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Conference Session
Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Raissa Seichi Marchiori, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama; Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama
Tagged Divisions
Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
executed to ensure safe and ethical treatment for the respondents, as theyare treated as a subject. To follow IRB ethics, the interview and the discussion were confidentialand completely voluntary. The interview started by distributing a sheet asking their job title andfour questions about their company: What is the number of employees in your company? What isyour company type? Which sector does your company work in? For how long has your companybeen using BIM? Following that, a 1-hour panel discussion started, and the interviewer askedquestions about the implementation of BIM in their company. Some of the questions includedthe following (Table 1).Table 1: Interview and discussion questions Question Question Number Q.1 Which solutions does
Conference Session
Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 5
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tolulope Ibilola Ogundare; Rebecca Kassa, University of Kansas; Omar Maali, City of Lawrence, Kansas; Brian Lines, The University of Kansas; Jake Smithwick, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
industry. The repeated cycle of training new hires due to labor turnover may affectorganizational and project performance. Construction firms should seek tactical human resourcesinitiatives to attract new hires, develop old hires’ skills, and retain talent in their workforce. Thisstudy investigates the differences in human dimensions of individuals engaged on construction jobsites. The aim of this paper is to identify distinctive human dimensions of skilled trades workers,essentially required for job transition within the construction industry. This study adoptedHEXACO personality inventory, Emotional Intelligence, and Q-DiSC behavioral diagnostics todetermine personality trait differences and peculiarities between 133 project managers workingfor
Conference Session
Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Pranshoo Solanki, Illinois State University
Tagged Divisions
Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
of how to create our own concrete mix, so it was hard to figure out of what and how muchmaterial we needed.”Q 2 Write how this project can be done differently in the future.“One way we could do this project in the future would be to use all 3 of the foam cores to seehow it effects the mass and load testing.”“As well it would make the lab better if we were able to test a ball and then make another 3designs to see what we would like to change while having a baseline to reflect on.”“One thing that can be changed about this lab in the future is to use a different type of mold thatis not 3D printed, it was easy to break/crack while releasing the dried bowling ball from themold.”Q 3 Please provide any other comment or feedback.“The overall lab was
Conference Session
Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 5
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Claudio Martani, Purdue University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
week.Following, each of the four grous had 12 minutes to deliver their response, i.e., to present theresponse previously elaborated by the team, including 4 minutes for Q&A. The first bookdiscussion covered chapters 1 and 2 of the book, focusing on the influence of geography and therailway expansion on the growth of Chicago. Chapter 3 of the book provided topics for thesecond book discussion, which examined the meat processing industry’s role in the city’sdevelopment. The third discussion focused on chapters 4 and 5 and addressed the socio-economic factors influencing the invention of the skyscraper and the stock market “futures” inChicago. The fourth and last elaborated on chapters 6 and 7, which analyzed the invention ofballoon-frame houses and
Conference Session
Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 4
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University; Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
. [Online]. Available: https://v4.sustainableinfrastructure.org/member/education/course/25.[21] M. Q. R. Pembury Smith and G. D. Ruxton, “Effective use of the McNemar test,” Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., vol. 74, no. 11, 2020, doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02916-y. Appendix A Pre-surveyProject Delivery Method for Sustainable InfrastructurePlease select the response that best matches the statements below.Q1. _______ is a type of traditional project delivery. a) Design-Build b) Design-Bid-Build c) Integrated Project Delivery d) Public Private PartnershipQ2. A type of alternative project delivery is _________. a) Early Contractor Involvement