TY - GEN
T1 - Challenges and Strategies Incorporated with Transportation Construction Inspection
AU - Rouhanizadeh, Behzad
AU - Kermanshachi, Sharareh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The number of transportation construction projects has increased in the U.S. over the past several decades, and inspection challenges have increased proportionally or at an even higher rate. Therefore, it is important to identify these challenges and to offer appropriate inspection strategies to avoid project failures. In this study, the challenges of transportation construction inspections were identified, and strategies for tackling these challenges were proposed. Several national U.S. inspection documents, peer-reviewed papers, and other types of publications were thoroughly reviewed, and the potential inspection challenges of transportation projects were identified. Then, the management strategies that lead to effective inspection processes and successful projects were identified. The results of this study demonstrated that the current practices for the inspection of transportation construction projects need to be thoroughly reviewed and improved upon. The list of potential inspection challenges and management strategies determined by this research can assist project managers and inspectors allocate resources to transportation construction activities more efficiently and achieve higher productivity rates.
AB - The number of transportation construction projects has increased in the U.S. over the past several decades, and inspection challenges have increased proportionally or at an even higher rate. Therefore, it is important to identify these challenges and to offer appropriate inspection strategies to avoid project failures. In this study, the challenges of transportation construction inspections were identified, and strategies for tackling these challenges were proposed. Several national U.S. inspection documents, peer-reviewed papers, and other types of publications were thoroughly reviewed, and the potential inspection challenges of transportation projects were identified. Then, the management strategies that lead to effective inspection processes and successful projects were identified. The results of this study demonstrated that the current practices for the inspection of transportation construction projects need to be thoroughly reviewed and improved upon. The list of potential inspection challenges and management strategies determined by this research can assist project managers and inspectors allocate resources to transportation construction activities more efficiently and achieve higher productivity rates.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096760342
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2020
SP - 446
EP - 454
BT - Construction Research Congress 2020
A2 - Grau, David
A2 - Tang, Pingbo
A2 - El Asmar, Mounir
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management Controls, Materials, Contracts
Y2 - 8 March 2020 through 10 March 2020
ER -