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Abdallah, M A A (2014) Optimizing the selection of sustainability measures for existing buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Abdelmohsen, A Z (2016) Optimizing the construction planning of highway work zones, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Adrian, J J (1974) Modeling construction method productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ahn, C (2012) An integrated framework for sustainable construction processes: Understanding and managing the environmental performance of construction operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Altuwaim, A A (2018) Optimal scheduling and resource utilization for repetitive construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois.

Assaf, S A-E (1982) A systematic approach to the selection of a risk retention level for construction insurance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Aurangzeb, Q (2014) Impact of reclaimed asphalt pavements on pavement sustainability, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Barroso-Aguilar, L F (1973) An integrated modeling methodology for project-site management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Bearup, W K (1995) An environment to support computer-assisted design review, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Brennan, M D (2011) Integrated project delivery: A normative model for value creation in complex military medical projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois.

Brilakis, I (2005) Content based integration of construction site images in AEC/FM model based systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Caldas, C H S (2003) Integration of project documents in model-based information systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Chin, S (1997) An integrated life-cycle information framework for construction project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Chovichien, V (1981) The discounted cost model and application to acquisition and utilization policies of construction equipment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

De La Garza-Rodriguez, J M (1988) A knowledge engineering approach to the analysis and evaluation of schedules for mid-rise construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Douglas, J C (1994) Aesthetic-based conflict in highway planning: Federal highway administration putting planners at risk, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Echeverry, D (1991) Factors for generating initial construction schedules, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

El Anwar, O H E D (2009) Multi-objective optimization for temporary housing arrangements after natural disasters, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Elghamrawy, T M (2011) Optimizing work zone practices for highway construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Erikson, C A (1979) Risk sharing in construction contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Farid, F (1981) Fair and reasonable markup (FaRM) pricing model: A present value approach to pricing of construction contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Gatton, T M (1991) Designing for construction automation: Advanced automation technologies for computer integrated construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Grimes, G A (2004) Recovering capital expenditures: The railroad industry paradox, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Grobler, F (1988) Object-oriented data representation for unified construction project information, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hajibabai, L (2014) Scheduling and routing of service trucks and planning of resource replenishment locations for winter roadway maintenance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Halpin, D W (1973) An investigation of the use of simulation networks for modeling construction operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ham, Y (2015) Vision-based building energy diagnostics and retrofit analysis using 3D thermography and building information modeling, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Han, S (2013) Automated monitoring and systemic analysis of workers' safety behavior in construction operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Harris, J R (1980) Organization of building standards: Systematic techniques for scope and arrangement, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hassan, A A A (2019) Risk management of repetitive construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hassanein, M A A G (1990) Mechanisms for transfer of price risk of construction materials, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ho, S-P (2001) Real options and game theoretic valuation, financing and tendering for investments on build-operate-transfer projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Huang, P-D (1988) Impact of CADD technology on the architectural community, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hwang, S Y (2007) Proactive planning and control of construction productivity and cost using time series data, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jun, D H (2010) Multi-objective optimization for resource driven scheduling in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kandil, A A (2005) Multi-objective optimization for large-scale highway construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kang, Y-J (2000) Minimum life-cycle cost structural design against natural hazards, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Karshenas, S (1981) Probabilistic evaluation of safety of buildings during construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kauffold, P V (1977) Critical resource allocation in stochastic project networks, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Khalafallah, A M (2006) Optimal construction site layout planning for airport expansion projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kim, C-S (2002) An information model for real-time project cost integration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kim, H (2002) Knowledge discovery and machine learning in construction project databases, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kuipers, E J (1976) A method of forecasting the efficiency of construction labor in any climatological conditions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Lee, J S (2005) Developing spatio-temporal models for retrofit and reconstruction strategy under unscheduled events, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Lin, K-Y (2005) Knowledge-assisted retrieval of online product information in A/E/C (architecture/engineering/construction), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Lucenti, M J, Jr. (1999) Flexible computer support for collaboration in civil infrastructure management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Menassa, C C (2009) Quantitative framework to evaluate alternative dispute resolution investments in architecture engineering and construction projects using option and real option theory, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Nakajima, T (1972) Modeling and optimization of the building process for systems building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ng, H S M N (2006) Dynamic decision support for contingency management and allocation for construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Niss, J F (1965) Custom production, theory and practice: With special emphasis on the goals and pricing procedures of the contract construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Nunlee, M P (2002) Reputation as a control mechanism for opportunistic behavior in supply chains, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

O'Shaughnessy, R D (1992) Criteria civil engineers use in deciding whether or not to participate in non-credit continuing engineering education programs, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Odeh, I S M (2010) Evaluation of glare and lighting performance in nighttime highway construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ojode, L A (2000) A resource -based view of strategic alliances: Organizational capabilities, governance, and performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Orabi, W (2010) Optimizing highway reconstruction and rehabilitation projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Osman, I A (2022) Impacts of global pandemics on construction projects and dispute resolution provisions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Chicago.

