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Aalami, F B (1998) Using construction method models to generate four-dimensional production models, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Abraham, K A (2015) Influencing the design decision process: Information visualization in multi-criteria decision support systems for early-stage building design, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Akbas, R (2003) Geometry-based modeling and simulation of construction processes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Akinci, B H (2000) Automatic generation of work spaces and analysis of time-space conflicts at construction sites, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Arnold, J A (2000) Information interoperation for internet-based component engineering analysis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Benjamin, N B H (1969) Competitive bidding for building construction contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Boice, J R (1970) A history and evaluation of the school construction systems development project, 1961-1967, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Bowen, R M (1978) Valuation of capitalized interest on construction expenditures in the electric utility industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Broemser, G M (1968) Competitive bidding in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Carr, R I J (1971) Synthesis of uncertainty in construction planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Casady, C B (2019) Assessing public-private partnership (PPP) governance, institutionalization, and market maturity in the United States and abroad, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Chan, C H F (2010) To talk or to fight? Collective effects of strategic, cultural, and institutional factors on investors' renegotiation approach in public-private concessions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Chen, S (2013) Scheduling, contracting, and capacity planning in project-based supply chains, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Cheng, J (2005) A simulation access language and framework with applications to project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Chi, C S-F (2010) How host country and transnational institutions interact on international infrastructure projects in less developed countries: Case studies of high-speed rail projects in China and Taiwan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Christiansen, T R (1994) Modeling efficiency and effectiveness of coordination in engineering design teams, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Clevenger, C M (2010) Design guidance: Assessing process challenge, strategy, and exploration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Domingo, L (2023) Influence of method and media interventions in creative remote design team collaboration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Dong, N (2012) Automated look-ahead schedule generation and optimization for the finishing phase of complex construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Ekstrom, M A (2002) Accounting for rater credibility when evaluating construction industry service providers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

El-Bibany, H E-D (1992) Architecture for human-computer design, management and coordination in a collaborative AEC environment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Fergusson, K J (1993) Impact of integration on industrial facility quality, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Fischer, M A (1991) Using construction knowledge during preliminary design of reinforced concrete structures, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Flint, M M (2014) A modular framework for performance-based durability engineering, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Frank, M (2017) Uncovering hidden demands of global learners: Mind and body in a PBL context, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Froese, T M (1992) Integrated computer-aided project management through standard object-oriented models, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Fuyama, H (1993) Computer assisted conceptual structural design of steel buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Gane, V (2011) Design scenarios methodology: enabling requirements-driven design spaces, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Gao, J (2011) A characterization framework to document and compare BIM implementations on construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Garcia-Lopez, N P (2017) An activity and flow-based construction model for managing on-site work, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Gasparro, K E (2019) Crowdfunding our cities: Three perspectives on stakeholder dynamics during innovative infrastructure delivery, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Grey Rodriguez, F C (2019) Space-mate: A framework to harmonize occupant well-being and building sustainability, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Guikema, S D (2003) Optimal resource allocation in an engineering design team with asymmetric information, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Hall, D M (2017) The early stages of integrated project delivery: Institutionalization and impact on adoption of systemic innovations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Hamledari, H (2021) Impact assessment of blockchain-enabled smart contracts on the visibility of construction payments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Hampson, K D (1994) Technology strategy and competitive performance: A study of bridge construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Hansen, K L (1993) How strategies happen: An investigation of the decision to upgrade CAD/CIE in architectural, engineering, and construction firms, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Harkola, J (1995) Diffusion of construction technology: In a Japanese firm, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Hartmann, T (2008) A grassroots model of decision support system implementations by construction project teams, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Haymaker, J (2004) The perspective approach: Enabling engineers to construct and integrate views and generate an evolving project model, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Hinze, J W (1976) The effect of middle management on safety in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Horii, T (2005) Impact of multiple normative systems on the organizational performance of international joint ventures, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Javernick Will, A N (2009) Mobilizing institutional knowledge for international projects: The relative importance, acquisition and transfer of institutional knowledge for international firms, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Jooste, S F (2010) Exploring the networks of organizations that enable and govern infrastructure public-private partnerships: An organizational field-level perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Kam, C K H (2005) Dynamic decision breakdown structure: Ontology, methodology, and framework for information management in support of decision-enabling tasks in the building industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Kang, S-C (2006) Computer planning and simulation of construction erection processes using single or multiple cranes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Khanzode, A R (2011) An integrated virtual design and construction and lean (IVL) method for coordination of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Kim, J (2007) Temporary structure planning ontology, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Kim, J I (2016) Framework for dynamic generation and evaluation of excavation schedules for hard rock tunnels in preconstruction and construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Kim, J I (2014) Methodology for the application of BIM-based decision support methods to evaluate sustainability metrics for master plans of a large-scale development, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Kim, K (2002) Distributed coordination of project schedule changes: An agent-based compensatory negotiation approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Koo, B (2004) Formalizing construction sequence constraints for the rapid generation of scheduling alternatives, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Lee, Y (2020) A methodology to align the logistical requirements of prefabricated wall panels, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Li, W X (2015) A performance management methodology for collaborative design and construction project teams, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Liston, K M (2009) A mediated interaction approach to study the role of media use in team interaction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Liu, R (2021) Impact of enhanced context-awareness for construction field crews on task cycle time, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Lo, T Y J (2021) Innovation management in the construction industry: Innovation performance indicators for AECOO organizations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Mahalingam, A (2006) Understanding and mitigating institutional costs on global projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Martin, C E (1999) Riveting: Steel technology, building codes, and the production of modern places, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Mason, G E (1973) A quantitative risk management approach to the selection of construction contract provisions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Min, J U (2004) Supply chain visualization through web services integration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Mitropoulos, P (1996) Technology adoption decisions in construction organizations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Morkos, R (2014) Operational efficiency frontier: Visualizing, manipulating, and navigating the construction scheduling state space with precedence, discrete, and disjunctive constraints, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

