Modeling Construction Companies
This paper reports on the development, implementation, and practical use of a micro-computer based system which simulates the organizational performance of construction companies. The...
Decision Support System for Tunneling
This paper first discusses methodologies for considering geological uncertainty in tunneling projects and for determining the most economic excavation and support methods under such condition;...
Avoiding Disputes Through Better Management Techniques: A Contractor's Viewpoint
Utilizing management techniques to avoid disputes is an important function which allows resources to be focused on the project objectives. Relationships are enhanced, cost are reduced,...
Avoiding Contractor Disputes During Project Design
The New Jersey Transit Corporation is in the second phase of a billion dollar rebuilding program of its rail system. The first phase, which featured electrification and signal system replacement,...
Avoiding Disputes: The Construction Manager's View
Avoiding and minimizing contract disputes, from the construction manager's (CM) point of view, begins during the preliminary planning and design stages and continues throughout...
Proper Specifying with the Or Equal Clause
'Or Equal' product specifications are the subject of this paper and shown to be frequently involved in quite serious contract disputes. Management strategies...
Constructibility Review of Documents Before Bidding
Many claims have their inception at the very beginning of a project, specifically at the time of bidding. Contractors review the Contract Documents prior to bidding. The way in which they...
Specification Deficiencies?Contract Disputes
The costs of rework, replacement, duplication, delays, and related administration are major factors in disputes. The major reasons for specification-caused disputes are discussed. A three...
Better Design Documents Through Constructibility Review
The Corps of Engineers (Corps) improves the quality of design documents by an extensive program to review in-house and Architect/Engineer (A/E) designs. This review is composed of several...
Construction Inspection?The Last Line of Defense
Construction inspection, or a quality assurance program, is typically the last line of defense in relation to claims for the constructed project. The quality assurance team should be a...
Documentation?A Key to Preventing Contract Disputes
From most attorneys' point of view, when the elements of good contract administration are studied and discussed, one of the most important elements is thorough and accurate...
A Systematic Approach to Evaluating the Risk of Contractual Disputes
Construction contract disputes along with A/E malpractice actions have raised much concern in the industry. Considerable literature has been written along the lines of claims avoidance...
An Owner's Role in Dispute Avoidance & Resolution
Construction disputes can be avoided in number and severity through education of the project team. This paper will identify a variety of ways an owner can avoid disputes, pinpointing reasons....
The American Association of Cost Engineers Claims Project
Construction contract disputes, or dressed in their popular nomenclature, 'contract claims', have become an established aspect of the non-residential construction...
Revitalization of Existing Buildings: An Owner's Perspective
Revitalization of the large stock of existing buildings in this country is of paramount importance today to building owners, who want the value of existing properties to appreciate as...
Evaluation and Modernization of Veterans Administration Facilitaties
This paper discusses two examples showing in detail that procedures for building assessment require much consideration for engineers' programming and must be properly specified...
Transmission Tower Foundations in Weathered Rock
A case history is presented which discusses the siting, design and construction of the tower foundations for a transmission line in southwest Alaska. The project, completed in 1983, consists...
Forecasting the Demand for Electricity: An Examination of Alternative Approaches
This paper examines several approaches to forecasting national-level electricity demand. The various approaches are briefly examined, and the strengths and weaknesses of each are discussed....
Private Funds, Public Projects
Tapping private sources for public services is not new, though the concept has advanced from traditional contracting for services, which has been around since pre-Revolutionary War days....
Clearing the Decks
Cathodic protection, an electrical-chemical process that prevents corrosion of steel rebars on bridge decks, is rapidly gaining acceptance by highway engineers and state highway departments....
Return to search