Patel, A J (1996) Development of fatigue based pay adjustment factors in performance-related specifications for full-depth asphalt concrete pavements, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Pocock, J B (1996) The relationship between alternative project approaches, integration, and performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Rao, G N (1997) Cost risk assessment in environmental remediation: Towards a causal-chain approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Rehak, D R (1981) Computer aided engineering problems and prospects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Richards, J L (1973) An integrated approach to construction management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Said, H M M (2010) Optimizing site layout and material logistics planning during the construction of critical infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Sarikas, R H (1981) Regulatory and financial aspects of the utility industry rate treatment of construction work in progress, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Srithongrung, A (2006) The impact of state capital budget and management programs on state capital budget decisions and economic performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Springfield.

Steiger, T L (1988) Working construction: Organization and control of the labor process, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Su, Y-Y (2010) Construction crew productivity monitoring supported by location awareness technologies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Wang, H-H (2010) A context-based representation and reasoning formalism to support construction safety planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

• Type: Thesis
• Keywords: complexity; reasoning; construction project; crew productivity; decision making; manufacturing; monitoring; productivity; weather
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• URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/776902848
• Abstract:
  Construction industry has the highest potential for occupational hazard events among all United States’ industries. One of the major causes is construction employers or employees’ negative attitudes toward safety requirements imposed by different construction safety documents, such as construction safety regulations and project safety plans. Such attitudes towards safety requirements include ignorance, negligence and disobedience and the first two can be dealt with by raising construction project participants’ awareness of safety requirements through better construction safety planning. The huge number of safety requirements from different construction safety documents may hinder project participants from carefully searching through them for identifying applicable safety requirements. In addition, current approaches and tools for raising awareness of safety requirements are not sufficient. For example, traditional keyword-based search through a large number of construction safety specifications can help find safety requirements which contain the search keywords. However, there will be other requirements which are semantically relevant but are not found just because they do not contain these specific keywords. Hence, there is a need for a formalized approach to automating the identification of applicable construction safety requirements. This approach should enable identifying safety requirements more efficiently (i.e. saving time in the identification process) and effectively (i.e. better identify both directly and inferentially relevant requirements), and make it feasible to more easily raise project participants’ awareness of safety requirements. To address the above need, a Construction Safety Documents Management Framework is developed in this research. The developed Framework comprises the following components: (1) a computer interpretable model for representing safety requirements of construction safety documents to enable automated reasoning about them; (2) a semantically-rich model for representing concepts acquired from construction safety documents which describe contextual information to which the imposed requirements apply; and (3) reasoning mechanisms to reason about the above two models for evaluating concepts and safety requirements’ applicability to given project contexts. For the representation of construction safety requirements, the Ordered Hierarchy of Content Object (OHCO) approach is adopted to build the representation model; Extensible Markup Language (XML) is used in this research to implement the OHCO-based model. Ontological modeling, on the other hand, is leveraged to model semantically-rich concepts that describe construction contexts. In addition, the developed reasoning mechanisms utilize the ontological relationships between modeled concepts to automatically evaluate each concept’s applicability. Construction safety requirements’ applicability then can be evaluated by reasoning about the requirements’ applicability conditions and exceptions, which are represented using concepts defined in the concept ontologies. Safety requirements can be classified according to their evaluated applicability. The approach is mainly validated for Job Hazard Analysis documents through computational experiments in multiple representation and reasoning test cases. The validation results show that the developed Framework can successfully evaluate the applicability of safety requirements imposed by these JHA documents and identify safety requirements applicable to given contexts. During the validation, the advantages, limitations and practical implications of the developed Framework are discovered. The potential directions of future research on improving the Framework to reinforce its capability and to remove its limitations are lastly presented.

Yau, N-J (1992) An object-oriented project model for integrating building design, construction scheduling, and cost estimating for mid-rise construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Zhang, J (2015) Automated code compliance checking in the construction domain using semantic natural language processing and logic-based reasoning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.