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Cunningham Emord, P (2009) Building evaluation capacity with appreciative inquiry: An exploratory case study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of New Mexico.

Garrido Martins, C (2019) Assessment of project risks in fast-track construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Gatti, U C (2012) Measuring and evaluating physical strain to improve construction workforce productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Han, F (2021) Measurement of resilience performance for infrastructure construction project delivery, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of New Mexico.

  • Type: Thesis
  • Keywords: built environment; hazards; measurement; construction project; infrastructure construction; infrastructure project; project delivery; road construction; variations; delivery method
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  • URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2721650751
  • Abstract:
    In the past decade, infrastructure resilience in the U.S. has become critical due to increasing disruptions to the built environment and the resultant consequences on economic, social, and environmental goals. This attention to resilience research is drawn to investigating the ability of existing structures and facilities to resist and recover from natural and human-caused hazards. From a broader view, resilience also applies to processes, such as infrastructure project delivery processes. During these processes, a project often suffers inevitable threats and disruptions, which can significantly delay or derail the project if the process is not resilient.This research aimed to conceptualize resilience for project delivery processes and develop a measurement approach that can be used to diagnose the resilience of infrastructure project delivery systematically. Several steps were taken to accomplish this research objective. The author defined resilience as the ability of the project delivery system to withstand disruptions with the goal of mitigating the disruption-induced gap to intended project results. The proposed resilience definition highlights resistance, recovery, adaptation as the three stages for a project to respond to disruptions. The three resilience stages provide the fundamental dimensions from which seventeen resilience factors were identified to measure resilience in the context of road construction project delivery. The significance of the proposed resilience factors was verified by industry experts through a structured survey questionnaire. Based on the survey data, the author developed resilience criteria and the Project Delivery Resilience Index (PDRI) to evaluate the resilience of different project delivery methods: Design-Bid-Build (D-B-B), Design-Build (D-B), and Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC). Furthermore, Tendency toward Inoperability (TI) was developed to quantitatively measure the project delivery resilience in the case that the project delivery process is considered a system consisting of different project phases linked to each other by interdependent input-output relationships. To compute the TI, the author proposed an inoperability-based model that holistically measures the variations of project phase-related TI before and after disruptive events. Thus, the gain in resilience for the project delivery system can be solved.The findings of this research add to the body of knowledge by advancing the understanding of the resilience of project delivery and providing a comprehensive means to incorporate resilience assessment into infrastructure project delivery, and eventually improve the resiliency of completed infrastructure.

Jafari, A (2018) A decision-making framework for the selection of sustainable alternatives for energy-retrofits, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Jaramillo, L V (2019) Implementations of resilience engineering for natural system disturbances: A panarchical perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Martens, R (2018) An analysis of the relationship between leadership style and lean expressed through respect, proactivity, and innovative work behavior, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Nauman, R A (1999) The United States air force academy: A case study of rhetoric and reality in the making of modernism, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Phillips, H C (2009) A proposed method to determine confidence in a construction schedule, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Santamaria Carrera, J L (2017) Quantifying the effect of construction site factors on concrete quality, costs and production rates, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Severn, B W (1980) A simplified methodology for evaluating rural road proposals for less developed countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.

Zhang, S (2017) Pavement surface distress detection, assessment, and modeling using geospatial techniques, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.