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Integrating critical chain project management with last planner system for linear scheduling of modular construction
Tarek Salama, Ahmad Salah, Osama MoselhiThe purpose of this paper is to present a new method for project tracking and control of integrated offsite and onsite activities in modular construction considering practical…
Automatic recognition of labor activity: a machine learning approach to capture activity physiological patterns using wearable sensors
Hamad Al Jassmi, Mahmoud Al Ahmad, Soha AhmedThe first step toward developing an automated construction workers performance monitoring system is to initially establish a complete and competent activity recognition solution…
Analyzing bidding competitiveness and success rate of contractors competing for public construction projects
Ahmad M. Alkhateeb, Khaled Hesham Hyari, Mohammed A. HiyassatThe purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate bidding competitiveness and success rate of contractors bidding for public construction projects (PCPs). Additionally, this…
Determining and assessing the significant barriers of transferring unfinished construction projects from the public sector to the private sector in Iran
Hadi Sarvari, Hala Nassereddine, Daniel W.M. Chan, Mohsen Amirkhani, Norhazilan Md NoorThe government sometimes lacks sufficient financial, management and technical capabilities to deliver construction projects. As a result, it has recognized the need to introduce…
Simulation of vehicle movements for planning construction logistics centres
Fei Jin Ying, Michael O’Sullivan, Ivo AdanMaterials supply is one of the important elements in construction operation and a major factor affecting the quality of construction projects. Many industries look to manage…
Critical success factors for cost management in public-housing projects
Lovelin Ifeoma Obi, Mohammed Arif, Bankole Awuzie, Rubina Islam, Aman Deep Gupta, Robert WaltonEffective cost performance is a crucial criterion measuring successful project management in public-housing projects. This paper aims to analyse the vital underlying factors…
Tracking major resources for automated progress monitoring of construction activities: masonry work case
Gursans Guven, Esin ErgenThe purpose of this study is to monitor the progress of construction activities in an automated way by using sensor-based technologies for tracking multiple resources that are…
Actor-network theory and the evolution of complex adaptive supply networks
Zelinna Pablo, Kerry London, Peter S.P. Wong, Malik KhalfanCurrent understandings of innovation in construction portray it as linear, deterministic phenomena centered around novel objects and technologies deployed in…
Exploration of latent barriers inhibiting project management processes in adopting smart building technologies (SBTs) in the developing countries
Frank Ato Ghansah, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Joshua Ayarkwa, David John Edwards, M. Reza HosseiniWhile smart building technologies (SBTs) implementation ensures sustainability, their adoption is hampered by latent barriers, especially in project management processes. These…
Impact of proactive behaviour antecedents on construction project managers’ performance
Georgios Kapogiannis, Terence Fernando, Ahmed Mohammed AlkhardMany aspects of social behaviour are manifested in project managers in interaction with team members in the construction sector. Proactive behaviour as a social behaviour impacts…
Information management roles in real estate development lifecycle: literature review on BIM and IPD framework
Eymen Cagatay Bilge, Hakan YamanIntegrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) has begun to be used in real estate development projects over the past decade to improve collaboration…
Mainstreaming pre-manufactured offsite processes in construction – are we nearly there?
Joseph Kwame Ofori-Kuragu, Robert Osei-KyeiThe purpose of this paper is to explore the current state of popular modern methods of construction (MMC) and pre-manufactured construction in the construction industry and…
Developing a predictive model of construction industry-university research collaboration
Monty Sutrisna, Dewi Tjia, Peng WuThis paper aims to identify and examine the factors that influence construction industry-university (IU) collaboration and develop the likelihood model of a potential industry…
Assessment of visibility in industrial construction projects: a viewpoint from supply chain stakeholders
Vineeth Dharmapalan, William J. O’Brien, Douglas Morrice, Minhyuk JungStakeholders of construction projects exhibit different perceptions regarding the visibility of materials in the supply chain, which affects the timely delivery and installation…
Design, manufacture and construct procurement model for volumetric offsite manufacturing in the UK housing sector
Jennifer Charlson, Nenpin DimkaThe purpose of this study is to gain insight into procurement routes and forms of contract used for volumetric offsite manufacturing (VOSM) in the housing sector of the UK West…
Breaking through the classical determinants in the field of hyper urban planning
Mohamed Fathy Abd ElsalamThis paper could be considered as the first step of grounding the ambitions and speculations about hyper urban planning. In other words, it is just a brief approach for the…
Value creation and capture in systemic innovation implementation: case of mechanical, electrical and plumbing prefabrication in the Finnish construction sector
Rita Lavikka, Krishna Chauhan, Antti Peltokorpi, Olli SeppänenSystemic innovations emerge and create value in an inter-organisational context. However, innovation studies rarely investigate the role of value creation and value capture among…
Information asymmetries between vendors and customers in the advanced construction technology diffusion process
Samad M.E. Sepasgozar, Sara Shirowzhan, Martin LoosemoreAdvanced construction technologies (ACTs) are transforming infrastructure projects, yet there has been little research into and theorization of the process by which these…
Assessing the capabilities of computing features in addressing the most common issues in the AEC industry
Kobra Gharouni Jafari, Esmatullah Noorzai, M. Reza HosseiniThis paper aims to explore the potential capabilities of the application of computing features (CFs) in resolving the most common issues that adversely affect performance in…
The hype factor of digital technologies in AEC
Petra Bosch-Sijtsema, Christina Claeson-Jonsson, Mikael Johansson, Mattias RoupeThis paper aims to focus on 11 digital technologies (i.e. building information modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning, 3D scanning, sensors, robots/automation…
Productivity and innovation in the Japanese construction industry
Koki Arai, Emi MorimotoThe purpose of this study is to identify the essential elements required for innovation in the construction industry. To this end, the authors assessed the innovation at three…
Reflecting on knowledge management as an enabler of innovation in project-based construction firms
Natalya Sergeeva, Meri DuryanThis paper aims to explore the ways innovation becomes enabled through knowledge management and sharing which has important implications for establishing and sustaining the…
Construction productivity assessment on Brock Commons Tallwood House
Mohamed Kasbar, Sheryl Staub-French, Angelique Pilon, Erik Poirier, Zahra Teshnizi, Thomas FroeseThe purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the impact of mass timber construction methods on construction performance through the successful delivery of the…
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