Engineering, Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Science
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Scopus Publications
130
Scholar Citations
6
Scholar h-index
5
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Scopus Publications
The Mediating Role of Organizational Culture in Resource Repurposing and the Transition from Industry 4.0 to 5.0: Evidence from the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Industry Rubén Romo, Eric Forcael, Francisco Moreno, Francisco Orozco Buildings, 2026 In a time of extraordinary global volatility, the survival and competitiveness of the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry rely less on technological supremacy and more on cultural agility to repurpose resources effectively. Although Industry 4.0’s digital transformation offered tools for operational efficiency, the new Industry 5.0 paradigm emphasizes a human-centric approach, with organizational culture serving as a crucial link between advanced technology and organizational resilience. This study explores how organizational culture mediates resource repurposing and the shift from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 in the AEC sector. Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with a sample of 120 AEC professionals, it examines how cultural traits—viewed as strategic leadership influence, employee adaptability, and innovation— mediate operational results. The results indicate that employee technology use and innovation are key drivers of resource reconfiguration, directly improving productivity and lowering project costs. Importantly, the findings show that organizational culture is not merely a background factor but a strategic enabler that partly mediates the link between Industry 4.0 adoption and cost savings. Thus, this research offers a theoretical framework for AEC firms to harness cultural flexibility as a strategic resource, advancing beyond simple digital adoption to embed innovation for sustainable long-term growth.
Agile Project Management in the Pre-Construction Stage: Facing the Challenges of Projectification in the Construction Industry Francisco Moreno, Eric Forcael, Rubén Romo, Francisco Orozco, Ginnia Moroni, et al. Buildings, 2024 Given the complex and dispersed nature of construction projects, which demand collaboration among varied experts, it is crucial to reevaluate project management and execution approaches to enhance their performance. Agile principles offer a path towards heightened responsiveness within tasks and processes, addressing the construction industry’s fast-paced nature and growing client demands for timely project completion. However, adopting new management methodologies, such as Agile, needs a significant cultural shift, enabling the cultivation of multi-skilled and self-managing teams. Projectification, a growing trend in contemporary society where more activities are managed as projects, has gained significant relevance in recent years. This study examines the application of Agile project management (specifically Agile Scrum methodology) during the pre-construction phase of a construction project through the lens of Projectification. As evidenced by the research results, applying the Agile methodology in the pre-construction phase may help enhance flexibility and collaboration, enabling teams to adapt quickly to evolving project requirements and unforeseen challenges. The findings demonstrate that Agile methodologies offer numerous benefits, including enhanced adaptability, flexibility, accountability, transparency, and teamwork. Additionally, there were significant reductions in time and costs, emphasizing the value of Agile practices in construction project management.
Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm to Optimize the Safety Distance of Workers in Construction Projects Eric Forcael, Ibzan Carriel, Alexander Opazo-Vega, Francisco Moreno, Francisco Orozco, et al. Mathematics, 2024 This paper presents the results of a simulation model regarding the productivity and safety working space for construction workers through the floors of a building using swarm intelligence (SI), a field of artificial intelligence (AI), and specifically using artificial bee colony (ABC) optimization. After designing the algorithm used to build the simulation model, the simulation was used in an actual building project by comparing the travel times of workers conventionally transporting material with another group working on routes optimized by the algorithm. Thus, the proposed algorithm provides routes combining shorter travel times and correct distances between workers when transporting materials in a construction site, handling the interference between crews. After validating the algorithm on-site, no statistically significant differences were found between the travel times of workers and the times delivered by the algorithm. Additionally, the travel times using the routes obtained through the algorithm were significantly lower than those made by workers who moved freely without a predefined route. In summary, the algorithm proposed may help construction practitioners maintain safe movements that respond to hazard contexts imposed by any restriction that demands a safety distance.
Towards a Model That Sees Human Resources as a Key Element for Competitiveness in Construction Management Rubén Romo, Francisco Orozco, Eric Forcael, Francisco Moreno Buildings, 2023 The construction industry is continuously affected by external and internal agents that modify and define its competitiveness. Changing markets, currency fluctuations, and tremendous competition have made the issue of competitiveness increasingly important. The literature highlights factors that determine the competitiveness of construction firms, including easy-to-measure elements, such as financial, sales, return on investment, etc., while other elements are not as easily measurable, such as customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, loyalty, and leadership, among many others. Within these factors, Human Resources (HR) has occupied a central place in the last decade, due to the enormous impact that labor has on project execution. This research mainly focuses on the study of HR and its components to reach a deeper understanding of the impact that HR has on the competitiveness of construction companies. After defining the most relevant variables, an interrelationships model was proposed with the Partial Least Square (PLS) technique. These HR variables impact the competitiveness variables: cost, utility, time, quality, Staff retention, and Health & Safety. The PSL analyses met the evaluation criteria using the structural model, confirming its viability. It was found that there are three important variables related to competitiveness: (i) leadership, (ii) innovation, and (iii) competitiveness.
