Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1481-1500 of 2734
-
State of Practice of Building Information Modeling in the Mechanical Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The North American construction industry has seen a decline in productivity for decades due to underlying problems such as lack of team collaboration, less initial design input, and higher building systems complexity. These ... -
Factors Influencing Construction Labor Productivity in Egypt
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Construction is a labor-intensive industry. Therefore, construction labor productivity is of critical importance to the profitability of most construction projects. Many construction industry sectors have been experiencing ... -
“Top-Down-Bottom-Up” Methodology as a Common Approach to Defining Bespoke Sets of Sustainability Assessment Criteria for the Built Environment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The top-down-bottom-up (TDBU) methodology for defining bespoke sets of sustainability criteria for specific civil engineering project types is introduced and discussed. The need to define sustainability criteria for specific ... -
Integrating Infrastructure and Clinical Management in PPPs for Health Care
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The worldwide development of health care infrastructures and services has been increasingly founded on public-private partnerships (PPPs). Led by the benefits of this procurement model, governments felt tempted to engage ... -
Quantification of Scenarios and Stakeholders Influencing Priorities for Risk Mitigation in Infrastructure Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Addressing scenarios of emergent and future conditions is essential to develop robust priorities for infrastructure systems including energy, water, communications, and transportation. Such scenarios represent the perspectives, ... -
Compromise Ranking Approach with Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Risk Assessment in Port Management Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Risk management of port projects relies on the sequential analysis of management activities, which results in project-specific responses for reducing risk. Risk assessment has previously been investigated in port projects; ... -
Project Complexity Mapping in Five Dimensions for Complex Transportation Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Traditional three-dimensional project management theory is based on optimizing the cost-schedule-technical dimensions. Recent studies in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have shown that the current project management ... -
Framework of Manufacturer and Supplier Relationship in the Manufactured Housing Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)In an increasingly competitive marketplace, purchasing and supplier relationships are becoming a strategic function and a key factor for supply chain management in the manufactured housing (MH) industry. However, little ... -
Study of the Relationship between Procurement Duration and Project Performance in Design-Build Projects: Comparison between Water/Wastewater and Transportation Sectors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Previous studies on building, industrial, and transportation projects found that projects delivered using design-build tend to perform better than projects delivered with the traditional design-bid-build method. However, ... -
Using the Thermal Work Limit as an Environmental Determinant of Heat Stress for Construction Workers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Construction workers are vulnerable to heat stress in summer as evidenced by deaths and injuries caused by heat stroke. Over the past centuries, many heat-stress indices have been developed to assist with the management ... -
Analysis of Construction Innovation Process at Project Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)In the construction sector, innovation is cocreated in a multiparty environment and shaped by the requirements of the project. Therefore, the analysis of innovation at the project level is essential. This research investigates ... -
Development of Network-Level Project Screening Methods Supporting the 4-Year Pavement Management Plan in Texas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The Texas DOT (TXDOT) is concerned about the widening gap between pavement preservation needs and available funding. Thus, the TXDOT Austin district pavement engineer (DPE) has investigated methods to strategically allocate ... -
Motivational Factors Impacting the Productivity of Construction Master Craftsmen in Kuwait
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)In today’s global economic conditions, improving the productivity of the construction industry is becoming more pressing than ever. Several factors impact the efficiency of construction operatives, but motivation is among ... -
Factors Formulating the Competitiveness of the Chinese Construction Industry: Empirical Investigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The competitiveness of the construction industry is significantly affected by various factors, such as abundant manpower, integrated performance of supporting industries, and government support. The construction industry ... -
Applying Six Sigma to Quality Improvement in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Taiwan is in a seismically active zone because it is located in the earthquake-prone Pacific ring of fire. The cracks in lightweight partition walls caused by frequent earthquakes decrease customer satisfaction and increase ... -
Measuring the Networking Performance for Contractors in Practicing Construction Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The construction industry is recognized as being project-based and is fragmented in nature. Problems such as poor communication, mistrust, lack of cohesion, and adversarial relationships among project stakeholders are often ... -
Developing Construction Professional Services in the International Market: SWOT Analysis of China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Construction professional services (CPSs), such as architecture, engineering, and consultancy, are not only high value-added profit centers in their own right but also have a knock-on effect on other businesses, such as ... -
Comparative Study of Traditional and Group Decision Support–Supported Value Management Workshops
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Value management (VM) participants often encounter problems of lack of active participation in addition to insufficient time and information in decision analysis. Group decision support systems (GDSS) have been proposed ... -
Lean Construction Conformance among Construction Contractors in Turkey
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Lean construction is the term that corresponds to the reflection of the production system developed at the Toyota Corporation (automotive industry) on the construction industry. Turkish contractors constitute a large portion ... -
Influence of Project and Marketing Management on Delays, Penalties, and Project Quality in Slovene Organizations in the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Understanding the effect of managing on organizations is both a theoretical and applicative problem. Project and marketing management has recently become common terminology. For positive outcomes, Slovenian construction ...