Journal of Management in Engineering

Analysis of Selection Criteria for Design-Builders through the Analysis of Request for Proposals (RFPs)

Bo Xia, Albert Chan, Jian Zuo, and Keith Molenaar
Selecting an appropriate design-builder is critical to the success of DB projects. The objective of this study is to identify selection criteria for design-builders and compare their relative importance by means of a robust content analysis of 94 Request For Proposals (RFPs) for public DB projects. ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000119] posted Mon Dec 12, 2011.

Venture Capital Opportunities in Green Building Technologies: A Strategic Analysis for Emerging Entrepreneurial Companies in South Florida and Latin America

Mehmet Emre Bayraktar and Farrukh Arif
Venture capital is an investment intended to finance high-risk companies, and particularly entrepreneurs such as those dedicated to the development of new and innovative technologies. Venture capitalists provide such investments since entrepreneurs may have difficulty obtaining loans from banks due ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000118] posted Mon Dec 12, 2011.

Why Our Project Fails: Inappropriate Construction Methods The Million Dollar Lesson

Z. Ren, G. Q. Shen, and X. L. Xue
Construction method selection, implementation and improvement (CMSII) is a crucial and difficult task for construction projects, especially for large and complex projects which often face constraints such as complex project environment, lack of information and uncertainties caused by new technologie ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000117] posted Mon Dec 12, 2011.

Lean Transformation in a Modular Building Company: A Case for Implementation

Haitao Yu, Mohamed Al-Hussein, Saad Al-Jibouri, and Avi Telyas
Encouraged by the remarkable productivity improvements in the manufacturing sector, the construction industry has a long history of trying to garner the benefits of manufacturing technologies. While industrialized construction methods, such as modular and manufactured buildings, have evolved over de ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000115] posted Mon Dec 12, 2011.

Delivering Sustainable, High Performance Buildings: Influence of Project Delivery Methods on Integration and Project Outcomes

Sinem Korkmaz, Lipika Swarup, and David Riley
The demand for sustainable buildings in the United States has risen due to accelerated depletion of natural resources rising energy costs and green house gas emissions, and increased awareness of indoor environmental quality. Recently this demand expanded from including only low energy strategies an ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000114] posted Mon Dec 12, 2011.

Which Strategies Are More Effective for International Contractors during Boom and Recession Periods?

Wooyong Jung, Seung H. Han, Bonsang Koo, and Woosik Jang
With the global financial crisis and other plummeting market conditions in 2008, the international construction market moved from boom to recession. Although this recession is expected to be over soon, many international contractors still have difficulty in deciding which strategies are more effecti ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000087] posted Tue Nov 22, 2011.

Civil Infrastructure Workers' Fatalities: A Guaranteed Death Variable Annuity Approach

Islam H. El-adaway
Many studies are concerned with monitoring, evaluating, expanding, repairing, replacing, financing, or otherwise sustaining the civil infrastructure. Only few studies though address the ongoing and evolving financial problems associated with the workers responsible for developing our civil infrastru ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000105] posted Thu Nov 10, 2011.

Developing Key Performance Indicators for Public-Private Partnership Projects: Questionnaire Survey and Analysis

Jingfeng Yuan, Chao Wang, Miroslaw J. Skibniewski, and Qiming Li
Publicprivate partnerships (PPPs) are increasing in popularity. Major challenges in the development of PPPs have appeared due to the global financial crisis. However, in regard to the value for money, PPPs are still attractive for public sector projects. Performance management and measurement is vie ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000113] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Stochastic Forecast of Construction Cost Index Using a Cointegrated Vector Auto-Regression Model

Jiang-wei Xu and Sungwoo Moon
The construction cost index (CCI) has been widely used to measure the cost trend in the construction industry. The index is used as an important input when estimating construction budgets and assessing risks in resource planning and cost management. To ensure accurate measurement, the properties of ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000112] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Design of Public Projects: Outsource or In-House?

