research overview
- Dr. Molenaar's research focuses on alternative project delivery strategies, cost estimating and risk analysis for constructed facilities and infrastructure.
- Contact Info
Molenaar, Keith Robert
Positions
- Endowed Chair, College of Engineering and Applied Science
- Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- Project delivery, cost estimating and risk analysis
Publications
selected publications
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conference proceeding
- Assessing the Influence of Manufacturing Flexibility on Facility Construction Costs 2019
- Developing a TRIZ-based Design for Flexibility Tool for Manufacturing Facilities 2019
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International Conference on Transportation and Development 2018
2018
- Exploring Potential Delays Associated with Requests for Information in CM/GC Highway Construction. 640-649. 2018
- State-of-the-Practice in the Design and Construction of Flexible Facilities. 288-298. 2018
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Desired Versus Realized Benefits of Alternative Contracting Methods on Extreme Value Highway Projects.
1-6.
2017
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AN EXPLORATION OF TEAM INTEGRATION IN DESIGN-BID-BUILD PROJECTS
2017
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DESIRED VERSUS REALIZED BENEFITS OF ALTERNATIVE CONTRACTING METHODS ON EXTREME VALUE HIGHWAY PROJECTS
2017
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EVOLUTION AND APPLICATION OF COST AND SCHEDULE RISK MANAGEMENT ON COMPLEX PROJECTS
2017
- Program Risk Management Approach to Reducing Cost Uncertainty in Highway Projects 2017
- An Empirical Comparison of Cost Growth between Highway Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build Projects by Project Size. 2029-2038. 2016
- State Transportation Agency Use of Community Outreach Tools on Accelerated Highway Construction Projects. 1638-1647. 2016
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The Use and Performance of Alternative Contracting Methods on Small Highway Construction Projects.
Procedia Engineering.
908-915.
2016
- Latent Class Analysis for Highway Design and Construction Project Categorization. 1314-1321. 2016
- Community Outreach Tools and Strategies for Accelerated Highway Construction Projects 2016
- Cost Estimating Tool for Early Estimates for Rural and Small Urban Transit Facilities 2016
- Production scheduling in construction. 325-334. 2003
- Appropriate risk allocation in design-build RFPs. 1083-1092. 2000
- Building commissioning, ensuring quality and savings. 1074-1082. 2000
- Prediction of construction disputes in change issues. 534-542. 2000
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journal article
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Green Public Procurement in Civil Infrastructure Construction: Current Performance and Main Project Characteristics.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2023
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Assessing social performance of construction companies in public-works procurement: Data envelopment analysis based on the benefit of the doubt approach.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review.
2022
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Challenges in Engineering Estimates for Best Value Design Build Highway Projects.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2021
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Structured Approach for Best-Value Evaluation Criteria: US Design-Build Highway Procurement.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2020
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Using Debiasing Strategies to Manage Cognitive Biases in Construction Risk Management: Recommendations for Practice and Future Research.
Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction.
2020
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Cost Implications of Indefinite Delivery–Indefinite Quantity Contracting in the US Defense Sector.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2020
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Improving cost performance in design-bid-build road projects by mapping the reasons for cost overruns into the project phases.
REVISTA DE LA CONSTRUCCION.
334-345.
2020
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Revisiting Project Delivery System Performance from 1998 to 2018.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2020
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Modeling Supply Chain Integration in an Integrated Project Delivery System.
Sustainability.
5092-5092.
2020
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Characteristics of Stipends and Their Value-Adding Potential in Design-Build US Highway Construction.
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction.
2020
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Project Delivery Methods’ Change-Order Types and Magnitudes Experienced in Highway Construction.
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction.
2020
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Strategic development of flexible manufacturing facilities.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
1299-1314.
2020
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Comparing Contract Administration Functions for Alternative and Traditional Delivery of Highway Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2020
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Contract Administration Tools for Design-Build and Construction Manager/General Contractor Highway Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2019
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Comparative analysis between integrated project delivery and lean project delivery.
International Journal of Project Management.
395-409.
2019
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Determining Contingencies in the Management of Construction Projects.
Project Management Journal.
226-242.
2019
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Critical Comparison of Progressive Design-Build and Construction Manager/General Contractor Project Delivery Methods.
Transportation Research Record.
261-268.
