Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Pragmatism, Adaptation, and Total Quality Management: Philosophy and Science in the Service of Managing Continuous Improvement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Today’s engineering managers who use total quality management (TQM) face the challenge of moving it from adoption to seamless incorporation into their organizations. Both the application and the theory of TQM can be advanced ... -
Role of Error-Recovery Process in Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)To reduce errors in projects, knowledge about their causes, through examining their chain of events, and costs should be made available. With this in mind, this paper examines the role of the error recovery process in ... -
Use of Warranties on Highway Projects: A Real Option Perspective
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Since the introduction of warranty provisions in federal highway jobs, more and more state departments of transportation (DOTs) have considered the use of such provisions to protect their initial investment. This paper ... -
Benchmarking System for Evaluating Management Practices in the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)This paper presents the results obtained for the initial application of a management evaluation system whose objective is to provide a continuous improvement tool for construction companies through benchmarking management ... -
Improved Design Review through Web Collaboration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)An in-depth analysis of the impact of Web collaboration has shown that it is a very effective medium for conducting design reviews and offers many benefits over traditional manual methods of comment collection and resolution. ... -
Approach for Assessment and Review in a Large Construction Company: Case of Skanska Sweden
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Although the need to improve performance and work processes in a company may seem obvious, concrete approaches for this are rare in the construction industry. Admittedly, efforts for embedding improvement processes have ... -
Qualifications-Based Selection of Professional A/E Services
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Recognizing the need for improvements in the way professional architectural and design services are procured, the U.S. Congress in 1972 established as federal law the requirement that architects and engineers be selected ... -
Workforce Demographics among Project Engineering Professionals—Crisis Ahead?
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The age and experience profile of project engineering professionals employed by both owners and contractors has recently become a concern due to downsizing, retirements, and lack of hiring during the 1990s. Data were ... -
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In-House Delivery of Multiple-Small Reconstruction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)As compared with new construction, reconstruction of operational facilities exhibits a higher challenge, particularly when multiple projects are involved. For owner organizations involved in such projects, use of in-house ... -
Design/Build for Water/Wastewater Facilities: State of the Industry Survey and Three Case Studies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Documented successes of innovative delivery methods and recent changes in procurement laws are enabling water and wastewater utility owners to use alternative delivery methods for the construction of new facilities and the ... -
Strategic Management: Consideration of Paradoxes, Processes, and Associated Concepts as Applied to Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)This paper reviews recent literature on the strategic management process and considers several paradoxes viewed from a construction perspective. Many of the key issues surrounding the strategic management process have been ... -
Performance Measurement in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)Performance measurement has been subject to a considerable amount of research and attention over the past 15 years. The inadequacy of traditional financially based performance measurement systems and the introduction of ... -
Implementing Total Quality Management in Construction Firms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004)As building projects get larger and more complex, clients are also increasingly demanding higher standards for their delivery. Total quality management (TQM) has been recognized as a successful management philosophy in the ... -
Virtual Teams: Guide to Successful Implementation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The successful initiation and execution of a virtual team is gaining increasing attention in the design and construction community. From opportunities to integrate international and multidisciplinary teams to the opportunity ... -
Conflicts between Owner and Contractors: Proposed Intervention Process
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The parties of a construction contract, the owner and contractor, are a society with a complex set of interrelated relationships requiring cooperation and collaboration to coordinate time, resources, and communication. The ... -
Achieving Client Satisfaction for Engineering Consulting Firms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Client satisfaction, as a very important total quality management philosophy, lately has been incorporated in the 2000 edition of the ISO 9000 quality management system. Senior construction professionals in Hong Kong were ... -
Strategic Characterization of Water System Infrastructure and Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The capital needs of America’s water systems have received substantial, recent attention within engineering and public policy circles. Various groups contend that national water systems face a multibillion dollar annual ... -
Partnering in Construction: Critical Study of Problems for Implementation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Over the years, the implementation of a construction project from planning to completion is full of potential claims and intractable disputes. As an innovative procurement method in the construction industry, partnering ... -
Benchmarking, Benchaction, and Benchlearning: Rework Mitigation in Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The Australian government has issued several calls to improve the performance of the construction industry. A lack of available benchmark metrics has made it difficult, if not impossible, for organizations to identify areas ...