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Anand, K B and Ramamurthy, K (2003) Laboratory-Based Productivity Study on Alternative Masonry Systems. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 237–42.

Bashford, H H, Sawhney, A, Walsh, K D and Kot, K (2003) Implications of Even Flow Production Methodology for U.S. Housing Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 330–7.

Chua, D K H, Shen, L J and Bok, S H (2003) Constraint-Based Planning with Integrated Production Scheduler over Internet. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 293–301.

Eldin, N and Hikle, V (2003) Pilot Study of Quality Function Deployment in Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 314–29.

Frutos, J D and Borenstein, D (2003) Object-Oriented Model for Customer-Building Company Interaction in Mass Customization Environment. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 302–13.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Construction industry; Object-oriented languages; Models; construction industry; civil engineering; object-oriented languages; modelling; customer relationship management;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:3(302)
  • Abstract:
    The customization of products and services—characterized by a customer-integrated process for product design, manufacturing, marketing, and support services—now represents an important competitive strategy in business environments. This trend has given birth to a new concept in the operations management field, called mass customization, which refers to the ability to provide individually designed products and services to every customer through high process flexibility and integration. This business approach has been identified as a competitive strategy by an increasing number of companies, to which the building industry is no exception. Buyers are eager to purchase flats (apartments) with high levels of customization that contain a high number of items designed and built in accordance with their needs and desires. This paper addresses the design of an object-oriented model to allow an agile interaction between consumers and companies, toward the implementation of mass customization in the building sector. The object-oriented model provides a dynamic and flexible tool to support company-customer information exchange and to keep the dispersed information consistent.

Huang, X and Hinze, J (2003) Analysis of Construction Worker Fall Accidents. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 262–71.

Pheng, L S and Pong, C Y (2003) Integrating ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 for Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 338–47.

Seydel, J (2003) Evaluating and Comparing Bidding Optimization Effectiveness. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 285–92.

Thomas, H R, Horman, M J, Minchin, R E and Chen, D (2003) Improving Labor Flow Reliability for Better Productivity as Lean Construction Principle. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 251–61.

Tischer, T E and Kuprenas, J A (2003) Bridge Falsework Productivity—Measurement and Influences. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 243–50.

Touran, A (2003) Probabilistic Model for Cost Contingency. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 280–4.

Wilmot, C G and Cheng, G (2003) Estimating Future Highway Construction Costs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 129(03), 272–9.