2019
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Examination of Project Duration, Project Intensity, and Timing of Cost Certainty in Highway Project Delivery Methods.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2019
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Managing Public Communication Strategies in Accelerated Highway Construction Projects.
Transportation Research Record.
1-10.
2018
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Timing of Cost Certainty in Highway Construction Project Delivery: Perceptions versus Empirical Results.
Transportation Research Record.
88-95.
2018
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Influence of Interorganizational Coordination on Lifecycle Design Decision Making: Comparative Case Study of Public-Private Partnership Highway Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2018
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MANAGEMENT OF TIME AND COST CONTINGENCIES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: A CONTRACTOR PERSPECTIVE.
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management.
254-264.
2018
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Influence of Simplified Procurement Methods on Competition for Public Sector Construction.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2018
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State-of-practice for risk-based quality assurance in state departments of transportation.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
958-970.
2018
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State-of-practice for risk-based quality assurance in state departments of transportation.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
958-970.
2018
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Implementation of best-value procurement for highway design and construction in the USA.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
774-787.
2017
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Scope Definition of Air Force Design and Construction Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2017
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Evaluating the Effect of Contract Timing on Lifecycle-Design Innovation in Public-Private Partnerships: Comparative Case Study of Highway Projects.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2017
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Challenges and barriers to establishing infrastructure asset management.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
1184-1202.
2017
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Comparison of Qualifications-Based Selection and Best-Value Procurement for Construction Manager–General Contractor Highway Construction.
Transportation Research Record.
59-67.
2017
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Development of a Risk Register Spreadsheet Tool for Enterprise- and Program-Level Risk Management.
Transportation Research Record.
19-27.
2017
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Exploration of Early Work Packaging in Construction Manager–General Contractor Highway Projects.
Transportation Research Record.
68-75.
2017
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Impact of Team Integration and Group Cohesion on Project Delivery Performance.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2017
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Roles and Responsibilities of Independent Cost Estimator in Construction Manager–General Contractor Highway Construction.
Transportation Research Record.
15-22.
2017
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Strategies to Enhance Implementation of Infrastructure Asset Management in Developing Countries.
Transportation Research Record.
39-48.
2017
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Exploring performance of the integrated project delivery process on complex building projects.
International Journal of Project Management.
1089-1101.
2016
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Measuring Constructs of Relational Contracting in Construction Projects: The Owner’s Perspective.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2016
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Application of Indefinite Delivery–Indefinite Quantity Construction Strategies at the Federal Level.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2016
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Exploration of Team Integration in Spanish Multifamily Residential Building Construction.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2016
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A Hybrid Cross-Impact Approach to Predicting Cost Variance of Project Delivery Decisions for Highways.
Journal of Infrastructure Systems.
2016
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Empirical Study of the State of the Practice in Alternative Technical Concepts in Highway Construction Projects.
Transportation Research Record.
143-148.
2016
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Implementing Best-Value Procurement for Design–Bid–Build Highway Projects.
Transportation Research Record.
26-33.
2016
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Construction Management Challenges and Best Practices for Rural Transit Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2015
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Quality Assurance Organization Selection Factors for Highway Design and Construction Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2015
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Benefits and Barriers to Applying Probabilistic Risk Analysis on Engineering and Construction Projects.
EMJ - Engineering Management Journal.
49-57.
2015
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Mapping of Practices of State Transportation Agencies for Consultant Oversight of Construction Engineering and Inspection services.
Transportation Research Record.
28-38.
2015
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Fundamental Project Quality Assurance Organizations in Highway Design and Construction.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2014
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Synthesis of Performance Measures for Highway Cost Estimating.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
2014
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Modeling Competitiveness Factors and Indexes for Construction Companies: Findings of Chile.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2014
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Impact of Risk on Design-Build Selection for Highway Design and Construction Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
153-162.
2014
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Successful University Research Programs with Extensive Industry Involvement.
Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction.
57-62.
2014
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Analysis of Causes of Delay and Time Performance in Construction Projects.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2014
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Construction Project Peer Reviews as an Early Indicator of Project Success.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
327-333.
2013
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Municipal Water/Wastewater Project Delivery Performance Comparison.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
251-258.
2013
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Determining Optimal Proportion of Design in Design-Build Request for Proposals.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
620-627.
2013
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Enterprise Risk Management Strategies for State Departments of Transportation.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
114-121.
