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Benchmarking for Action & Satisfaction in Facility Operations & Maintenance
Title
Benchmarking for Action & Satisfaction in Facility Operations & Maintenance
Author
Dodd, Justin
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Industrial management
Description
While benchmarking is a well-established strategy that organizations have been using to manage performance and seek continual improvement for almost 4 decades, the field of facility management has only started using benchmarking in the last 20 yea...
Development of a Highway Maintenance Cost Index
Title
Development of a Highway Maintenance Cost Index
Author
Riccio, Austin
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Transportation
Description
The North Carolina Department of Transportation records maintenance activities performed in house, but does not have an efficient way of forecasting future costs. The problem with not having an efficient way to forecast future highway maintenance ...
Evaluating Organizational Readiness to Implement Change Within the Workplace
Title
Evaluating Organizational Readiness to Implement Change Within the Workplace
Author
Kasana, Dipin
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Management
Description
Organizational change is an initiative to transition from a current state to a desired future state, where the initiatives can be either planned or unplanned, based on motivational factors. This study evaluates the impact of organizational charact...
INCORPORATING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING METHODS IN CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION
Title
INCORPORATING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING METHODS IN CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION
Author
Carter, Mikkea
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Curriculum planning
Description
Architecture, engineering and construction industries are advancing in collaborative methods for completing projects. Consequently, institutions of education are investigating methods of teaching students how to effectively function in teams in or...
Manpower and Efficiency Study of the Manns Harbor Shipyard through Data Envelopment Analysis
Title
Manpower and Efficiency Study of the Manns Harbor Shipyard through Data Envelopment Analysis
Author
Morgan, Tyler
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Management, Operations research
Description
The NCDOT Ferry Division (NCDOT-FD) self-performs preventative maintenance, emergency maintenance, and scheduled overhauls on a continual basis with manpower staffing to support the North Carolina Ferry Service’s (NCFS) ability to continue to oper...
Prediction of Defect Hotspots for Highway Maintenance Management: A Multi-asset Machine Learning Approach
Title
Prediction of Defect Hotspots for Highway Maintenance Management: A Multi-asset Machine Learning Approach
Author
Karimzadeh, Arash
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation, Artificial intelligence
Description
Given multiple budget and revenue constraints that the transportation sector encounters, predictive analytics enables maintenance agencies to make effective decisions, prioritize maintenance tasks, and provide efficient life-cycle planning. To thi...
Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
Title
Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
Author
Kumar, Amit
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Transportation
Description
The development of a progressive modern highway system is essential for the enhancement of the road capacity, safety, efficiency, commerce, and national defences of a country. These highway systems consist of various integrated individual asset co...
SCAN-BIM-FEA A STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION IN A CURTAIN WALL
Title
SCAN-BIM-FEA A STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION IN A CURTAIN WALL
Author
Patil, Gouree Prakash
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, Computer engineering, Agricultural engineering
Description
Evaluating the structural integrity of curtain walls during the life cycle of a building project can assist architects in developing better designs, inform manufacturers on the needs to produce stronger building elements, help contractors establis...