F. H. (Bud) Griffis and Hyunchul Choi
This study analyzes the relative cost in New York to have the public sector perform design work in-house or to contract out the work to private engineering consulting companies. It is important to note that the percentage of work performed in-house versus that which is contracted out varies among NY ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000110] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Case Study of Knowledge Management Implementation in a Medium-Sized Construction Sector Firm

Hai Chen Tan, Patricia M. Carrillo, and Chimay J. Anumba
The transient nature of project teams and the competitive environment in which construction organizations operate require an effective mechanism to manage and reuse the knowledge created in the projects without straining its resources. A methodology for `live' capture and reuse of project knowledge ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000109] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

The Impact of the Economic Recession on Toll Highway Concessions in Spain

Jose Manuel Vassallo, Alejandro Ortega, and Maria de los Angeles Baeza
After joining the European Union in 1986, Spain experienced steady economic growth that enabled the country to grow at a higher pace than other European countries. During this period, the government of Spain opted for major investments in public infrastructure by taking advantage both of the funding ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000108] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Construction Business Cycle Analysis Using the Regime Switching Model

JaeHyun Park, Seungchul Ham, and TaeHoon Hong
The construction industry is a key industry in many countries, usually taking up to 510% of the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is closely related to the financial and labor markets, depending on the characteristics of businesses in a given country. For example, the moratorium in Russia in ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000107] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Towards the Procurement of Sustainable Noise Reducing Devices State-Of-The-Art Review from EU Project QUIESST

Crina Oltean-Dumbrava, Greg Watts, and Abdul Miah
There is a pressing need to consider the sustainability of noise reducing devices for transport systems (NRDs) by procurement agencies, policy makers, and industry professionals/designers in order to be in line with a growing sustainable agenda for surface transport systems including the supporting ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000106] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Interrelationships among Critical Success Factors of Construction Projects Based on Structural Equation Model

Yong Qiang Chen, Yang Bing Zhang, Jun Ying Liu, and Peng Mo
The clear identification of the critical success factors (CSFs) of construction projects and a good understanding of the interrelationships among CSFs will help project managers focus on the control of key factors and allow them to make reasonable resource allocation. Aimed at exploring the interrel ... [Journal of Management in Engineering doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000104] posted Thu Nov 3, 2011.

Reviewers

Abstract not available. [J. Manage. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000081] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Editor's Note

Makarand Hastak
Abstract not available. [J. Manage. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000080] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Factors Affecting Engineering Productivity

Pin-Chao Liao, William J. O'Brien, Stephen R. Thomas, Jiukun Dai, and Stephen P. Mulva
Engineering performance has a major impact on subsequent project phases, such as procurement and construction, and thus, has the potential to affect the overall project outcome. This study utilizes metrics and a database from the Construction Industry Institute (CII) benchmarking and metrics program ... [J. Manage. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000059] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Critical Success Factors for Transfer-Operate-Transfer Urban Water Supply Projects in China

Xianhai Meng, Qi Zhao, and Qiping Shen
Over the years, build-operate-transfer (BOT) has continuously attracted research interests. Many studies on BOT have been carried out. Variations of BOT such as build-own-operate-transfer and build-own-operate have also been reported in some relevant publications. However, few investigations thus fa ... [J. Manage. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000058] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Construction Site Management Team Working: A Serendipitous Event

Stuart Tennant, David Langford, and Michael Murray
Despite the pervasive appeal of team working in the construction industry, the empirical relationship between team effectiveness and task performance continues to be generally overlooked. Recognized team performance appraisal remains one of the last frontiers of performance management. This paper se ... [J. Manage. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000053] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Critical Success Factors for Bond Financing of Construction Projects in Asia

Patrick T. I. Lam, Y. H. Chiang, and Stephen H. Chan
Although bonds have been commonly used for financing construction works in developed countries such as the United States, Asian governments would like to see their construction growth increasingly funded by alternative sources such as the capital market, instead of overrelying on bank loans. Yet eve ... [J. Manage. Eng. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000063] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.