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Al-Bayati, A J, Abudayyeh, O, Fredericks, T and Butt, S E (2017) Reducing Fatality Rates of the Hispanic Workforce in the U.S. Construction Industry: Challenges and Strategies. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Awolusi, I G and Marks, E D (2017) Safety Activity Analysis Framework to Evaluate Safety Performance in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Babar, S, Thaheem, M J and Ayub, B (2017) Estimated Cost at Completion: Integrating Risk into Earned Value Management. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Kam, C, Song, M H and Senaratna, D (2017) {[}VDC Scorecard{]}: Formulation, Application, and Validation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Kisi, K P, Mani, N, Rojas, E M and Foster, E T (2017) Optimal Productivity in Labor-Intensive Construction Operations: Pilot Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Li, Y, Wang, X and Wang, Y (2017) Using Bargaining Game Theory for Risk Allocation of Public-Private Partnership Projects: Insights from Different Alternating Offer Sequences of Participants. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Louis, J and Dunston, P S (2017) Methodology for Real-Time Monitoring of Construction Operations Using Finite State Machines and Discrete-Event Operation Models. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Niu, Y, Lu, W, Liu, D, Chen, K, Anumba, C and Huang, G G (2017) An SCO-Enabled Logistics and Supply Chain–Management System in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Logistics and supply-chain management (LSCM); Smart construction objects (SCOs); Business process reengineering; Information and process concurrence; Construction; Project planning and design;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001232
  • Abstract:
    Logistic and supply-chain management (LSCM) is of paramount importance to a construction project but is often problematic. Many researchers see LSCM per se as a web of decisions to be made, and attribute problems to a lack of process and information concurrence. This is exacerbated by fragmentation, discontinuity, and heterogeneity in construction LSCM. The bidirectional information flow remains unachieved in the existing sensing-based systems for construction LSCM. Without panoramically interconnecting to other smart abilities such as an automatic action-taking ability, most existing sensing-based systems are insufficient to realize their full potential in facilitating construction LSCM. Building on previous studies on smart construction objects (SCOs), this paper aims to develop an SCO-enabled system that can enhance concurrence of process and information, with a view to informing better decision making in construction LSCM. It does so by first analyzing the problems in prevailing LSCM practices using business process reengineering. Based on this analysis, the architecture for an SCO-enabled LSCM system is proposed and developed into a prototype. Then the system is calibrated and validated in the rich context of offshore prefabrication housing production in Hong Kong. It is found that SCOs, with their properties of awareness, communicativeness, and autonomy built into a smart management system, can supplement the existing LSCM process with more-concurrent decision making information. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge in two areas. It adds to the theoretical debate on decision making by arguing the importance of information and process concurrence and trying to explicate it in the context of construction LSCM. In addition, the SCO-enabled LSCM system can be implemented in real-life practice to alleviate the many problems existing in construction LSCM.

Shrestha, P P and Fernane, J D (2017) Performance of Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Projects for Public Universities. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).

Yoon, Y, Patel, S, Ji, R and Hastak, M (2017) Current State of Reflective Cracking in the United States. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(03).