• Type: Thesis
• Keywords: competitive advantage; construction firms; information technology; innovation; productivity; case studies
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• URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2438704513
• Abstract:
  Space and time are two fundamental dimensions of human comprehension (Akhundov 1986). The guiding principle of this dissertation is discovering the relationship between these two dimensions within the construction management field. This guiding principle led to three layers of research, each layer each layer uncovering, and subsequently enabling investigation of the next. The first layer of this research formalizes the spatial constraint for construction scheduling and is motivated by my observations of construction sites across three continents. Almost all of the construction sites I witnessed evoke images of vast empty spaces punctuated with pockets of intense work. Construction site space, it seems, is under-utilized. So much empty space on construction sites suggests a significant potential to schedule more construction processes concurrently to reduce construction duration. However, simply increasing space utilization by scheduling more construction processes concurrently leads to spatial congestion (Thomas et al. 2006), which is detrimental to productivity, safety, and quality (Riley and Sanvido 1995). Thus, for every construction project there is a balanced level of construction site space utilization, that achieves short construction durations while still ensuring no spatial congestion. Attaining this ideal level of space utilization requires a systematic approach to construction space allocation. However, current construction management theory cannot achieve these balanced levels of space utilization because the constraint for resolving spatial requirements has not been sufficiently formalized for doing so. Hence, the first layer of this research formalizes the construction scheduling spatial constraint. The spatial constraint is formalized as a disjunctive constraint, which ensures that processes don't occur in the same space at the same time. The second layer of this dissertation's research formalizes and operationalizes three types of construction constraints to form an automated construction scheduler, the Tri-Constraint Method (TCM). The spatial constraint is combined with precedence and discrete resource capacity constraints. Precedence constraints ensure that the laws of physics are not violated while discrete resource capacity constraints ensure that discrete resources, such as labor, are not over-allocated. The mechanisms for resolving these three constraint types are combined with a mechanism for varying sequence, which enables TCM to generate multiple construction sequencing alternatives. To validate TCM, three construction project case studies are used to compare 10,000 TCM schedules to schedules created with the Critical Path Method (CPM) and the Line of Balance (LOB) scheduling methods. The CPM construction durations for the three case studies are on average 49% shorter than the fastest TCM schedules because CPM does not model spatial requirements and thus schedules crews to work in the same space. The fastest TCM construction durations are on average 45% shorter than the fastest LOB construction durations because the LOB scheduling method cannot schedule more than one process in a zone while guaranteeing no spatial congestion. The third layer of this dissertation’s research presents a mathematically derived Pareto efficiency frontier for construction and is motivated by observing that there are millions of ways to schedule a typical construction project if all possibilities are considered (Taghaddos et al. 2012). This dissertation refers to the set of all possible scheduling alternatives for a project as the construction scheduling state space or state space. The state space is governed by complex interactions of variables that affect which schedules are feasible for a project. For example, assigning a different number of crews to a project or changing the construction sequence changes which schedules are feasible for construction teams to execute; thus varying the schedule metric values available for a given project. Understanding how these variables affect the state space is desirable be ause construction managers can use this knowledge to select better values for these variables, thus generating schedules with better performance. Currently to understand how such variables affect the state space, construction managers generate construction schedules one schedule at a time leading to a low number of schedule alternatives. Such a low number of schedules represents a tiny portion of the schedules in the state space and does not give schedulers a clear idea of how this state space is affected by various variables such as construction sequence and labor capacity. Other fields understand the interaction of complex variables by using efficiency frontiers (Kavousian and Rajagopal 2014, Kontodimopoulos and Niakas 2005, Markowitz 1952). The third layer of this research presents the Operational Efficiency Frontier (OEF) by mathematically correlating the schedule metrics of Construction Duration (CD) and a new space utilization metric: the Average Space Utilization Factor (ASUF). Unlike previous space utilization metrics, ASUF measures how an entire construction project uses the space available to it as opposed to how one or several construction processes use the space available to them. Measuring how an entire construction project uses the space available to it allows a more systematic method for formalizing the space constraint and for managing and coordinating the resource of space on site.

Mourgues, C (2009) Method to produce field instructions from product and process models, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Ng, F P (2003) Quantity and pricing decisions in the presence of advance contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

Nikkhoo, P (2022) A systematic method to reduce the duration impact of change events on construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

O'Brien, W J (1998) Capacity costing approaches for construction supply-chain management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

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Piao, Y (2020) Case studies to determine the effect of applying blockchain technology and building information modeling on the workflow of water infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

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Salazar-Kish, J M (2001) Modeling concurrency tradeoffs and their effects on project duration and rework, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

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Senescu, R R (2011) Design process communication methodology, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

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South, A J (2019) Stakeholder network dynamics and the governance of public-private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Stanford University.

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