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  1. Breaking the Mirror: How Conventional Construction Firms Embrace Industrialized Construction

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, October 2026, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  2. Typologies of Industrialized Construction Adoption: Configurations in Conventional Construction Firms

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, July 2026, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  3. Prediction of the project schedule performance outcome with last planner system and social network analysis indicators

    Article • Engineering Construction & Architectural Management, October 2025, Emerald

    LUIS ALARCON

  4. Construction Industrialization: A Mosaic of Definitions

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, March 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  5. Predicting construction schedule performance with last planner system and machine learning

    Article • Automation in Construction, November 2024, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  6. Barriers to Adopting Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) in Construction

    Article • Buildings, April 2024, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  7. IX ELAGEC Special Issue- Editorial Note

    Article • January 2024, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  8. Influence of the experience of the project manager and the foreman on project management’s success in the context of LPS implementation

    Article • Ain Shams Engineering Journal, January 2024, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  9. Lean in the Public Sector.

    Article • Revista ingeniería de construcción, December 2023, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  10. Using Fuzzy Inference Systems for Lean Management Strategies in Construction Project Delivery

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, September 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  11. Value assessment in the traditional housing design: Case studies applying a value analysis model

    Article • Ain Shams Engineering Journal, September 2023, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  12. The interrelationship between barriers impeding the adoption of off-site construction in developing countries: The case of Chile

    Article • Journal of Building Engineering, August 2023, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  13. Methodological proposal to assess management practices for incorporating benchmarking into the chilean construction industry

    Article • Europub Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, July 2023, South Florida Publishing LLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  14. The Quality of Small Social Networks and Their Performance in Architecture Design Offices

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, February 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  15. Development of a Commitment Management System for Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, December 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  16. Online Monitoring and Implementation of Commitment Management Performance and Its Impact on Project Planning in Four Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, October 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  17. Exploring Value Generation in Target Value Design Applying a Value Analysis Model

    Article • Buildings, June 2022, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  18. Key Last Planner System Metrics to Assess Project Performance in High-Rise Building and Industrial Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, January 2022, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  19. Comparing Team Interactions in Traditional and BIM-Lean Design Management

    Article • Buildings, September 2021, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  20. Assessing the Relationship between Constraint Management and Schedule Performance in Chilean and Colombian Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, September 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  21. Importance of Noncost Criteria Weighing in Best-Value Design–Build US Highway Projects

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, July 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  22. Erratum for “Structured Approach for Best-Value Evaluation Criteria: US Design–Build Highway Procurement” by Maria Calahorra-Jimenez, Keith Molenaar, Cristina Torres-Machi, Alondra Chamorro, and Luis F. Alarcón

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, July 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  23. Exploring the links between simulation modelling and construction production planning and control: a case study on the last planner system

    Article • Production Planning & Control, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michael J O'Sullivan, LUIS ALARCON

  24. iSafeUAS: An unmanned aerial system for construction safety inspection

    Article • Automation in Construction, May 2021, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  25. Analyzing the Association between Lean Design Management Practices and BIM Uses in the Design of Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  26. Standardization can be good for exploration: a social capital view of the productivity dilemma in operational teams

    Article • Production Planning & Control, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    LUIS ALARCON

  27. UAS Point Cloud Accuracy Assessment Using Structure from Motion–Based Photogrammetry and PPK Georeferencing Technique for Building Surveying Applications

    Article • Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, January 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  28. Structured Approach for Best-Value Evaluation Criteria: US Design–Build Highway Procurement

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, November 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  29. Key Indicators for Linguistic Action Perspective in the Last Planner® System

    Article • Sustainability, October 2020, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  30. Modeling Supply Chain Integration in an Integrated Project Delivery System

    Article • Sustainability, June 2020, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  31. Understanding Interactions between Design Team Members of Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, June 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  32. Value Analysis Model to Support the Building Design Process

    Article • Sustainability, May 2020, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  33. UAV Integration in Current Construction Safety Planning and Monitoring Processes: Case Study of a High-Rise Building Construction Project in Chile

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, May 2020, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  34. An Assessment of Lean Design Management Practices in Construction Projects

