Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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VR-RET: A Virtual Reality–Based Approach for Real-Time Ergonomics Training on Industrialized Construction Tasks
(ASCE, 7/28/2023 )Real-time assessment of the ergonomic risks to which workers are exposed at a workstation and the provision of real-time corrective feedback intervention to workers play an essential role in improving safety in the workplace ... -
The Moderating Effect of Optimism Bias on Ambivalence of Workers’ Unsafe Behaviors
(ASCE, 7/11/2023 )Ambivalence brings great uncertainty to workers’ decision making of intentional unsafe behaviors. It is of great theoretical and practical significance to find the factors that have significant regulating effect on workers’ ... -
System Dynamic Modeling to Study the Impact of Construction Industry Characteristics and Associated Macroeconomic Indicators on Workforce Size and Labor Retention Rate
(ASCE, 8/2/2023 1)Limited skilled labor has been one of the greatest challenges facing the construction industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exaggerated the already strained construction labor market, leading to an additional negative ... -
Root Cause of Cost Overrun Risks in Public Sector Social Housing Programs in SIDS: Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation
(ASCE, 8/22/2023 )Cost overruns (COs) in public sector social housing programs (PSSHPs) will continue unabated without immediate intervention to resolve the ad hoc amalgamation of root cause ontologies. This study applied a fuzzy synthetic ... -
Liability of Foreignness in Public-Private Partnership Projects
(ASCE, 7/7/2023 1)With an increasing number of multinational enterprises (MNEs) participating in public-private partnership (PPP) projects worldwide, the liability of foreignness in project construction and management become a manifested ... -
Visual Workload Leveling and Zoning Using Work Density Method for Construction Process Planning
(ASCE, 8/4/2023 1)A method for construction process planning is presented together with a visualization and computing support tool named ViWoLZo-2. The method is based on the work density construct that depicts the time a trade contractor ... -
Decision-Making Model for Evaluating Joint Venture Contractors in Construction of Complex Infrastructure Megaprojects
(ASCE, 6/17/2023 )Due to the complexity of infrastructure megaprojects, using joint venture contractors (JVCs) is an effective method to deliver projects. However, this process is constrained by several factors, including the quality of ... -
Realizing a Quick Partial BIM Update of Subgrade in Railway Stations
(ASCE, 6/19/2023 )A railway station subgrade (RSS) is a complex earth structure for supporting various railway facilities and its building information modeling (BIM) is an essential task in a railway station project. During the entire life ... -
Weighing Votes in Human–Machine Collaboration for Hazard Recognition: Inferring a Hazard-Based Perceptual Threshold and Decision Confidence from Electroencephalogram Wavelets
(ASCE, 7/7/2023 1)Human–machine collaboration is a promising approach to improve on-site hazard inspection because it can complement the inherent limitations of human cognitive functions. Nevertheless, research on the effective integration ... -
Impacts of Stress on Workers’ Risk-Taking Behaviors: Cognitive Tunneling and Impaired Selective Attention
(ASCE, 5/22/2023 )Working within one of the most stressful industries, construction workers face intensive stress loads that adversely affect safety and productivity. While different factors induce stress, time pressure and mental demand ... -
Developing a Hybrid Fuzzy Decision-Making Model for Sustainable Circular Contractor Selection
(ASCE, 7/26/2023 )The construction sector accounts for a significant proportion of natural resource consumption and waste generation. This reveals the essentiality for gravitating the operations in the industry toward more sustainable ... -
Linking Leader–Member Exchange and Informal Safety Communication of Construction Workers in China: A Cognitive Psychology Perspective
(ASCE, 7/17/2023 )Although leader-focused interventions to improve safety performances on construction sites have been widely proposed and discussed, the mechanism linking informal safety communication between leaders and workers is poorly ... -
A Simulation Model to Analyze Different Automation Scenarios in a Mixed-Assembly Manufacturing Line: Timber-Frame Prefabrication Industry
(ASCE, 7/17/2023 )As prefabrication of timber structures in the construction sector becomes part of the solution to overcome the housing and environmental crisis, the lack of efficiency of this industry needs to be addressed. This inefficiency, ... -
Stochastic Prediction of Road Network Degradation Based on Field Monitoring Data
(ASCE, 7/27/2023 )Asset management of pavement network requires understanding of pavement deterioration rate for cost-effective maintenance and adequate budget allocation. The pavement industry has recognized the challenge of uncertainty ... -
Dynamically Identifying and Evaluating Key Barriers to Promoting Prefabricated Buildings: Text Mining Approach
(ASCE, 6/22/2023 )Prefabricated buildings (PBs) have been widely perceived as environmentally friendly buildings and advocated globally. In many countries, the promotion rate of PBs remains slow, hindered by various barriers. With the change ... -
Enabling a Resilient Work Environment: An Analysis of Causal Relationships between Resilience Engineering Factors in Construction Refurbishment Projects
(ASCE, 6/24/2023 )By their nature, building refurbishment projects display unique characteristics, surfacing uncertainties, and complexity. These lead to unforeseen safety risks when compared to ‘new build’ projects. In recognition of this, ... -
Analysis of YouTube Comments to Inform the Design of Virtual Reality Training Simulations to Target Emotional Arousal
(ASCE, 6/23/2023 )Workplace safety remains a concern in the construction industry as fatality rates continue to rise. While hazard recognition training programs have been implemented using multimedia-based modules, their effects have not ... -
Sweat Analysis-Based Fatigue Monitoring during Construction Rebar Bending Tasks
(ASCE, 6/19/2023 )This study proposes a novel approach to monitor the fatigue levels of construction rebar benders by measuring chemical biomarkers using sweat sensors. Fatigue resulting from dehydration and energy depletion can severely ... -
How Dependence Asymmetry and Explicit Contract Shape Contractor–Subcontractor Collaboration: A Psychological Perspective of Fairness
(ASCE, 8/17/2023 )The contractor–subcontractor relationship is evolving from a traditional structure to a collaborative and partnering arrangement, leading to subcontracting project success and relationship stability as dual goals. ... -
Optimizing the Planning of Maintenance Activities in Education Buildings
(ASCE, 7/26/2023 )Thousands of aging education buildings in the US are in urgent need of maintenance to ensure their operational performance. The planning and scheduling of these maintenance activities need to be optimized to minimize their ...