2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The 2015 event featured research on BIM, safety, lean construction, ergonomics,
education, and communication. You will find resources from the event below. 

2015 NFCC PROCEEDINGS

10:00 – 10:30 am Welcome and opening remarks
10:30 – 11:45 am Session 1
Session 1 Health and Safety
Sathyanarayanan Rajendran Construction Site Safety
John Gambatese Construction Engineering: Designing Formwork and Concrete Structures for Safety
Ken-Yu Lee Safety Technology: LED for Temporary Construction Lighting
Session 2 BIM for Facilities Management
Sheryl Staub-French Investigating BIM-Based Collaboration
Steve Hutsell & Van Woods Is There Any Place For COBie Outside The Building?
Yong Woo Kim Leadership for Lean Implementation at Capital Projects
12:00 – 1:30 pm Poster Session and Lunch
  • F2-COBie project
    Bita Astaneh Asl Lokesh Masania
  • What is the Taxonomy? A Study on the Implementation of Enterprise Asset Management System at Sound Transit
    Mihir Bharmal
  • Building Use Audit Procedure
    Alireza Borhani Julie Kreigh
  • Permeable Pavement in Low Impact Development
    Liyang Chen
  • Barriers to Good Front End Planning
    Nikeshwar Duvuri
  • Pixel Management
    Mahshid Gharibimarzancola
  • Case study: Process Mapping BIM to Prefabrication in a Retrofit Construction Project
    Arundhati Ghosh
  • Implementation of Lean Construction with New Subcontractor
    Anirudh Gupta
  • Total Worker Health
    Tahni Hartso
  • Subcontracting Practices: The Owner’s Involvement in Subcontractor Selection
    Luigia Iannotta Jeff Ottesen
  • 4D Scheduling & Industry Collaboration: Filling the BIM Void
    David Martin
  • Revitalizing Neighborhoods Through Non-Traditional Playgrounds
    Doris McMahon
  • Building Information Modeling: Effects of Leadership and Team Structure
    Nhi Nguyen
  • A Categorization of Subcontracting Practices in the Northwest
    Natasha Osmanbhoy Salvatore Biancardo Jeff Ottesen
  • Schedule Activity Density Analysis
    Jeff Ottesen
  • Immersive Virtual Reality
    Lucky Agung Pratama
  • Success of Public-Private Partnership Projects in Generation Sector in Saudi Arabia
    Khaled Rezqallah
  • Solar Photovoltaic Systems
    HaoDuo Yang
1:45 – 3:00 am Session 2
Session 1 Construction Engineering
Robert Seghetti Accelerated Construction Techniques Material, Equipment and Processes
Kamran Nemati Accelerated Construction of Urban Intersections with Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP)
Session 2 Construction Education
Thomas Korman Enhancing CEM Education with Company Simulation
Anne Anderson Global Teams in Virtual Worlds
David Martin 4D Scheduling & Industry Collaboration: Filling the BIM Void