    Article • Sustainability, December 2019, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  35. Assessing the Impacts of an IT LPS Support System on Schedule Accomplishment in Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, October 2019, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  36. Establishing a Link Between the Last Planner System and Simulation: A Conceptual Framework

    Article • July 2019, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON, Dr Michael J O'Sullivan

  37. Work Structuring for Flow

    Article • July 2019, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  38. Results of Indicators From the Linguistic Action Perspective in the Last Planner® System

    Article • July 2019, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  39. BIM Use Assessment (BUA) Tool for Characterizing the Application Levels of BIM Uses for the Planning and Design of Construction Projects

    Article • Advances in Civil Engineering, June 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr José Luis Ponz-Tienda, LUIS ALARCON

  40. Comparative analysis between integrated project delivery and lean project delivery

    Article • International Journal of Project Management, April 2019, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  41. Coordination of teams, meetings, and managerial processes in construction projects: using a lean and complex adaptive mechanism

    Article • Production Planning & Control, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    LUIS ALARCON

  42. Developing a benchmarking system for architecture design firms

    Article • Engineering Construction & Architectural Management, February 2019, Emerald

    LUIS ALARCON

  43. Constraint Bag Process Model: An Interdisciplinary Process Mining Approach to Lean Construction

    Article • November 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  44. Application of Social Network Analysis in Lean and Infrastructure Projects

    Article • July 2018, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  45. Assessment of Lean Practices, Performance and Social Networks in Chilean Airport Projects

    Article • July 2018, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  46. Indicators for Observing Elements of Linguistic Action Perspective in Last Planner® System

    Article • July 2018, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  47. Using BIM-Based Sheets as a Visual Management Tool for on-Site Instructions: A Case Study

    Article • July 2018, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  48. Influence of Organizational Characteristics on Construction Project Performance Using Corporate Social Networks

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, July 2018, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  49. Finding Differences among Construction Companies’ Management Practices and Their Relation to Project Performance

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, May 2018, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  50. Effects of Last Planner System Practices on Social Networks and the Performance of Construction Projects

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, March 2018, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  51. Diagnosis of Sustainable Business Strategies Implemented by Chilean Construction Companies

    Article • Sustainability, December 2017, MDPI AG

    LUIS ALARCON

  52. Assessing the Impact of Lean Methods in Mining Development Projects

    Article • July 2017, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  53. Contributions of Information Technologies to Last Planner System Implementation

    Article • July 2017, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  54. Knowledge Management and Information Flow Through Social Networks Analysis in Chilean Architecture Firms

    Article • July 2017, IGLC

    LUIS ALARCON

  55. Modeling Virtual Design and Construction Implementation Strategies Considering Lean Management Impacts

    Article • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, March 2017, Wiley

    LUIS ALARCON

  56. Variability propagation in the production planning and control mechanism of construction projects

    Article • Production Planning & Control, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    LUIS ALARCON

  57. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization through process integration in the AEC industry: Strategies and challenges

    Article • Automation in Construction, January 2017, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  58. The Dilemma of Innovation in the Construction Company: A Decade of Lessons Learned

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    LUIS ALARCON

  59. Identifying waste in virtual design and construction practice from a Lean Thinking perspective: A meta-analysis of the literature

    Article • Revista de la construcción, December 2016, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  60. Exploring performance of the integrated project delivery process on complex building projects

    Article • International Journal of Project Management, October 2016, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  61. Strategies for improving safety performance in construction firms

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, September 2016, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  62. A Hybrid Cross-Impact Approach to Predicting Cost Variance of Project Delivery Decisions for Highways

    Article • Journal of Infrastructure Systems, March 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  63. Creative Innovation in Spanish Construction Firms

    Article • Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, January 2016, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof. Víctor Yepes, LUIS ALARCON, Christian Correa Becerra

  64. LEBSCO: Lean-Based Simulation Game for Construction Management Classrooms

    Article • Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, October 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  65. Reference Virtual Design Team (VDT) probabilities to Design Construction Project Organizations

    Article • Revista de la construcción, August 2015, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  66. Implementing Lean Production in Copper Mining Development Projects: Case Study

