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Burleson, R C, Haas, C T, Tucker, R L and Stanley, A (1998) Multiskilled Labor Utilization Strategies in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 480–9.

Camfield, F E (1998) Guidelines for Quarrystone Armor Units. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 465–6.

Diekmann, J E and Featherman, W D (1998) Assessing Cost Uncertainty: Lessons from Environmental Restoration Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 445–51.

  • Type: Journal Article
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  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1998)124:6(445)
  • Abstract:
    The uncertain physical and regulatory conditions prevalent in the field of environmental restoration often lead to considerable project cost growth. To date, the ability of project personnel to predict the magnitude of such growth has been limited. A formal approach to identifying, classifying, and incorporating uncertainty into standard cost estimating procedures is needed to quantify the risk of large-scale cost growth prior to project commencement. Because the elicitation of expert knowledge is critical to the risk analysis process, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of several approaches to eliciting and encoding probabilistic judgments. In essence we ask, “How should one frame questions concerning uncertain judgments in order to get the best answers?” In addition, this paper examines using both influence diagramming and Monte Carlo simulation to model the uncertainties associated with environmental restoration projects.

Finke, M R (1998) A Better Way to Estimate and Mitigate Disruption. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 490–7.

Harper, R S and Koehn, E (1998) Managing Industrial Construction Safety in Southeast Texas. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 452–7.

Kale, S and Arditi, D (1998) Business Failures: Liabilities of Newness, Adolescence, and Smallness. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 458–64.

Konchar, M and Sanvido, V (1998) Comparison of U.S. Project Delivery Systems. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 435–44.

Molenaar, K R and Songer, A D (1998) Model for Public Sector Design-Build Project Selection. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 467–79.

Sonmez, R and Rowings, J E (1998) Construction Labor Productivity Modeling with Neural Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 124(06), 498–504.