Leadership and Management in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Building Information Modeling (BIM): Trends, Benefits, Risks, and Challenges for the AEC Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Building information modeling (BIM) is one of the most promising recent developments in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. With BIM technology, an accurate virtual model of a building is digitally ... -
Slope Stability of Pretzel Bags
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Effective Business Governance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)With the recent failures of major U.S. corporations and financial institutions, it is worthwhile to examine the contribution that neglect within corporate oversight may have made to such failures. It is also important to ... -
Thomas Lincoln Casey and the Washington Monument
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Best of LME Live: Really Big Design Codes
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Leadership Principles and Performance Measurement in Facilities Management: A Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper discusses the applied leadership attributes taught in the facilities management program at Arizona State University, highlighting the leadership characteristics and techniques of information measurement theory ... -
Challenges for Sustainability Assessment by Indicators
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)This paper presents an overview of sustainable construction in civil engineering from the perspective of project management and sustainability assessment through indicators. It discusses the different approaches and ... -
Contracting with Technical Writers and Editors: Why, When, and How
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)By the very nature of their jobs, engineers have a fundamental and ongoing responsibility to report their work and capabilities to a variety of audiences: peer technical audiences, less technically informed but otherwise ... -
Differentiating Leadership from Management: An Empirical Investigation of Leaders and Managers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)There has been a long-standing debate in the literature as to why and how leadership is similar to, or different from, management. Although several scholars have contributed to the debate, there seems to be an absence of ... -
Developing a Multicultural, Cross-Generational, and Multidisciplinary Team: An Introduction for Civil Engineers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Globalization has led to new forms of teams that are diverse in age, education, culture, ethnicity, language, and often geographic location. Like teams in business, consulting, and military operations, which have become ... -
Civil Engineers as Master Builders and the Professionalization of Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)The introduction of new technology, depletion of natural resources, and aging infrastructure drive the need for innovation in project delivery systems within the architect, engineer, and contractor (AEC) community. Current ... -
Foundations
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Leaning the Supply Chain to Maximize Value Delivery to the Customer: A Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)ASCE’s Vision 2025 report conceptualizes civil engineering as “entrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life” and civil engineers serving “competently, collaboratively, and ... -
Partnering: What Must Be Done to Avoid Failure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Partnering needs a boost to be more sustainable and interesting. Also, industry needs a jolt to its complacency before they dismiss the concept and process of partnering. Any process tends to devolve over time if left on ... -
Homer Gage Balcom and the Empire State Building
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The Case for Declaring a Financial Emergency for Infrastructure Development in India: A Civil Engineer’s Perspective
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Economic development in India has been uneven, in spite of dazzling growth in gross domestic product in the past decade, but a fiscal crisis appears to be possible, especially given the internal disturbances in the country ... -
A Multidimensional Model of Project Leadership
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)According to ASCE’s Vision 2025, “to lead and execute complex projects that involve many and varied stakeholders and meaningful collaboration, civil engineers will have to command the multidisciplinary, multicultural, ... -
Relational Risk Management in Construction Projects: Modeling the Complexity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Relational risk management (RM) in multiorganizational construction projects addresses uncertainty about collaborative working performance. Relational risk constitutes a multifaceted management problem that substantially ... -
Leadership of Multidisciplinary Programs and Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Many changes need to occur for civil engineers to be prepared to function as master builders. Changes will be required in how engineering is organized and performed, in how engineers are educated, and in relationships with ... -
Internal Impediments to ASCE’s Vision 2025
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)ASCE published a report entitled “The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025” in 2007 and a report entitled “Achieving the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025: A Roadmap for the Profession” in 2009. The group within ASCE ...