Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Stochastic Forecast of Construction Cost Index Using a Cointegrated Vector Autoregression Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The construction cost index (CCI) has been widely used to measure the cost trend in the construction industry. The index is used as an important input when estimating construction budgets and assessing risks in resource ... -
Knowledge Management for Risk Hedging by Construction Material Suppliers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The cost of construction materials has significantly increased in recent years, and construction material suppliers have started to utilize investment derivatives to mitigate risks. While much knowledge has been established ... -
Design of an Infrastructure Project Using a Point-Based Methodology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Our experience in engineering education and practice indicates that methodologies for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) design management are characterized only to a limited extent. In domains other than ... -
Benefits of On-Site Design to Project Performance Measures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The timely and effective transfer of knowledge and information among project disciplines is of paramount importance for project success. As such, strategies aiming at the incorporation of construction expertise in the ... -
Quantitative SWOT Analysis of Public Housing Delivery by Public–Private Partnerships in China Based on the Perspective of the Public Sector
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Facing the challenges of the global financial crisis, the Chinese government planned to build far more public housing than can be provided by the government alone. Meanwhile, the capability of Chinese governments to provide ... -
Interrelationships among Critical Success Factors of Construction Projects Based on the Structural Equation Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Clearly identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) of construction projects and a good understanding of the interrelationships among CSFs will help project managers focus on the control of key factors and allow them ... -
Time, Cost, and Environmental Impact Analysis on Construction Operation Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Environmentally conscious construction has become a subject of research during the last decades. Even though construction literature involves plenty of studies that emphasize the importance of environmental impact during ... -
Improving Megasite Management Performance through Incentives: Lessons Learned from the Shanghai Expo Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)As the biggest expo site in history, construction of the Shanghai Expo site faced a lot of challenges, including involvement of lots of investors, megaconstruction scale, concurrent construction mode, involvement of more ... -
Causes of Delay in Road Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The construction industry is one of the main sectors that provides important ingredients for the development of an economy. However, many projects experience extensive delays and thereby exceed initial time and cost ... -
Country Portfolio Solutions for Global Market Uncertainties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Global market uncertainties such as unpredicted recession and recovery arise simultaneously at the country level or wider. These uncertainties weaken traditional project-based risk management to control contractors’ revenue ... -
Which Strategies Are More Effective for International Contractors during Boom and Recession Periods?
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Given the global financial crisis and other plummeting market conditions in 2008, the international construction market moved from boom to recession. Although this recession is expected to be completed soon, many international ... -
Insurance Pricing for Windstorm-Susceptible Developments: Bootstrapping Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Natural disasters have resulted in record losses for the last 50 years. Decision makers are rightly concerned about the vulnerability of their economies for which they have to make, under uncertainty, complex investment ... -
Methodology for Assessing the Sustainability of Metro Systems Based on Emergy Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The sustainability of a metro system is important not only to itself but also to local socioeconomic development. However, very few methodologies can be found for assessing the sustainability of metro systems, especially ... -
Evaluation of Design-Builder Qualifications through the Analysis of Requests for Qualifications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The two-phase best-value process has been widely used by public agencies for Design and Build (DB) procurement, with a key issue in the first phase of prequalification the determination of evaluation criteria. This study ... -
Ant Colony Optimization for Multimode Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)An ant colony optimization (ACO)-based methodology for solving a multimode resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP) with the objective of minimizing project duration is presented. With regards to the need ... -
Project-Level Assessment of Environmental Impact: Ecosystem Services Approach to Sustainable Management and Development
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Project firms currently have little incentive to incorporate environmental considerations into infrastructure development or management decisions beyond those that are either regulated or subject to public perception. This ... -
Performance Risk Associated with Renewable Energy CDM Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The clean development mechanism (CDM), part of the Kyoto Protocol to combat rising carbon emissions, allows projects to proceed in developing countries in return for providing carbon credits to developed countries. The ... -
Decision Support System for Housing Developers in Developing Countries under Uncertain Buyer Behavior
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The financing of housing projects is an essential component for solving the housing problem in developing countries. Traditional cash flow models for housing developments do not consider the stochastic nature of buyer ... -
Prices of Highway Resurfacing Projects in Economic Downturn: Lessons Learned and Strategies Forward
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)It was observed that economic downturns were typically associated with oil price shocks. Based on historical construction data from highway resurfacing projects in Kentucky, this paper investigates the relationship between ... -
Evaluating Public-Private Partnership Organizational Alternatives for Existing Toll Roads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Public-private partnership (P3) agreements on existing toll roads in the United States have raised critical questions pertaining to the true costs and benefits associated with these agreements for all stakeholders. Of ...