Journal of Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Role of the Engineer in Rural Municipalities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Due to the intrinsic characteristics of the profession and the diverse nature of the position, engineers employed by small rural municipalities may require talents different from those required of engineers employed by ... -
Baseline Determination in Construction Labor Productivity-Loss Claims
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Various ways of quantifying damages have been applied to productivity loss claims in construction. All of the ways attempt to be as objective as possible based on the extent of information available in a particular case. ... -
Role of Workforce Management in Bridge Superstructure Labor Productivity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)There have been many studies on different aspects of the construction process in regard to how they each impact construction productivity. In reviewing the documentation of this research, very few articles were located ... -
Labor Productivity Drivers and Opportunities in the Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The study of labor productivity in the construction industry is gaining increasing attention as the industry faces multiple problems related to its workforce. This paper presents the results of a survey instrument applied ... -
Comparative Evaluation of Analytical and Intuitive Decision Making
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)This paper examines a technique for evaluating the differences in value among rank-ordered alternatives using both analytical and intuitive decision making. This technique was applied to the ranking of alternative disinfection ... -
Lessons Learned from Rigid Conflict Resolution in an Organization: Construction Conflict Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Success in construction projects mainly depends on how well project managers handle conflicts. There are in general five conflict resolution approaches: withdrawal, compromise, forcing, smoothing, and problem solving. ... -
Differentiation, Conformity, and Construction Firm Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Competitive strategy and neo-institutional scholars offer different views for studying a firm’s relationship with its environment. Competitive strategy scholars propose that a firm’s environment hosts competitive forces ... -
Risk Allocation and Risk Handling of Highway Projects in Taiwan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Risks always exist in construction projects and often cause schedule delay or cost overrun. Risk management is a key issue in project management. The first step of risk management is risk identification. It includes the ... -
ISO 14000 and the Construction Industry: Survey in China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The rapid growth of the Chinese economy sparked off a great volume of construction activities, but the damage caused by construction activities to the environment is indisputable and has alerted some large Chinese construction ... -
Forecasting Construction Staffing for Transportation Agencies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)When the volume of construction projects let to contract increases significantly, state departments of transportation must critically examine internal construction project management staffing capabilities and accurately ... -
ISO 9000 and the U.S. Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)ISO 9000, the series of quality management standards issued by the International Organization for Standardization, is being used by organizations involved in construction all over the world. The construction industry in ... -
Problems Facing Parties Involved in Build, Operate, and Transport Projects in Egypt
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)One of the newest financial schemes for environmental projects is the Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) concept, which is being used increasingly worldwide as a project delivery system by which governments obtain the ... -
Lean Management of Environmental Consulting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Lean management has traditionally been adopted by manufacturing industries to improve operations through the identification and elimination of all forms of waste. Encouraged by the successful integration of lean principles ... -
Renovation Projects: Design Process Problems and Improvement Mechanisms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)This paper presents a case study of a recent office renovation project. The paper investigates the problems that occurred during the design process, analyzes the causes of design iterations and rework, and proposes changes ... -
Budget and Schedule Success for Small Capital-Facility Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The project management environment of small capital projects is unique in many ways. One unique aspect is the total administrative burden they place on resources for approvals, reviews, and execution relative to the overall ... -
Financial Viability of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The application of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) technology to bridges can provide performance enhancements at a time when there is a large and growing need to replace aging bridges in the United States. However, construction ... -
Construction Partnering Process and Associated Critical Success Factors: Quantitative Investigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)This paper aims at examining a customized model of construction partnering in order to highlight the relationships between the critical success factors and individual partnering process stages. It used two surveys (a simple ... -
Project Management Actions to Improve Design Phase Cost Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Over 270 engineering design projects are analyzed to assess the impact of the use of project management processes on design phase cost performance. Frequency of design team meetings and frequency of reporting of design ... -
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Strategic Perspective of Turkish Construction Companies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Whether extensively planned or not, all companies have a strategic perspective which is analogous to the personality of an individual. However, a clear strategic perspective is a must to achieve strategic integration that ...