Gini Index in the Construction Industry; the case study of Chile Proceedings of the Laccei International Multi Conference for Engineering Education and Technology, 2023
BARRIERS TO BIM IMPLEMENTATION IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY Eric Forcael, Alonso Castro, Francisco Bedwell, Euro Casanova, Francisco Orozco, et al. Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction Iglc, 2023 The purpose of this research was to find the barriers that hinder the implementation of BIM in bridge projects (BrIM). This was done by a bibliographic analysis and the application of an evaluation tool to a case study, corresponding to a Chilean road project with an important number of bridges. Based on the literature, twenty-three barriers were found, which were then validated through the application of the survey to the case study, resulting the main barriers: “Interoperability problems between different BIM software”, and “Differences between BIM for buildings and BIM for bridges”. Then, a risk analysis was run, concluding that the barriers in bridge projects cause high levels of impact when implementing BIM. Thus, this research may help project and engineering managers to have a first approximation to the most recurring barriers in BrIM and how to rank them according to their impact. Finally, for future research, the findings of this study can be extended to other complex projects — such as bridges — but with different levels of uncertainty, that allow finding new barriers or confirm those found here.
A Feasibility-Based Framework for Decentralized Urban Growth in Megacity Regions M Francisco, F Eric, N Rodrigo, R Ruben, R Leonardo Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances, 100040 , 2026 2026
A feasibility-based framework for decentralized urban growth in megacity regions F Moreno Abril, E Forcael, R Navarro Guerrero, R Romo Gamboa, ... Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances 2 (2) , 2026 2026
Lean Construction Barriers From the Organizational Culture Lens R Romo Gamboa, F Orozco, F Moreno Abril Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 2025 2025
Fixed start method for repetitive project scheduling with simulated annealing F Moreno, E Forcael, F Orozco, F Baesler, D Agdas Heliyon 11 (2) , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
Lean construction barriers from the organizational culture lens R Romo, F Orozco, F Moreno, C Francesconi, R Valdebenito, E Forcael Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Additive manufacturing in the construction industry E Forcael, M Medina, A Opazo-Vega, F Moreno, G Pincheira Automation in Construction 169, 105888 , 2025 2025 Citations: 23
Agile project management in the pre-construction stage: Facing the challenges of projectification in the construction industry F Moreno, E Forcael, R Romo, F Orozco, G Moroni, F Baesler Buildings 14 (11), 3551 , 2024 2024 Citations: 33
Artificial bee colony algorithm to optimize the safety distance of workers in construction projects E Forcael, I Carriel, A Opazo-Vega, F Moreno, F Orozco, R Romo, ... Mathematics 12 (13), 2087 , 2024 2024 Citations: 11
Relevancia y Gestión del Diseño Interior en la Construcción AL Sánchez-Pelayo, ED Tovar-García, F Moreno Abril SSRN Electronic Journal , 2024 2024
Labor inclusion in the construction sector: Evidence from Mexico LA Ornelas-Barajas, F Moreno-Abril, ED Tovar-García Journal of Social Inclusion 14 (2) , 2023 2023
Relevancia y Gestión del Diseño Interior en la Construcción (Relevance and Management of Interior Design in Construction). AL Sánchez-Pelayo, ED Tovar García, F Moreno-Abril Available at SSRN 4607307 , 2023 2023
BARRIERS TO BIM IMPLEMENTATION IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY E Forcael, A Castro, F Bedwell, E Casanova, F Orozco, F Moreno IGLC-31, 128–139 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
Towards a model that sees human resources as a key element for competitiveness in construction management R Romo, F Orozco, E Forcael, F Moreno Buildings 13 (3), 774 , 2023 2023 Citations: 18
Labor Inclusion in the Construction Sector: Evidence from Mexico ED Tovar-García, LA Ornelas-Barajas, F Moreno Abril Griffith University , 2023 2023
