The focus of this study was to learn from the operational variabilities in offshore wind projects by investigating the overall delays in offshore wind projects related to arrival time (flow) or job time (process-time) variability. This research was motivated by the general understanding that...

The US construction industry continues to be among the leading industries for workplace fatalities after experiencing 818 fatalities in 2009. Approximately 21% of these fatalities resulted from workers being struck by an object or piece of construction equipment. The nature of construction sites...

An appropriate operating temperature range is critical for the overall performance and safety of lithium-ion batteries. Considering the excellent performance of water in heat dissipation in industrial applications, in this paper, a water based PAAS (sodium polyacrylate) hydrogel thermal...

Die fortschreitende Digitalisierung lässt innovative bauprojekt- und unternehmensinterne Workflows sowie Organisationssysteme entstehen. In diesem Zusammenhang ist die digitale Fortentwicklung durch Building Information Modeling [BIM] als Veränderungsprozess zu definieren, der...