Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice

Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress, held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 8-10, 2010. Sponsored by the Construction Institute of ASCE. This collection of 156 peer-reviewed papers covers 15 general state-of-knowledge areas in construction engineering and management. The papers address and analyze revolutionary research findings, technological advances, emerging trends, and functional characteristics that are shaping the future of the industry. Topics include: automated/real time systems construction industry institute research construction education construction modeling and simulation disaster planning and mitigation information technology and computer applications infrastructure management and underground construction knowledge management organizational leadership and management procurement, contracting, and legal affairs productivity, benchmarking, and workforce issues project planning and control project risk assessment and management quantitative methods and models sustainable construction and facilities This proceedings will be invaluable to construction engineers and researchers, owners, consultants, contractors, and others involved in the architecture-engineering-construction industry. See more