Gini Index in the Construction Industry the case study of Chile E Forcael, C Sagredo, G Garcés, C Peña, F Orozco, F Moreno LACCEI 1 (8) , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
Método de Inicios Fijos en Planeación de Obra de Construcción de tipo Repetitivo F Moreno Abril 2021
A fixed start scheduling approach for repetitive construction projects F Moreno, F Orozco, O Rojas, B Senior, M Poshdar, E Forcael KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering 24 (6), 1671-1682 , 2020 2020 Citations: 29
LA FACTIBILIDAD DEL USO DE AGUA DE MAR PARA SUMINISTRO DE AGUA POTABLE EN CIUDADES COSTERAS F Moreno, M Montenegro 2018
Programación de flujo recurso electrónico y de recursos en la industria de la construcción utilizando métodos matemáticos F Moreno Abril 2008
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Agile project management in the pre-construction stage: Facing the challenges of projectification in the construction industry F Moreno, E Forcael, R Romo, F Orozco, G Moroni, F Baesler Buildings 14 (11), 3551 , 2024 2024 Citations: 33
A fixed start scheduling approach for repetitive construction projects F Moreno, F Orozco, O Rojas, B Senior, M Poshdar, E Forcael KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering 24 (6), 1671-1682 , 2020 2020 Citations: 29
Additive manufacturing in the construction industry E Forcael, M Medina, A Opazo-Vega, F Moreno, G Pincheira Automation in Construction 169, 105888 , 2025 2025 Citations: 23
Towards a model that sees human resources as a key element for competitiveness in construction management R Romo, F Orozco, E Forcael, F Moreno Buildings 13 (3), 774 , 2023 2023 Citations: 18
Artificial bee colony algorithm to optimize the safety distance of workers in construction projects E Forcael, I Carriel, A Opazo-Vega, F Moreno, F Orozco, R Romo, ... Mathematics 12 (13), 2087 , 2024 2024 Citations: 11
Fixed start method for repetitive project scheduling with simulated annealing F Moreno, E Forcael, F Orozco, F Baesler, D Agdas Heliyon 11 (2) , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
Lean construction barriers from the organizational culture lens R Romo, F Orozco, F Moreno, C Francesconi, R Valdebenito, E Forcael Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
BARRIERS TO BIM IMPLEMENTATION IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY E Forcael, A Castro, F Bedwell, E Casanova, F Orozco, F Moreno IGLC-31, 128–139 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
Gini Index in the Construction Industry the case study of Chile E Forcael, C Sagredo, G Garcés, C Peña, F Orozco, F Moreno LACCEI 1 (8) , 2023 2023 Citations: 2
A Feasibility-Based Framework for Decentralized Urban Growth in Megacity Regions M Francisco, F Eric, N Rodrigo, R Ruben, R Leonardo Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances, 100040 , 2026 2026
A feasibility-based framework for decentralized urban growth in megacity regions F Moreno Abril, E Forcael, R Navarro Guerrero, R Romo Gamboa, ... Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances 2 (2) , 2026 2026
Lean Construction Barriers From the Organizational Culture Lens R Romo Gamboa, F Orozco, F Moreno Abril Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 2025 2025
Relevancia y Gestión del Diseño Interior en la Construcción AL Sánchez-Pelayo, ED Tovar-García, F Moreno Abril SSRN Electronic Journal , 2024 2024
Labor inclusion in the construction sector: Evidence from Mexico LA Ornelas-Barajas, F Moreno-Abril, ED Tovar-García Journal of Social Inclusion 14 (2) , 2023 2023
Relevancia y Gestión del Diseño Interior en la Construcción (Relevance and Management of Interior Design in Construction). AL Sánchez-Pelayo, ED Tovar García, F Moreno-Abril Available at SSRN 4607307 , 2023 2023
Labor Inclusion in the Construction Sector: Evidence from Mexico ED Tovar-García, LA Ornelas-Barajas, F Moreno Abril Griffith University , 2023 2023
Método de Inicios Fijos en Planeación de Obra de Construcción de tipo Repetitivo F Moreno Abril 2021
LA FACTIBILIDAD DEL USO DE AGUA DE MAR PARA SUMINISTRO DE AGUA POTABLE EN CIUDADES COSTERAS F Moreno, M Montenegro 2018
Programación de flujo recurso electrónico y de recursos en la industria de la construcción utilizando métodos matemáticos F Moreno Abril 2008
