Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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The Things That Hurt People Are Not the Same as the Things That Kill People: Key Differences in the Proximal Causes of Low- and High-Severity Construction Injuries
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The safety profession has been shaped by the assumption that there is a fixed ratio of low- to high-severity injuries and the notion that injuries of all severity levels share the same general causes. There is now very ... -
Block Planning Based on Grid’s Topology for the Dismantling of Long-Span Spatial Lattice Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The demolition issue of long-span spatial lattice structures has become increasingly prominent with the rapid urban development and building upgrades. Building deconstruction offers superior economic and environmental ... -
Internal Damage Detection in Reinforced Concrete Member Using Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Nondestructive Testing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Damage detection in structurally reinforced concrete elements is a vital topic for structural health monitoring and for assessing the capacity of reinforced concrete members. In this regard, many destructive tests exist ... -
Determining Factors Influencing BIM Adoption: A Competency-Driven Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Building information modeling (BIM) adoption has received increasing attention over the past two decades due to its potential to revolutionize the built asset industry. Several different characteristics, facilitators, and ... -
Policy Effect on Technology Innovation in Prefabricated Buildings: An Empirical Study Using the Difference-in-Differences Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Technology innovation in prefabricated buildings (PBs) is an important way to realize transformation upgrading and green development for the construction industry. The existing literature focuses on the influence of different ... -
Trust, Team Effectiveness, and Strategies: A Comparative Study between Virtual and Face-to-Face Teams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread implementation of virtual teams (VTs) in the built environment industry, transitioning the industry to virtualization. However, to our best knowledge, studies are limited on ... -
Automatically Categorizing Construction Accident Narratives Using the Deep-Learning Model with a Class-Imbalance Treatment Technique
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Learning from prior incidents is crucial for improving safety, particularly in the construction industry where fatalities and injuries are frequent. High-precision classification of construction accident narratives is a ... -
Strategic Workforce Planning for Production of Prefabricated Bathroom Units: An Advanced Markovian Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Producing prefabricated bathroom units (PBUs) involves a dry installation method that heavily relies on human labor. Therefore, strategically accomplishing efficient and agile workforce planning emphasizes the critical ... -
Prediction of the Lateral Pressure of Self-Consolidating Concrete on Construction Formwork Systems Using Machine-Learning Algorithms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Construction firms face considerable challenges in relation to finding cost-effective formwork solutions to meet increased construction demands. Project stakeholders have relied on self-consolidating concrete (SCC) to speed ... -
BIM-Based and IoT-Driven Smart Tracking for Precast Construction Dynamic Scheduling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Precast construction offers multiple benefits, encompassing heightened productivity, an enhanced working environment, and significant waste reduction. Timely delivery of precast components (PCs) is of paramount importance ... -
Development of an Integrated Hybrid Risk Assessment System for Construction Disputes during the Preconstruction Phase Using the Delphi Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This paper proposes a hybrid conceptual and performance assessment integrated dispute risk system that enables construction professionals to evaluate, track, and manage construction disputes. It establishes a correlation ... -
Lightweight Active Soft Back Exosuit for Construction Workers in Lifting Tasks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Low back pain (LBP) is prevalent among construction workers, which causes many LBP sufferers, and consequently leads to corresponding economic and skilled workforce losses. Back exoskeletons are verified to be effective ... -
Peer Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement of Chinese Construction Firms through Board Interlocking Ties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The engagement of construction firms in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained strategic importance in facilitating the long-lasting transformation of the construction industry, particularly in light of the ... -
Persistence of Women in the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The construction industry, traditionally male-dominated, faces notable turnover among women. The rise in female graduates compared with their low industry retention highlights a need for systemic changes to create a more ... -
Practical Deployment of BIM-Interoperable Voice-Based Intelligent Virtual Agent Support Construction Worker Productivity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry in the US faces increasing labor shortages while accumulating downward productivity trends. Previous research efforts have shown that lack of timely access to ... -
Crane Signalman Hand-Signal Classification Framework Using Sensor-Based Smart Construction Glove and Machine-Learning Algorithms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)On construction sites, the principal means of communication between crane operator and crane signalman is mainly hand signaling. Often these hand signals are received and interpreted incorrectly, leading to communication ... -
Measuring Habituation to Auditory Warnings Using Behavioral and Physiological Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Habituation to auditory warnings is a phenomenon where an individual exposed to frequent auditory warnings responds slowly to them. Repetitive auditory warnings are triggered to prevent struck-by accidents in blind spots ... -
Integrating the Last Planner System and Immersive Virtual Reality: Exploring the Social Mechanisms Produced by Using LPS in Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Over the last 30 years, the last planner system (LPS), as a Lean-driven production planning and control tool, has consistently demonstrated its capability to improve planning reliability and overall performance in ... -
Impact of Using a Formalized Methodology for Conflict Detection Based on 4D-BIM
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In construction projects, when resources assigned to two or more simultaneous activities share the same workspace, they generate time-space conflicts associated with congestion, safety, and quality issues. The use of ... -
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Design Automation: A Two-Stage Framework for Structure Configuration and Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Civil engineering design problems are inherently complex, characterized by iterative processes, multiple criteria, and time-consuming manual design work. Traditional methods often struggle to rapidly reach optimal designs, ...