Journal of Construction Engineering and Management: Recent submissions
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Cost Comparison of Highway Rest Area Operations: In-House Workforce versus Outsourcing Methods
(ASCE, 5/23/2023 )State departments of transportation (DOTs) typically use one of three approaches to operate highway rest areas (RAs): in-house workforce, method-based contracting (MBC), and performance-based contracting (PBC). State DOTs ... -
Sequential Machine Learning for Activity Sequence Prediction from Daily Work Report Data
(ASCE, 6/28/2023 )It is critical for project owners to have a reasonable estimation of project duration before the letting date for contract time determination and project management purposes. To determine the project duration, highway ... -
The Integrated Problem of Construction Project Scheduling and Multiskilled Staff Assignment with Learning Effect
(ASCE, 5/29/2023 )Effective multiskill resource scheduling requires comprehensive workforce assignments. Drawing on the multiskill project scheduling problem perspective, this study investigates the integrated problem of project scheduling ... -
Workability Properties of Specified Density Concrete with Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Tailings Added as a Lightweight Aggregate
(ASCE, 5/19/2023 )The application of municipal solid waste incineration tailings lightweight aggregate (MSWI-TLA) for reducing carbon emissions, energy consumption, and environmental pollution of bulk solid waste treatment has received ... -
Discretized Cell Modeling for Optimal Layout of Multiple Tower Cranes
(ASCE, 6/6/2023 1)Multiple tower crane layout planning (MTCLP) refers to the selection of the types, quantities, and positions of tower cranes and material storage positions. In a construction project, choosing tower cranes with a larger ... -
Research on the Differences between Risk-Factor Attention and Risk Losses in PPP Projects
(ASCE, 7/14/2023 )Public–private partnership (PPP) project risk management through risk-factor attention has been widely studied for a long time; however, it remains unknown whether the attention degree of risk indicators corresponds to ... -
Using Machine Learning to Improve Cost and Duration Prediction Accuracy in Green Building Projects
(ASCE, 5/22/2023 )A major source of risk in green building projects (GBPs) is inaccurate human prediction of the final project cost and duration, which in turn results in cost and schedule overruns (i.e., poor project performance). ... -
Identification and Classification of Physical Fatigue in Construction Workers Using Linear and Nonlinear Heart Rate Variability Measurements
(ASCE, 5/12/2023 )Several studies have analyzed heart rate variability (HRV) using nonlinear methods, such as approximate entropy, the largest Lyapunov exponent, and correlation dimension in patients with cardiovascular disorders. However, ... -
Construction Risk Management in Iraq during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges to Implementation and Efficacy of Practices
(ASCE, 7/11/2023 )The main challenges and barriers facing the effective implementation of risk management (RM) practices in the construction industry have increased the ceiling of challenges associated with the implementation of construction ... -
A Blockchain-Based Parametric Model Library for Knowledge Sharing in Building Information Modeling Collaboration
(ASCE, 8/24/2023 )A building lifecycle consists of multiple domains, and building information modeling (BIM) applications involve cross-domain knowledge exchange. In the knowledge spiral theory proposed by Nonaka, externalization facilitates ... -
Cost-Weighted TF-IDF: A Novel Approach for Measuring Highway Project Similarity Based on Pay Items’ Cost Composition and Term Frequency
(ASCE, 6/6/2023 1)State highway agencies (SHAs) often need to cluster or bundle projects in accordance with their scope similarity for various construction management tasks, including historical data-driven time, cost estimating, and project ... -
Integrating Inverse Photogrammetry and a Deep Learning–Based Point Cloud Segmentation Approach for Automated Generation of BIM Models
(ASCE, 6/22/2023 )Automatically converting three-dimensional (3D) point clouds into building information modeling (BIM) has been an active research area over the past few years. However, existing solutions in the literature have been suffering ... -
Decision Framework for Efficient Risk Mitigation in BOT Highway Infrastructure Service Projects
(ASCE, 6/28/2023 )Revenue risk is the most critical factor that hampers the long-term viability of highway infrastructure service projects. This paper develops an integrated multi-method decision framework to evaluate and compare multiple ... -
Listen to the Companies: Exploring BIM Job Competency Requirements by Text Mining of Recruitment Information in China
(ASCE, 6/23/2023 )Building information modeling (BIM) is a pivotal technology to realizing the digital transformation of the construction industry. Lack of BIM professionals, however, is one of the reasons the application of BIM technology ... -
Demystifying Critical Success Factors for Applying Value Management in Construction Projects along the Belt and Road Regions: Focus Group Study
(ASCE, 6/1/2023 1)The Belt and Road (B&R) initiative creates a highly competitive and dynamic environment and cooperation network for construction projects in specific regions. By using the experience of other countries, construction ... -
Geographical Imbalance and Influential Characteristics of the Green Building Market
(ASCE, 7/25/2023 )Green buildings have gained increasing momentum during the past decade, evidenced by an uptick in green building construction worldwide. To facilitate green building development, it is crucial to understand the current ... -
Environmental Impact and Cost Assessment for Reusing Waste during End-of-Life Activities on Building Projects
(ASCE, 7/31/2023 )The construction industry contributes significantly to global environmental loads with massive amounts of construction and demolition waste (CDW) ending up in landfills. To address the need for efficient CDW management, ... -
Network Embeddedness, Relationship Norms, and Cooperative Behavior: Analysis Based on Evolution of Construction Project Network
(ASCE, 6/17/2023 )The development of cooperative relationships among project participants makes relationship norms an important governance mechanism to promote cooperative behavior. However, the research on relationship norms mostly ignored ... -
Using Fuzzy Inference Systems for Lean Management Strategies in Construction Project Delivery
(ASCE, 7/3/2023 1)When using lean waste management in construction project delivery, computational methodologies are currently an innovative technology for the implementation of efficient and effective improvement strategies in the development ... -
Crane Mat Layout Optimization Based on Agent-Based Greedy and Reinforcement-Learning Approach
(ASCE, 6/5/2023 1)The growing prevalence of modular construction, while it offers benefits in terms of productivity and sustainability, has led to increased use of heavy mobile cranes and related resources on construction sites. One significant ...