Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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A Tripartite Governance Strategy for Infrastructure REITs Considering Tax Incentives and Antiavoidance Regulations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Tax incentives are a powerful driver for the development of infrastructure real estate investment trusts (REITs). Complementary antiavoidance regulations are essential to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of ... -
Examining the Barriers to the Adoption of IoT-Based Technologies in Green Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Although the adoption of Internet of Things (IoTs) for green buildings (GBs) has attracted significant attention from researchers and practitioners in the construction sector, few studies have investigated the barriers to ... -
Evaluation of Construction Worker Perceptions of Wearable Proximity Sensors during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)During the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing was a critical measure to reduce the exposure risk. Restrictions pushed many work settings to develop out-of-the-box solutions to accommodate the requirements, such as contact ... -
Evaluation Model for Crack Detection with Deep Learning: Improved Confusion Matrix Based on Linear Features
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Damage due to cracking can be detected through either manual visual methods or machine vision techniques for early prevention and maintenance. In recent years, image-based deep learning methods have emerged as potent tools ... -
Ergonomic Risk Mitigation through Workforce Planning for Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Construction workers are facing significant ergonomic risks, which negatively affect their health, safety, and productivity, and therefore it is essential to develop effective and applicable risk control measures. In ... -
Enhancing Worker Safety: Real-Time Automated Detection of Personal Protective Equipment to Prevent Falls from Heights at Construction Sites Using Improved YOLOv8 and Edge Devices
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Personal protective equipment (PPE), including helmets, harnesses, and lanyards, is pivotal in preventing falls from heights at construction sites. However, ensuring consistent and correct usage of PPE presents a significant ... -
Enhancing the Production Performance of Prefabricated Buildings through the Integrated Optimization of Precast Component Layout and Worker Allocation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The layout of precast components (PCs) made of concrete materials on movable mold tables not only affects the number of movable mold tables but also impacts worker allocation during production. However, previous studies, ... -
Enhanced Risk-Based Quality Control for Hydraulic Engineering Construction Projects Considering the Risk-Influencing Mechanism
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Construction inspection is essential for maintaining the quality of hydraulic engineering projects. Due to the inefficiency and inaccuracy of existing inspection methods, a risk-based approach has been explored to identify ... -
Enhanced Highway Project Clustering Framework to Support Project Cost Estimation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)State highway agencies (SHAs) frequently need to cluster projects based on their scope similarity to support various construction planning tasks such as cost estimation. Few recent studies have presented systematic methods ... -
A Streamlined Laser Scanning Verticality Check Method for Installation of Prefabricated Wall Panels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Installation quality check is essential for ensuring the construction quality of prefabrication construction. The existing techniques for assessing the installation quality of prefabricated wall panels heavily depend on ... -
A Rigorous Examination of Twelve Cutting-Edge Machine-Learning Techniques for Predicting Time and Cost in Tunneling Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study aimed to investigate and analyze the performance of twelve machine learning (ML) algorithms in estimating the construction time and cost of drill and blast tunnels. Thirteen tunnels located in different regions ... -
Dual-Path Influence of Risk Perception on Construction Workers’ Safety Participation and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Working in risky environments, construction workers’ actions to contribute to cultivating a safety-oriented environment (i.e., safety participation) have consistently emerged as a leading factor in construction safety ... -
A Process-Improvement Method for Implementing Earned Value–Based Project Management in Organizations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Project monitoring has become crucial to the success of organizations in an increasingly competitive industrial environment. As such, earned value management (EVM) is an essential part of project cost control. Over the ... -
Discovering Workers’ Actions Leading to Severe Construction Accidents Using Accident Report Data and Sequence Mining Techniques
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Historical construction accident reports have been widely used to gain insights into the primary causes of past incidents in construction. Previous studies have successfully identified accident causes and affected body ... -
A Novel Real-Time Torque Prediction of EPB Shield in Mixed Ground Using Machine Learning Method Based on Geological Knowledge Fusion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Intelligent tunneling has become a necessary technology in urban underground development. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have been widely used in predicting earth pressure balance shield (EPBS) machine tunneling; however, ... -
Deep Learning and Blockchain-Driven Contract Theory: Alleviate Gender Bias in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In the construction industry, the advent of teleoperation and robotic technologies is revolutionizing traditional recruitment practices, introducing new criteria for identifying qualified workers. This evolution presents ... -
Cost–Benefit Analysis of Four-Party Construction Safety Supervision
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accidents are frequent in the construction industry, where managerial negligence and inadequate safety supervision are significant factors that contribute to these safety incidents. However, existing research tended to ... -
Cost Overrun Risk Assessment for Healthcare Projects: A Modified Fuzzy Group Decision-Making Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study investigated the myriad risk factors contributing to cost overruns in healthcare construction projects. It determined the impact of managerial, financial, workerpower, and environmental considerations, focusing ... -
Contactless Vital-Sign Monitoring of Construction Machinery Operators Using Millimeter-Wave Technology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accidents related to construction machinery primarily result from operators engaging in unsafe behavior. Continuous monitoring of the vital signs of heavy machinery operators is necessary to enable timely intervention in ... -
Construction Quality Hazard Management with Deep Learning–Based Multimodal Storage Strategy–Enabled Blockchain
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Hazard-related data are a critical component in construction quality hazard management (CQHM). However, data security and latency issues in CQHM cannot be guaranteed in centralized systems currently and prevent it from ...