Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Forecasting Private-Sector Construction Works: VAR Model Using Economic Indicators
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Accurately modeling and forecasting construction works completed by main contractors is pivotal for policymakers, who require reliable market intelligence to adjust or develop optimal labor and housing policies. Yet, despite ... -
Support for Organizational Change: Change-Readiness Outcomes among AEC Project Teams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)A major area of innovation within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry involves the re-engineering of project delivery processes, yet successful implementation of such processes requires a significant ... -
Design Optimization of Concrete-Slab Forms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)This paper presents a design optimization method for all-wood concrete-slab forms. This procedure was formulated to provide for a safe slab-form design with minimum cost. It considers in its design process the cost of each ... -
Handling Unbalanced Bidding in Construction Projects: Prevention Rather Than Detection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Unbalanced bidding is a common practice associated with both unit price and lump sum contracts. This practice is not usually in the owner’s best interests and is used in different forms by contractors for various reasons. ... -
Analysis of Fatalities Recorded by OSHA
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has had the long-standing mandate to promulgate standards and to enforce them. Another mandate is for OSHA to collect injury and illness information. While vast ... -
Identification of Waste Types and Their Root Causes in Green-Building Project Delivery Process
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Time-related and cost-related waste through design and construction phases of the Green Building (GB) project delivery process are much higher than that of Nongreen Buildings (NGBs). Although prior studies have identified ... -
Application of Weibull Analysis to Evaluate and Forecast Schedule Performance in Repetitive Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Construction managers regularly monitor projects to ensure that the project performance is under control. The earned value method (EVM) is a widely used tool to forecast project cost and time at completion. However, the ... -
Union and Open Shop Labor Cost Differences
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)One area within the construction industry that has dramatically changed is the growth of open shop construction. This growth suggests that open shop general contractors may have a competitive advantage over union general ... -
Credibility Evaluation of Project Duration Forecast Using Forecast Sensitivity and Forecast-Risk Compatibility
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper presents a credibility evaluation framework (CEF) that analytically evaluates deterministic project duration forecasts to detect false early warnings and misleading trends. The CEF consists of forecast sensitivity ... -
Influence Factors of Learning-Curve Effect in High-Rise Building Constructions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Learning-curve theory has been applied to construction activities due to their labor-intensive and repetitive features. However, previous research argued that the effect of the learning curve does not exist in construction ... -
Attribute-Based Safety Risk Assessment. I: Analysis at the Fundamental Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Quantifying safety risks and performing comparative analyses is an emerging research field. Unfortunately, current risk assessment strategies are problematic because they require every new infrastructure feature and ... -
Effects of Teamwork Climate on Cooperation in Crossfunctional Temporary Multi-Organization Workgroups
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)In this study, the formative roles of common goals, equal status, integrative interactions, and authority support as the optimal factors for engendering individuals’ cooperation with their proximal crossfunctional project ... -
Multicriteria Selection of the Building Material Supplier Using AHP and Fuzzy AHP
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)When selecting a building material supplier, contractors may take into consideration a large number of criteria that are often subjective and hard to measure. Including them all in the evaluation may be beneficial, yet in ... -
Construction Documentation in Arbitration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)This paper focuses on how arbitrators perceive the effects of poor project documentation on the arbitration process, and what advice arbitrators would give construction professionals to help them properly record project ... -
Discussion of “‘Claimsmanship’: Current Perspective” by Donald Thackston
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Empirical Perspective on Activity Durations for Project-Management Simulation Studies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Simulation has played an important role in project-management studies of the last decades, but in order for them to produce practical results, a realistic distribution model for activity durations is indispensable. The ... -
Computers and Construction—Midcareer Reflections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995)Midcareer reflections based on work combining computers and construction leave an appreciation for the rapid progress that has taken place in both fields in recent decades. Computers have brought many benefits in helping ... -
Facade Topography in Masonry Failure Investigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)Masonry failure investigation often requires the documentation of the surface condition of walls. The types of information required for a masonry surface condition survey are Ksted. Among these is surface topography to ... -
Closure to “<i>Probabilistic Estimating: Mathematics and Applications</i>” by James E. Diekmann (September, 1983)
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Volatility Forecast of Construction Cost Index Using General Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastic Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The