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Baker, M; Ali, M; Hassett, E; Jahan Tumpa, R (2025) Tapping the untapped resource to address construction skills shortages: Perceptions of Australian women career changers and construction women. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Chang, W C; Esmaeili, B; Hasanzadeh, S (2025) Impacts of physical and informational failures on worker-autonomy trust in future construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Charbel, G; Assaad, R H; Tejada, T R; Karaa, F (2025) Modeling the interdependencies between the risk factors contributing to preconstruction delays in construction projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Chen, S; Zeng, N; Li, F; Yue, H; Wang, Q; Li, Q (2025) Proactive safety risk control system for deep foundation pit construction: Situational tailoring of integrated cybernetics and dual-system theory. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Dou, Y; Zhong, L; Luo, L (2025) Supply chain resilience of prefabricated construction: Perspectives of stakeholder capabilities and vulnerabilities. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
He, C; Liu, M; Hsiang, S M; Pierce, N; Megahed, S; Godfrey, A (2025) An ontological knowledge-driven smart contract framework for implicit bridge preservation decision making. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: blockchain; bridge preservation; decision-making; graph data set; smart contract
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-15253
- Abstract:
The decision-making for bridge preservation constitutes two types of rules: explicit rules, which are based on clear specifications to establish an overall baseline preservation plan, and implicit rules, which are rooted in extensive experience and professional judgments to adjust the baseline plan and adapt to the local context. A research gap exists in establishing standards for implicit rules and ensuring efficiency, credibility, and transparency when applying them. Therefore, the research objectives of this study are to (1) develop an information container to structure, store, and describe bridge inspection data leveraging domain knowledge; (2) enhance querying tools for organizing complex reasoning of implicit rules; and (3) establish a decentralized system for data sharing and knowledge communication in implicit decision-making. This research proposes a framework that integrates domain ontology and smart contracts to enable transparent and standardized knowledge streaming. By following a bridge preservation ontology, this research develops a mapping tool that converts element inspection data into a graph data set. Subsequently, implicit decision rules are structured via the SPARQL protocol and applied to the graph data set. A decentralized rule management platform utilizing smart contract and distributed file storage is developed to establish a standard decision-making protocol. Finally, the framework was evaluated based on 13,994 real-world bridge inspection records collected from North Carolina, United States. Results demonstrate that the proposed framework efficiently deploys implicit rules to the target data set with a 94% reduction in execution time without a loss in accuracy. The decentralized platform enforces a new rule evaluation and approval norm. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge by developing an ontological framework that organizes complex reasoning of implicit preservation rules and establishing a decentralized system to enhance efficient collaboration for bridge preservation decision-making.
Jiang, Z; Han, Y; Cheng, Y; Wang, Z; Meng, H (2025) An improved yolov8-dyhead-wiseiou model for positioning and counting detection of grouting sleeves in a prefabricated wall. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Lin, S; Cheung, S O (2025) What organizational justice brings to project dispute negotiation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Liu, Z; Li, X; Gao, Z; Zhang, Y; Teng, Y; Wu, C (2025) A hybrid and intuitive work packaging approach with multiple task relations, general work package precedence, and BIM in modular construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Mai, T P A; Doan, D T; Ghaffarianhoseini, A (2025) Utilizing multiskilled resources in addressing labor shortage issues in off-site construction: Benefits, challenges, and best practices. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Onubi, H O; Carpio, M (2025) Voluntary workplace proenvironmental behavior on construction project sites: Antecedent roles of green human resource management practices, environmental awareness, and job control. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Sharma, N; Laishram, B (2025) Decoding the emergent patterns of cost of quality through the lens of sociotechnical systems: A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Shrestha, R; Ko, T; Lee, J (2025) Quantifying project uncertainties: Leveraging historical bid and change order data for automated detection of cost and schedule impacts in new projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Sun, R; Yan, Q; Zhang, C; Qiao, M; Ren, J (2025) Comprehensive evaluation of grouting effectiveness combining qualitative on-site tests and improved fuzzy integration with entropy weight method: Case study of a mountain tunnel. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Tao, Y; Hu, H; Xu, F; Zhang, Z (2025) Ergonomic risk mitigation through workforce planning for construction projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Wang, H; Chen, X; Wang, J; Guan, W; Wei, S (2025) Multiobjective trade-off optimization of time, cost, quality, and carbon emission in the building construction stage. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Yan, H; Liu, C; Yang, X; Feng, K (2025) Real-time digital twin-driven 3D near-miss detection system at construction sites. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).
Yu, M; Ruan, W; Zhou, Y; Zhao, Y (2025) Flow shop scheduling for prefabricated components production considering parallel machines and buffer constraints. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 151(4).