Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Proposed System for Measuring Project Performance Using Process-Based Key Performance Indicators
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Despite some evidence of its usefulness, performance measurement by using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the construction industry also has its critics. Among the shortcomings attributed to existing KPIs is the fact ... -
Public–Private Partnership Risk Factors in Emerging Countries: BOOT Illustrative Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)A public–private partnership (PPP) is an agreement between a host government and a private entity in which the private sector supplies infrastructure assets and services that are traditionally provided by the government. ... -
Market Structure and Organizational Performance of Construction Organizations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The structure of a market can be described by how the market is composed of firms of different sizes and how these firms are diversified into different subsectors. In construction, few empirical studies exist on organizational ... -
Fuzzy Set Theory Approach for Measuring the Performance of Relationship-Based Construction Projects in Australia
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Research into performance measures for relationship-based construction projects becomes crucial because of an increasing trend of client organizations to adopt a relationship-based (or relational contracting) approach to ... -
Critical Analysis of Partnering Research Trend in Construction Journals
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Over the past two decades, significant literature has been dedicated to research studies on construction partnering and related issues, and a plethora of underlying theories and industrial practices on partnering application ... -
Information Management in UK-Based Architecture and Engineering Organizations: Drivers, Constraining Factors, and Barriers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The need to improve collaborative working, knowledge sharing, and operational effectiveness has made effective Information Management a growing priority for Architecture and Engineering (A & E) organizations in the UK ... -
Hidden Ecological Potentials in the Production of Materials for Swiss Road Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Sustainability has become a major concern in the field of civil infrastructures in recent years. Developing road construction projects with lower ecological impacts over a project’s entire life cycle can help in making ... -
Web-Based Project Management Framework for Dredging Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper describes a project management framework for dredging projects (PMFD) developed to facilitate the performance of dredging projects. The framework uses established project management techniques, a Web-based project ... -
Energy-Saving Techniques for Reducing CO2 Emissions in Elementary Schools
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Global warming has grown into a significantly intense global issue, prompting all nations to exert various efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emission, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ... -
Low-Cost Bioenergy Options for Rural India
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)By using a decentralized energy-planning (DEP) approach, this paper shows that biomass-based energy systems have the potential to meet all the rural energy needs from village to district level. DEP has been formulated and ... -
Recession Effects in United States Public Sector Construction Contracting: Focus on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was enacted to support the economy in response to the 2008–2009 global recession. The injection of construction funds into the public sector put pressure on public ... -
Motivating Knowledge Sharing in Engineering and Construction Organizations: Power of Social Motivations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Knowledge management initiatives have proliferated in recent years because of the desire to have employees share their knowledge throughout the organization. However, in practice, many of these initiatives fail to achieve ... -
Sustainable Energy Challenges for Civil Engineering Management
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Optimization of Bid-Winning Potential and Capital Structure for Build-Operate-Transfer Road Projects in India
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Build/Operate/Transfer (BOT) arrangement has gained wide acceptance across the world for providing public infrastructure. Such arrangements, which reallocate risks and rewards between public and private sectors, present ... -
Measuring Bridge Construction Efficiency Using the Wireless Real-Time Video Monitoring System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)To enhance the efficiency of bridge construction, the wireless real-time video monitoring system (WRITE) was developed. Utilizing the advanced technologies of computer vision and artificial neural networks, the developed ... -
Evaluating Award-Winning BIM Projects Using the National Building Information Model Standard Capability Maturity Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a tool useful for the strategic management in the implementation of building information modeling (BIM) for an organization. This ... -
Safety-Knowledge Management in American Construction Organizations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Despite improvements in safety performance over the past 30 years, the construction industry still accounts for an injury-and-illness rate that is approximately five times greater than the all-industry average. This ... -
Critical Success Factors for Bond Financing of Construction Projects in Asia
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Although bonds have been commonly used for financing construction works in developed countries such as the United States, Asian governments would like to see their construction growth increasingly funded by alternative ... -
IOP Tool: Assessing the Benefits and Hindrances of Information Integration Implementation Opportunities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper presents a tool assessing the benefits and hindrances of specific information integration opportunities (IOP) identified by firms for potential implementation. Firms face numerous choices about which of many ... -
Impact of Engine Idling on Fuel Use and CO2 Emissions of Nonroad Diesel Construction Equipment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)It is difficult to quantitatively assess the impact of engine idling on fuel use and emissions of construction equipment because of a lack of sufficient data. This paper presents a methodology for evaluating the impact of ...