Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Unethical Practices in Nigerian Engineering Industries: Complications for Project Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The purpose of the paper is to establish the unethical practices in engineering industries and identify the various factors that could encourage unethical practices in the nation’s life with a view to highlighting the ... -
Agent-Based Construction Supply Chain Simulator ( CS2 ) for Measuring the Value of Real-Time Information Sharing in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)This paper presents an agent-based construction supply chain simulator -
Marketing Practices of U.S. Contractors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The construction industry possesses characteristics of the production and service industries. This uniqueness requires marketing practices tailored specifically to match the construction market. A questionnaire survey of ... -
Paradigm Trajectories of Building Information Modeling Practice in Project Networks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Researchers have examined building information modeling (BIM), or parametric three-dimensional computer-aided design, from a myriad of technological perspectives. Many of these studies focus on examining or enhancing the ... -
Enhancing Value in Crucial Decisions: Line 9 of the Barcelona Subway
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)In 2002 the construction of a new line of the Barcelona Subway System was approved. In contrast with the one-level traditional solution adopted in the recently constructed extension of the Madrid Subway System, an innovative ... -
Discussion of “Developing a Model of Construction Safety Culture” by Rafiq M. Choudhry, Dongping Fang, and Sherif Mohamed
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Early Contractor Involvement in Design and Its Impact on Construction Schedule Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The importance of integrating construction knowledge into the design process has long been recognized by the construction industry. This paper studies early contractor involvement in design and its impact on construction ... -
Closure to “Using Analytic Network Process to Predict the Performance of International Construction Joint Ventures” by Beliz Ozorhon, Irem Dikmen, and M. Talat Birgonul
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Using Public-Private Partnerships to Expand Subways: Madrid-Barajas International Airport Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)In the beginning of 2006, the regional government of Madrid decided to expand the subway network to the new Terminal T-4 in Madrid-Barajas International Airport using a public-private partnership (PPP) approach. Owing to ... -
Exploratory Study on Value of Information Systems to Electrical Construction Companies: Resource-Based View
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Many practitioners and researchers believe that the application of information systems in the construction industry lags behind that of other industries such as the manufacturing industry, because the construction industry ... -
Partnering the Construction of a Swedish Pharmaceutical Plant: Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)In recent years increased interest in cooperative arrangements, such as partnering, has been noticeable in the construction industry in many countries. To facilitate cooperative relationships many aspects of the traditional ... -
Collaboration Environments for Construction: Implementation Case Studies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Although emerging technologies offer the construction industry many opportunities for computer supported collaboration environments, the companies adopting these technologies usually fail in achieving the full benefits ... -
Moderating Effect of Organizational Learning Type on Performance Improvement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)It has been advocated that information available from a performance measurement system (PMS) is an invaluable source of knowledge for contracting organizations. As such, it has been suggested that performance improvement ... -
Assessing Infrastructure Project Innovation Potential as a Function of Procurement Mode
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The delivery of infrastructure projects as long-term capital investments is impacted in most cases by critical issues of budget constraints, program delays, quality and safety concerns, and an increasingly complex stakeholder ... -
Staircase Model for New Practice Implementation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Implementation of new ideas and new practices are essential for an organization to remain competitive in a changing business environment. The absence of these new ideas will eventually lead to stagnation, but the challenge ... -
Performance Evaluation of Construction Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)To successfully evaluate investments related to integrated information management in the construction industry, causal loop diagramming was used to depict the qualitative system dynamics model for the study of the dynamics ... -
Competitive Positioning and Continuity of Construction Firms in International Markets
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)In today’s global construction industry, firms exist in competitive market environments. To gain and maintain a competitive position in an increasingly challenging climate, firms must achieve a deep understanding of their ... -
Critical Issues and Possible Solutions for Motivating Foreign Construction Workers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)A shortage of construction field workers has been a serious and chronic problem, both in developed and developing countries. As a solution to the increasing demands of the workforce, use of foreign workers has been a common ... -
Organizing a Bidding Competition for a Toll Road Concession in South Africa: The Case of Chapman’s Peak Drive
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Chapman’s Peak Drive is a scenic coastal road in the Western Cape province of South Africa with a history of reoccurring rockfall incidents. This paper presents qualitative case study research that explores the competitive ... -
Total Quality Management Implementation in the Egyptian Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Total quality management (TQM) has been recognized as a successful management philosophy that can be successfully implemented in the construction industry. By examining the Japanese contractors working in Egypt and comparing ...