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2018-01-01

Tiruneh, Getaneh Gezahegne, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

The variables that characterize construction organizational competencies are both quantitative and qualitative in nature, and thus require measurement methods and modeling techniques that can handle both variable types. Models that are capable of relating organizational competencies to...

2022-01-01

Nguyen, Phuong, Fayek, Aminah Robinson, Hamzeh, Farook

Measurement of construction labor productivity involves various subjective factors (e.g., motivation, stress, and fatigue). Most measurement approaches for subjective factors in productivity applications require manual data collection (e.g., questionnaires, interviews, and observations);...

2020-01-01

Hao, Yajie, Kedir, Nebiyu Siraj, Seresht, Nima Gerami, Pedrycz, Witold, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

Infrastructure projects for harnessing renewable energy (e.g., wind farm projects) have recently gained popularity because of their low adverse impact on the environment. However, it is challenging to perform risk assessments for these projects because data are either scarce or of low quality....

2020-01-01

Fateminia, Seyed Hamed, Siraj, Nasir Bedewi, Fayek, Aminah Robinson, Johnston, Andrew

Traditional techniques for estimating contingency reserve fail to capture subjective uncertainties and expert knowledge, and they rely on historical data. This paper proposes a fuzzy risk analysis model (FRAM) that uses fuzzy arithmetic to analyze risk and opportunity events and determine...

2020-01-01

Somi, Sahand, Seresht, Nima Gerami, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

Wind farm projects have recently gained popularity in many countries. However, since wind farms are a novel type of infrastructure for energy production for which limited historical data are available, numerous unique challenges are encountered during their construction. One of the main...

2019-01-01

Fateminia, Seyed Hamed, Seresht, Nima Gerami, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

The development and implementation of risk response strategies contributes to effective risk management processes in construction organizations. Risk response strategies need to be developed and implemented as follows: first, all possible risk responses for each given risk event of a project are...

2019-01-01

Tiruneh, Getaneh Gezahegne, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

Organizational competencies have a significant influence on performance; therefore, it is vital that organizations in the construction industry assess and enhance their competencies in order to improve performance. The set of variables that captures construction organizational competencies is...

2022-01-01

Kedir, Nebiyu S., Raoufi, Mohammad, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

Previous studies have identified motivation as one of the most important factors affecting the efficiency of labor utilization in construction processes. However, there is a lack of research on simulating the impact of motivation on labor productivity to track and devise productivity improvement...

2020-01-01

Kazerooni, Matin, Raoufi, Mohammad, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

Construction labor productivity (CLP) has a significant impact on the performance and profitability of construction projects. A construction project can benefit from improved labor productivity in many ways, such as a shorter project life cycle and lower project cost. However, budget and resource...

2022-01-01

Gebretekle, Yisshak T., Fayek, Aminah Robinson

Construction competencies are combinations of skills, knowledge, technologies, other resources, and practices of a construction organization that contribute to increased effectiveness, competitiveness, profitability, and performance. Previous studies have developed mechanisms to identify and...