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Afzali Borujeni, S H, Zare, M and Adelzade Saadabadi, L (2024) Comparison of factors affecting the acceptance of the trenchless technology and open-trench method using ANP and AHP: Case study in Iran. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Aghililotf, M, Ramezanianpour, A M, Arbabi, H and Maghrebi, M (2024) Identifying construction managers' challenges: A novel approach based on social network analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Delphi technique; project manager; quantitative research; social network analysis
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: http://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-13771
- Abstract:
Due to the complex and dynamic atmosphere in the construction sector, different types of challenges are faced by project managers (PMs). These challenges potentially have negative impacts on the PM's managerial performance, which mostly leads to budget and schedule contingencies. In this vein, scrutinizing the main challenges in a construction project and identifying the cause-and-effect relationships among these challenges is a crucially important process. In the literature, a considerable number of papers have tried to determine construction PM challenges, mainly using statistical methods. These methods do not consider the cause-and-effect relationship among variables. To enhance the existing methods, this paper applies social network analysis (SNA) principles in order to rank a group of variables based on cause-and-effect relationships. To demonstrate the proposed idea, a data set is constructed that includes different types of challenges acquired from the literature comprehended with the forward-chaining approach. In total, 49 critical challenges were identified and subsequently categorized into 12 groups. Two questionnaires were designed to assist in ranking the challenges. 108 construction experts and 20 panelists participated in this study, and the acquired data were used to evaluate the proposed SNA-based method. By applying the proposed method to the obtained data, a complex weighted and directed network is constructed and examined by three metrics: weighted in-degree centrality, betweenness centrality, and closeness centrality. The results revealed that poor planning, contractors'/subcontractors' financial difficulties, and poor decision making are the main challenges that occur in the construction environment. Moreover, it was figured out that considering the cause-and-effect relationship among variables resulted in a highly different ranking of challenges, much closer to the real situation. This model could be used in quantitative-analytical research conducted in the construction project knowledge area in order to obtain more interpretable answers.
Alikhani, H and Latifi, M (2024) Evaluation of the healing performance of hot-mix asphalt containing waste steel shavings under different microwave induction healing cycles. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Anwer, S, Li, H, Antwi-Afari, M F, Mirza, A M, Rahman, M A, Mehmood, I, Guo, R and Wong, A Y L (2024) Evaluation of data processing and artifact removal approaches used for physiological signals captured using wearable sensing devices during construction tasks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Arowoiya, V A, Oke, A E, Ojo, L D and Adelusi, A O (2024) Driving factors for the adoption of digital twin technology implementation for construction project performance in Nigeria. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
D'Orazio, M, Bernardini, G and Di Giuseppe, E (2024) Improving sustainable management of university buildings based on occupancy data. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Da Silva, W O P, Farias, B A, Monteiro, I B, Pegorini, V, Casanova, D and Bisconsini, D R (2024) Development of global quality index of unpaved roads. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Ding, S, Hu, H, Chai, Z and Wang, W (2024) Secure and formalized blockchain-IPFS information sharing in precast construction from the whole supply chain perspective. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Garcia-Lopez, N P and Fischer, M (2024) Managing on-site production using an activity and flow-based construction model. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Jalloul, H, Choi, J, Manheim, D, Yesiller, N and Derrible, S (2024) Incorporating disaster debris into sustainable construction research and practice. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Koc, K, Budayan, C, Ekmekcioǧlu, Ö and Tokdemir, O B (2024) Predicting cost impacts of nonconformances in construction projects using interpretable machine learning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Leung, M Y, Wei, X and Ojo, L D (2024) Developing a value-risk management model for construction projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Liu, Y, Wang, X, Guo, S, Shi, X and Wang, D (2024) Analyzing the optimization of subsidies for PPP urban rail transit projects: A choice between passenger demand, vehicle kilometer, or an improved efficiency-oriented framework. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Miao, K, Lou, W, Schonfeld, P and Xiao, Z (2024) Optimal earthmoving-equipment combination considering carbon emissions with an indicator-based multiobjective optimizer. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Ning, X, Zhai, F, Xia, N and Hu, X (2024) Protecting the ego: Anticipated image risk as a psychological deterrent to construction workers' safety citizenship behavior. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Olayiwola, J, Yusuf, A, Akanmu, A, Gonsalves, N and Abraham, Y (2024) Efficacy of annotated video-based learning environment for drawing students' attention to construction practice concepts. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Salih, F, Eissa, R and El-Adaway, I H (2024) Data-driven analysis of progressive design build in water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).
Zhong, B, Shen, L, Pan, X, Zhong, X and He, W (2024) Dispute classification and analysis: Deep learning-based text mining for construction contract management. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(01).