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, January 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  67. A conceptual framework to model the performance of project delivery systems

    Article • August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    LUIS ALARCON

  68. Modelo para la Innovación Sistemática en Empresas Constructoras

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof. Víctor Yepes, LUIS ALARCON

  69. Model for Systematic Innovation in Construction Companies

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof. Víctor Yepes, Christian Correa Becerra, LUIS ALARCON

  70. Knowledge Management and Maturation Model in Construction Companies

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  71. Modelo de Gestión y Maduración de Conocimiento en Empresas Constructoras

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  72. Número Bilingüe Especial de Ingeniería en las Américas

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  73. Observaciones de Desempeño de Puentesdurante el Terremoto de Chile en 2010

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  74. Observations on Bridge Performance during the Chilean Earthquake of 2010

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  75. Quantification of Productivity Changes Due to Work Schedule Changes in Construction Projects: A Case Study

    Article • Revista de la construcción, April 2014, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  76. Selección de Formas de Relación con Terceros en la Construcción

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  77. Selection of Third-Party Relationships in Construction

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  78. Special Bilingual Issue on Engineering in the Americas

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  79. Estilos de organización y acciones clave que facilitan la gestión de conocimiento en un proyecto de construcción

    Article • Revista de la construcción, November 2013, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  80. Integrated methodology to design and manage work-in-process buffers in repetitive building projects

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    LUIS ALARCON

  81. Organizational Improvement Through Standardization of the Innovation Process in Construction Firms

    Article • Engineering Management Journal, June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Víctor Yepes, LUIS ALARCON

  82. Impact of Machine-Failure Costs on Equipment Replacement Policies: Tunneling Company Case Study

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, June 2012, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  83. Risk Planning and Management for the Panama Canal Expansion Program

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, October 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  84. Site Management of Work-in-Process Buffers to Enhance Project Performance Using the Reliable Commitment Model: Case Study

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, September 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  85. Analysis of Factors Influencing Productivity Using Craftsmen Questionnaires: Case Study in a Chilean Construction Company

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, April 2011, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  86. Improving Planning Reliability and Project Performance Using the Reliable Commitment Model

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, October 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  87. Improving the Effectiveness of New Construction Management Philosophies using the Integral Theory

    Article • Revista de la construcción, August 2010, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  88. Impact of Using an E-Marketplace in the Construction Supply Process: Lessons from a Case Study

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, October 2009, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  89. Multiobjective design of Work-In-Process buffer for scheduling repetitive building projects

    Article • Automation in Construction, March 2009, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  90. Investigating the relationship between planning reliability and project performance

    Article • Production Planning & Control, June 2008, Taylor & Francis

    LUIS ALARCON

  91. Assessing the impacts of implementing lean construction

    Article • Revista ingeniería de construcción, April 2008, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    LUIS ALARCON

  92. On-Site Subcontractor Evaluation Method Based on Lean Principles and Partnering Practices

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, April 2007, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  93. Benchmarking Initiatives in the Construction Industry: Lessons Learned and Improvement Opportunities

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, October 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  94. Improving Value Generation in the Design Process of Industrial Projects Using CAVT

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, April 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  95. Benchmarking System for Evaluating Management Practices in the Construction Industry

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, July 2004, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  96. Achieving Lean Design Process: Improvement Methodology

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, June 2002, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  97. Performance Modeling for Contractor Selection

    Article • Journal of Management in Engineering, April 2002, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  98. A computer environment to support the strategic decision‐making process in construction firms

    Article • Engineering Construction & Architectural Management, January 2000, Emerald

    LUIS ALARCON

  99. Construction process improvement methodology for construction projects

    Article • International Journal of Project Management, August 1998, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  100. Project management decision making using cross-impact analysis

    Article • International Journal of Project Management, June 1998, Elsevier

    LUIS ALARCON

  101. Selecting Long-Term Strategies for Construction Firms

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, December 1997, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  102. Modeling Project Performance for Decision Making

    Article • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, September 1996, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON

  103. Seismic Analysis Methods for Irregular Buildings

    Article • Journal of Structural Engineering, January 1986, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    LUIS ALARCON