2013
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Analysis of Selection Criteria for Design-Builders through the Analysis of Requests for Proposal.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
19-24.
2013
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Mapping goal alignment of deployment programs for alternative fuel technologies: An analysis of wide-scope grant programs in the United States.
Energy Policy.
405-416.
2012
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Determining the Appropriate Proportion of Owner-Provided Design in Design-Build Contracts: Content Analysis Approach.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
1017-1022.
2012
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Risk-Neutral Pricing Approach for Evaluating BOT Highway Projects with Government Minimum Revenue Guarantee Options.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
545-557.
2012
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Enterprise Risk Management for Transportation Agencies.
Transportation Research Record.
57-65.
2012
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Simulation of Overlapping Design Activities in Concurrent Engineering.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
950-957.
2011
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Risk Planning and Management for the Panama Canal Expansion Program.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
762-771.
2011
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Competitiveness factors and indexes for construction companies: findings of Chile.
REVISTA DE LA CONSTRUCCION.
91-107.
2011
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Key Performance Indicators in Highway Design and Construction.
Transportation Research Record.
51-58.
2011
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Selection of Project Delivery Method in Transit: Drivers and Objectives.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
21-27.
2011
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Integrated Framework for Quantifying and Predicting Weather-Related Highway Construction Delays.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
1160-1168.
2010
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Contract Payment Provisions and Project Performance: An Analysis of Municipal Water and Wastewater Facilities.
Public Works Management and Policy.
20-31.
2010
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A learning model for design-build project selection in the public sector.
Revista de Ingeniería de Construcción.
5-20.
2010
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A Synthesis of Best-Value Procurement Practices for Sustainable Design-Build Projects in the Public Sector.
Journal of Green Building.
148-157.
2010
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Sliding-Scale Contingency for Project Development Process.
Transportation Research Record.
21-27.
2010
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Construction Project Cost Escalation Factors.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
221-229.
2009
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Framework for Measuring Corporate Safety Culture and Its Impact on Construction Safety Performance.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
488-496.
2009
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Multiobjective design of Work-In-Process buffer for scheduling repetitive building projects.
Automation in Construction.
95-108.
2009
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Sensitivity of Construction Activities under Design Uncertainty.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
199-206.
2009
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Decision Support System for Selection of Project Delivery Method in Transit.
Transportation Research Record.
148-157.
2009
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Estimating large complex projects.
Revista de Ingeniería de Construcción.
91-98.
2007
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Early contractor involvement and target pricing in US and UK highways.
Transportation Research Record.
3-10.
2007
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Learning organizations in construction.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
27-34.
2007
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Measuring achievement of learning organizations in construction.
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.
215-+.
2007
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Strategies for overlapping dependent design activities.
Construction Management and Economics.
829-837.
2006
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Concurrent Engineering Approach to Reducing Design Delivery Time.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
1179-1185.
2005
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Programmatic Cost Risk Analysis for Highway Megaprojects.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
343-353.
2005
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An educational experiment to address infrastructure needs.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructures.
269-280.
2005
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Life-Cycle Cost Award Algorithms for Design/Build Highway Pavement Projects.
Journal of Infrastructure Systems.
167-175.
2004
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Analysis of owner's design and construction quality management approaches in design/build projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
162-169.
2004
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Design/Build for Water/Wastewater Facilities: State of the Industry Survey and Three Case Studies.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
16-24.
2004
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Educational Needs Assessment for Design/Build Project Delivery.
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice.
106-114.
2003
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Design-Builder Selection for Small Highway Projects.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
214-223.
2001
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Web-Based Decision Support Systems: Case Study inProject Delivery.
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
259-267.
2001
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Structural equation model of construction contract dispute potential.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
268-277.
2000
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Public-Sector Design/Build Evolution and Performance.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
54-62.
1999
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Model for Public Sector Design-Build Project Selection.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
467-479.
1998
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Project Characteristics for Successful Public-Sector Design-Build.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
34-40.
1997
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Selecting Design-Build: Public and Private Sector Owner Attitudes.
Journal of Management in Engineering.
47-53.
1996
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Green Public Procurement in Civil Infrastructure Construction: Current Performance and Main Project Characteristics.
Journal of construction engineering and management.
2023
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder 1997
- M.S., University of Colorado Boulder 1995
- B.S., University of Colorado Boulder 1990