Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Partnering: Contracting for the Future
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)The construction industry must seek new strategies to lower costs and to gain a competitive advantage in a changing business environment. Partnering is one approach to conducting business in this new environment. This paper ... -
Why Project Peer Review?
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)Chapter 13 of the preliminary edition of ASCE's -
A/E Selection Process for Public‐School Districts
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)Selecting A/E firms to design capital construction projects for school districts presents challenges that are more burdensome than those associated with private‐sector development. In addition to meeting building‐code ... -
Management Forum
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Performance Evaluations: Key to People Development
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)A good performance evaluation program is a critical element in the development of people, and the development of people is a key responsibility of a manager. A sound career‐guidance program has its roots in a well‐functioning ... -
Survey of Quality‐Assurance Procedures within Consultant Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)This paper presents the results of a comparison of at least 50 specific actions a consulting firm can take to ensure quality. Topics include goals and objectives, organizational structure, public relations practices, office ... -
Risks, Classification of Estimates, and Contingency Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)Risks of cost overruns are invariably present in major projects. Cost risks can be managed. The management of cost risks begins with a systematic risk evaluation and appropriate allocation of contingency. This paper proposes ... -
Practitioners in Classroom: Viable Tool in Civil Engineering Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)The impending shortage of civil engineering professionals and the deteriorating quality of our educational system pose critical problems for our nation. To alleviate the impact of these issues on our society, professional ... -
Circular Organizational Structure for Project Teams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)A project team, working on a short contract research assignment and with a large number of professionals, is led by a project manager, who is on a peer level with many coworkers but hierarchically below others. This ... -
Hypothetical Case History Related to Professional Liability Loss
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)Prevention of professional losses starts with recruiting professional engineers and scientists, continues throughout a professional's development, and touches every aspect of his or her work, from proposals through execution ... -
FLEET: Equipment Management System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)The contractor's equipment policy and equipment management system have a great impact on the profitability of the firm, especially for contractors with large investments in equipment. An equipment management system, FLEET, ... -
Practical Implementation of Total Productivity Model in Bus System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)Traditionally, transit managers have relied on partial productivity measures such as vehicle miles per operator or vehicle revenue miles per operator. Unfortunately, such measures are suboptimal because they overemphasize ... -
Competition Leads to Losing
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)A crucial consideration of businesses that wish to remain competitive in world markets is how to develop the skills of cooperation. This cooperative stance affects how a business relates to its customers, its suppliers, ... -
Management Forum
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Editor's Letter
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Project Performance Evaluation Checklist for Consulting Engineers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)A checklist is presented to evaluate how well a consulting engineering firm performed on a project. As a prerequisite to designing the checklist, the attributes of a successful project had to be defined. The checklist is ... -
Organizational Design: Some Helpful Notions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)The writer reviews the role of organization design in management, the management functions necessary in organizations, and a practical, creative approach to organization design. This new approach to organization design ... -
CPM Use in ENR Top 400 Contractors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)The results of a questionnaire that reports the use of the critical path method (CPM) in the top 400 construction companies as rated by the -
Framework for Design‐Quality‐Review Data‐Base System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)Even though design reviews are often performed by one or more parties, design deficiencies continue to be a costly problem for both public and private owners. Design deficiencies are responsible for approximately half of ... -
Surety Industry: Overview
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990)The surety bonding process can be very frustrating for the construction contractor. However, if the contractor has a solid understanding of the process and knows what the surety requires, the frustration level may be ...