Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit an article to the Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management (JCEPM) which will include leading scholarly and practical research articles that aim to advance the science of construction engineering and project management. With its first online publication on 31 May 2011 at www.jcepm.org, the journal will be published quarterly and targets to be SCI-E indexed by the end of 2012.

1. Aims and Scope
JCEPM offers wide ranging and comprehensive coverage of all facets of construction engineering and project management.

The topics include:
- Construction Engineering Economics
- Construction Engineering
- Construction Practices
- Construction Management
- Computer Application in Construction
- Construction Technology
- Infrastructure Asset Management
- Facility Management
- Maintenance and Operation in Construction
- Computer-Aided Design and Engineering
- Process Simulation Models
- Information Technology
- Green Construction
- Sustainability
- Building Information Modeling
- Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Environmental Analysis
- Carbon Accounting
- Cost Estimating in Green Construction

Particularly, seeking multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives of construction engineering and project management and focusing on the currently emerging Green issues, the journal welcomes both pure and applied research that impacts the theory and practice of construction project management.


2. Format
Manuscripts should follow the template here. ( English paper template MS Word document. )


3. Submission of paper
Manuscripts for submission should be sent to jcepm@kicem.or.kr. There is no restriction on submission date since the submission process goes on continuously for the future publications.
However, please be noted that papers submitted before 15 July, 2011 can go under review process for the publication of the second issue of the journal.


4. Distinctive features
JCEPM differentiates itself from the existing construction journals in terms of target readers, journal scope and focus. To achieve this goal, JCEPM
1) focuses on green and management issues in the whole project lifecycle, not limited to the
construction period
2) targets the global audience in the US and European countries with its base in Eastern Asia
3) generates high quality contributions with a top class editorial board and by providing an
academic discussion forum for the state-of-art issues in construction


5. Content
The following titles may be considered as JCEPM’s target articles.

“Web-based Performance Measurement System for Construction Projects”
“BIM-based Greenness Measurement System for Construction Projects”
“Quantitative Data Analysis Model for Productivity Improvement”
“Virtual Design and Construction Application on Construction Job Site”
“Organizational Strategy for AEC Industry”
“Case Study on Dispute Resolution Strategy”

In addition, the target authors may vary including university professors, researchers, graduate students and industry practitioners in the field of construction and project management. The type of papers is limited to research papers for the time being. Review and case study type of papers will be considered for publication afterwards.


6. Editorial Board Members
Chief Editor:
- Samuel Ariaratnam (Arizona State University)
- Moonseo Park (Seoul National University)

Associate Editor:
- HeeSung Cha (Ajou University)
- Sangwon Han (University of New South Wales)
- Taehoon Hong (Yonsei University)
- SangHyun Lee (University of Michigan)

Editorial Board Member:
US
- M. Emre Bayraktar (Florida International University)
- Makarand Hastak (Purdue University)
- Hyung Seok (David) Jeong (Oklahoma State University)
- Vineet Kamat (University of Michigan)
- Young Hoon Kwak (George Washington University)
- Gunnar Lucko (Catholic University of America)
- James T. O Connor (University of Texas at Austin)
- Feniosky Peña-Mora (Columbia University)
- B. Ryoo (Texas A&M University)
- Miroslaw Skibniewski (University of Maryland)
- Lucio Soibelman (Carnegie Mellon University)
Canada
- Simaan AbouRizk (University of Alberta)
- Carl Haas (University of Waterloo)
Australia
- David Carmichael (University of New South Wales)
- Peter Love (Curtin University of Technology)
Singapore
- Seng Kiong Ting (Nanyang Technological University)
- George Ofori (National University of Singapore)
Israel
- Ronie Navon (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
Hong Kong
- Albert Ping Chuen Chan (Hong Kong polytechnic University)
- Geoffrey Quping Shen (Hong Kong polytechnic University
- Francis Kwan Wah Wong (Hong Kong polytechnic University)
China
- Dongping Fang (Tsighua University)
Taiwan
- Min-Yuan Cheng (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)
Finland
- Kalle Kahkonen (Technical Research Centre of Finland,VTT)
Sweden
- Per-Erik Josephson (Chalmers University of Technology)
Germany
- Christian Brockmann (University of Applied Science Bremen)
Lithuania
- Jurgita Antucheviciene (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University)
South Africa
- Wellington Didibhuku Thwala (University of Johannesburg)
Korea
- SangYoon Chin (Sungkyunkwan University)
- HunHee Cho (Korea University)
- HyoungKwan Kim (Yonsei University)
- KyungHwan Kim (Kunkook University)
- YoungSuk Kim (Inha University)
- Ghang Lee (Yonsei University)
- SungKwon Woo (Inha University)
- JuneSeong Yi (Ewha Womans University)
- JungHo Yu (Kwangwoon University)

Best Regards,

Samuel Ariaratnam
Moonseo Park
Co-Chief Editor of the Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
Professor, Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University
Professor, Department of Architecture Engineering, Seoul National University