Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Evaluating Integrated Project Delivery Using the Project Quarterback Rating
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper presents the development, validation, and implementation of an innovative comprehensive project performance metric specifically developed for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) projects. The project ... -
Interface-Management Process for Managing Risks in Complex Capital Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Extremely large, complex projects with numerous geographically distributed stakeholders experience substantial risks related to the interfaces among stakeholders. This is particularly true during project definition and ... -
Evaluation of Competitive Bids
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)The evaluation of competitive bids is a difficult process with little objective guidance provided to those who make the decisions to accept or reject bids. A quantitative evaluation method is proposed to utilize a collective ... -
A Qualitative Data Analysis for Supplier Quality-Management Practices for Engineer-Procure-Construct Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The process of assuring the procured and fabricated materials for an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) project are within their quality requirements is challenging because nearly every EPC construction project is complex ... -
Integration of the Construction Knowledge and Expertise in Front-End Planning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Traditionally, construction input is integrated after the completion of the design stage of the projects. Inadequate construction input at the predesign stage and during the front-end planning (FEP) process results in ... -
Analysis of the Complex Mechanisms of Defect Generation in Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)There have been numerous research efforts to minimize construction defects and a variety of suggestions have been provided. However, while all of these suggestions are valuable and have the potential to prevent defects, a ... -
Effects of Market Competition on the Sustainability Performance of the Construction Industry: China Case
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Achieving sustainability through the market has been a research topic in the field of sustainable development. Nevertheless, the ways in which sustainability in construction is influenced by the construction market have ... -
Accounting for Transport Times in Planning Off-Site Shipment of Construction Materials
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Off-site transportation of construction materials is planned commonly by considering the transportation costs as the dominant decision variable. Despite the significant impact of delays in the delivery of materials on the ... -
Acceptance of the Incentive/Disincentive Contracting Strategy in Developing Construction Markets: Empirical Study from India
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Modern construction projects often include incentive/disincentive (I/D) provisions in order to serve a variety of different client objectives. Studies have shown both the advantages and disadvantages of using I/D clauses ... -
Integrated Risk-Assessment Framework for Municipal Infrastructure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Decision-makers frequently argue that municipal infrastructure is at risk. Given the current state of risk for infrastructure, municipalities face challenging decisions to plan the integrated repair/renewal of road, water, ... -
Hybrid Genetic Algorithm-Simulation Optimization Method for Proactively Planning Layout of Material Yard Laydown
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper presents a hybrid optimization method combining a genetic algorithm (GA) and simulation for planning the layout of material yard laydown areas. An optimized material yard layout entails efficiency in terms of ... -
Optimum Present Value Scheduling Based on Synthetic Cash Flow Model with Singularity Functions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Contractors may increase their profit by rescheduling noncritical activities within their floats. Based on this hypothesis, new theory is explored to optimize the present value of the project balance ( -
Metanetwork Analysis for Project Task Assignment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Early studies of project planning endorsed a task-centric method, such as the program evaluation and review technique (PERT), that assigns relationships and tasks based upon the logical sequences of construction. This ... -
Risk Assessment of Competitive Procurement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)A method is proposed to evaluate the risk of cost growth in competitively procured construction projects. It uses computer records of past bid data and an inferential statistical technique to simultaneously assign projects ... -
Sociotechnical Systems of Fatal Electrical Injuries in the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The construction industry experiences the greatest proportion of workplace electrical injuries globally. Much research effort has gone toward analyzing this phenomenon, yet a majority of which focused on isolated elements ... -
Quantitative Analysis of Rate-Driven and Due Date–Driven Construction: Production Efficiency, Supervision, and Controllability in Residential Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Concerns about production efficiency, quality, and affordability in the residential construction indicate there may be benefits in adopting alternative production control strategies to those traditionally used. Reducing ... -
Project Quality and Change Performance Differences Associated with the Use of Building Information Modeling in Design and Construction Projects: Univariate and Multivariate Analyses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Building information modeling (BIM) has garnered significant attention in the past several years as a process that can positively impact the performance of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) projects. This ... -
A Novel Machine Learning Model for Estimation of Sale Prices of Real Estate Units
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Predicting the price of housing is of paramount importance for near-term economic forecasting of any nation. This paper presents a novel and comprehensive model for estimating the price of new housing in any given city at ... -
Graphical-Based Method for Transient Evaluation of Construction Operations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)Construction operations involve complex resource interactions and are typically performed in the field with exogenous factors such as inclement weather conditions and equipment breakdowns. The complexity of resource ... -
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