@article{fullerton_tamer_banerjee_alsharef_jaselskis_2021, title={Development of North Carolina Department of Transportation's CLEAR Program for Enhanced Project Performance}, volume={2}, ISSN={["2169-4052"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85116336814&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1177/0361198121995195}, abstractNote={ Valuable lessons learned and best practices gleaned from construction projects often do not transfer to future generations because of the lack of a formalized process. This ongoing issue gives rise to the need to impart fresh training to new North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) employees once the aging workforce retires or in the event of turnover. In addition, a platform for personnel to record pertinent project information about successes and failures in projects is needed. Such information can help solve problems and avoid repeated mistakes. The aim of this research project is to create a new program called Communicate Lessons, Exchange Advice, Record (CLEAR) to reposit knowledge gained by personnel. Integral to this program is an internal-only web-based database on NCDOT’s Connect SharePoint portal with MS Access as its backend. The North Carolina State University researchers used a Design for Six Sigma approach to identify, define, develop, optimize, and verify lessons learned/best practices to create the CLEAR database. The database fields were selected based on end-user input as well as a review of existing data, such as claims and supplemental agreements, within NCDOT data repositories. Training materials, including videos and standard operating procedures, were created to disseminate information about this new program. The CLEAR program will help the NCDOT to institutionalize knowledge and is expected to improve project cost variability and scheduling. }, number={7}, journal={TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD}, author={Fullerton, Clare E. and Tamer, Alyson W. and Banerjee, Siddharth and Alsharef, Abdullah F. and Jaselskis, Edward J.}, year={2021}, month={Feb} }
 @article{alsharef_banerjee_uddin_albert_jaselskis_2021, title={Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the United States Construction Industry}, volume={18}, ISSN={["1660-4601"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041559}, DOI={10.3390/ijerph18041559}, abstractNote={The COVID-19 pandemic has been the largest global health crisis in decades. Apart from the unprecedented number of deaths and hospitalizations, the pandemic has resulted in economic slowdowns, widespread business disruptions, and significant hardships. This study focused on investigating the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. construction industry since the declaration of the national emergency on 13 March 2020. The study objectives were achieved through 34 telephone interviews with project managers, engineers, designers, and superintendents that represented different states and distinct industry sectors in the United States (U.S.). The interviewees offered information on their experience with the pandemic, including the general and adverse effects experienced, new opportunities created, and risk management efforts being undertaken. The reported adverse effects included significant delays on projects, inability to secure materials on time, reduction in productivity rates, material price escalations, and others. The new opportunities that were created included projects involving the fast-track construction of medical facilities, construction of residential buildings, transportation-related work, and opportunities to recruit skilled workers. The risk management measures that were widely adopted included measures to enhance safety and reduce other project risks. The safety measures adopted included requiring employees to wear cloth face masks, adoption of social distancing protocols, staggering of construction operations, offering COVID-19-related training, administering temperature checks prior to entry into the workplace, and others. Measures to manage other project risks included the formation of a task force team to review the evolving pandemic and offer recommendations, advocating that construction businesses be deemed essential to combat delays and taking advantage of government relief programs. The study findings will be useful to industry stakeholders interested in understanding the early impacts of the pandemic on the construction industry. Industry stakeholders may also build upon the reported findings and establish best practices for continued safe and productive operations.}, number={4}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Alsharef, Abdullah and Banerjee, Siddharth and Uddin, S. M. Jamil and Albert, Alex and Jaselskis, Edward}, year={2021}, month={Feb} }
 @article{design for six sigma (dfss) approach for creating clear lessons learned database_2020, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3311/ppar.15442}, DOI={10.3311/ppar.15442}, abstractNote={Project personnel working in construction sites fail to transfer invaluable experiences gained mostly due to the absence of a formalized process to record such information. Construction projects are seldom repetitive in nature and this highlights the need for organizations to have in place robust data repositories to facilitate knowledge sharing. This paper describes an effort in creating a new internal-only web-based lessons learned database named Communicate Lessons, Exchange Advice, Record (CLEAR) for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). A Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) approach of Identify, Define, Develop, Optimize, and Verify (IDDOV) model was used. Findings from this study will help NCDOT to institutionalize knowledge and improve project cost variations and schedule predictability. In conjunction with this database, a data dashboard is envisioned to provide effective visualizations for the upper management to make informed decisions based on the lessons information in the database. The dashboard will include success metrics such as detecting reduced numbers of claims and claims amounts, witnessing periodical increase in lessons uploaded into the database, and enhanced communication among specialized staff. This approach is a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge in lessons learned database implementation for construction applications. The anticipated outcome of this new application will be a more efficient and effective public organization through reduced claims, improved designs, and construction workflows, and improved policies and standards. Future researchers can make use of information presented in this paper to build new robust lessons learned systems to improve organizational efficiency.}, journal={Periodica Polytechnica Architecture}, year={2020}, month={Feb} }
 @article{rasoulkhani_brannen_zhu_mostafavi_jaselskis_stoa_li_alsharef_banerjee_chowdhury_2020, title={Establishing a Future-Proofing Framework for Infrastructure Projects to Proactively Adapt to Complex Regulatory Landscapes}, volume={36}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000794}, DOI={10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000794}, abstractNote={AbstractInfrastructure projects experience different regulatory impacts during permitting, operations, and decommissioning. However, no framework is in place to provide a foundation for infrastruct...}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Management in Engineering}, author={Rasoulkhani, K. and Brannen, L. and Zhu, J. and Mostafavi, A. and Jaselskis, E. and Stoa, R. and Li, Q. and Alsharef, A. and Banerjee, S. and Chowdhury, S.}, year={2020}, month={Apr} }
 @article{chowdhury_zhu_rasoulkhani_mostafavi_jaselskis_stoa_li_banerjee_alsharef_brannen_2020, title={Guidelines for Robust Adaptation to Environmental Regulations in Infrastructure Projects}, volume={146}, ISBN={1943-7862}, url={https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001908}, DOI={10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001908}, abstractNote={AbstractEnvironmental regulations can greatly affect the operation of new and existing infrastructure projects. In fact, the economic performance of infrastructure projects is closely related to en...}, number={10}, journal={JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT}, publisher={American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)}, author={Chowdhury, Sudipta and Zhu, Jin and Rasoulkhani, Kambiz and Mostafavi, Ali and Jaselskis, Edward and Stoa, Ryan and Li, Qingchun and Banerjee, Siddharth and Alsharef, Abdullah and Brannen, Laura}, year={2020}, pages={04020121} }
 @article{li_brannen_rasoulkhani_mostafavi_stoa_chowdhury_alsharef_banerjee_zhu_jaselskis_2020, title={Regulatory Adaptation in the Construction Industry: Case Study of the OSHA Update to the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard}, volume={12}, ISSN={["1943-4170"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)la.1943-4170.0000424}, DOI={10.1061/(asce)la.1943-4170.0000424}, abstractNote={AbstractThis paper presents a case study of a proposed regulatory future-proofing framework for the construction industry. The update to the crystalline silica standard by the Occupational Safety a...}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF LEGAL AFFAIRS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION}, author={Li, Qingchun and Brannen, Laura and Rasoulkhani, Kambiz and Mostafavi, Ali and Stoa, Ryan and Chowdhury, Sudipta and Alsharef, Abdullah and Banerjee, Siddharth and Zhu, Jin and Jaselskis, Edward}, year={2020}, month={Nov} }