Managing change order is a critical area of concern in the construction industry, owing to the resulting disputes, claims, productivity losses, delays, and cost repercussions. There have been various studies proposing both ...

Construction projects often face various uncertainties during their execution. Even if planned project schedules are optimal with respect to time or cost, their implementation may be affected by these uncertainties, resulting ...

Analogous to Industry 4.0, we have the advent of Construction 4.0, a transformative process wherein digital technology and digitalization affect every phase of the life cycle of construction projects, from the design and ...

Because workers’ abnormal psychophysiological responses (e.g., high levels of stress and fatigue) are directly or indirectly linked to disorders and accidents at construction sites, monitoring workers’ abnormal ...

The project-based nature of construction means that a unique team of designers, contractors, and specialty trade partners must be assembled for the delivery of each new asset. The decisions around how these parties are ...

Prefabricated buildings have the advantages of efficiency, green, and sustainability. However, high cost seriously restricts the development and application of prefabricated buildings. The existing literature mainly focuses ...

Research in construction engineering and management (CEM) is increasingly examining the complex interactions among people and their environment. This work benefits from qualitative methodologies that center the intersection ...

Passage of overweighted commercial vehicles is one of the significant causes of damage to the pavement and structural components of bridges. Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems can currently detect real-time traffic data; however, ...

Many companies in the construction industry have recently expressed a particular interest in undertaking digital transformation by adopting new technologies in an attempt to increase productivity and quality. In responding ...

Research on prioritizing construction activities that are critical to the timely completion of projects rests on a range of indexes that attempt to identify the critical path and capture uncertainty in the duration of ...