how to make an ... -
4D Relationships: The Missing Link in 4D Scheduling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Four-dimensional (4D) schedules have proven successful in planning with their visualization capabilities allowing for coordination and time-space conflict detection. However, when considered in depth, internal aspects of ... -
Time and Cost Performance of Design–Build Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The design–build (DB) delivery method has been widely used in the United States due to its reputed superior cost and time performance. However, rigorous studies have produced inconclusive support and only in terms of overall ... -
Building Valuation Model of Enterprise Values for Construction Enterprise with Quantile Neural Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper aims to overcome the drawbacks of current business valuation models. The authors have developed a novel model, a growth value model, by employing the income-asset-hybrid-based approach and with the application ...