Adriana Gómez-Cabrera- Doctor of Engineering
- Professor (Associate) at Pontifical Xavierian University
Adriana Gómez-Cabrera
- Doctor of Engineering
- Professor (Associate) at Pontifical Xavierian University
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Introduction
Adriana Gómez is a Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Universidad de Los Andes, in Colombia. In 2001, Adriana joined Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, where she works as an assistant professor in the Civil Engineering Department. She earned her bachelor degree in 1999 from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and her master degree in Construction Management in 2007 from the Universidad de Los Andes. Her research interests lie in the field of construction engineering focused on project management, decision-making tools and, data analytics. So far, Adriana has published over 15 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and she has participated in national and international conferences in Construction Management and Engineering.
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October 2005 - October 2015
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Construction projects are carried out under the triple constraint of cost, time, and scope, as stated in the project management literature. However, time and cost deviations in the construction industry are frequent, and their magnitude in many cases is considerable, generating harmful consequences. This paper developed a literature review to exami...
The digital revolution and the increasing availability of data have transformed management processes across businesses, governments, and society. Governments, aligning with international standards, have established digital platforms to communicate public procurement progress to citizens. Several public data platforms, including those in the constru...
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been widely adopted in the building sector. However, it is still an emerging topic in road infrastructure projects despite its enormous potential to solve ongoing issues. While there have been several recent studies on BIM implementation in road projects, there is a lack of research analyzing the actual BIM U...
Los proyectos de construcción a nivel global y a lo largo de la historia se ven enfrentados a la necesidad de aumentar su productividad. Una necesidad que surge a partir de los requerimientos de tiempo, costo y calidad que son definidos en las etapas tempranas de los proyectos. Lean Project Management agrupa los principios de las filosofías Lean Co...
This scoping review aims to enhance construction project management practices by identifying the key factors contributing to time and cost overruns. More than 300 articles were studied, out of which 73 were relevant to this review scope. Following the methodological recommendations proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and the PRISMA checkl...
Teaching production systems and Lean tools is a challenge for educators in the construction area, which is highlighted by the difficulty of emulating in the classroom the scenarios that industry professionals will face. Hence, implementing pedagogical games has a high potential to improve construction education processes. However, gaps are observed...
Rural roads play an indispensable role in economic and social well-being, especially in developing countries, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. For this reason, it is necessary to plan these projects properly to guarantee their success. In this line, the objective of this research is to identify significant variables gene...
Delays and cost escalations in construction projects are problems that have been approached by many researchers through time, developing a significant body of literature. This paper developed a literature review to examine 30 research papers published since 1988 in the Web of Science database to identify the main factors causing these deviations. T...
In recent years, transparency in public procurement has increased considerably as a strategy to curb corruption and implement best practices by governments. Since 2007, Colombia has been implementing different approaches in this sense, which have been evaluated by international bodies with outstanding results. The country's open data platform is ma...
Resumen Los retrasos y sobrecostos en proyectos de construcción son objeto de cons-tante preocupación por parte de los desarrolladores de proyectos, ya que incluso pueden afectar la viabilidad de estos. Por esto, es necesario estudiar las causas, especialmente en Colombia donde las causas generadoras de este tipo de desviaciones no han sido analiza...
ResumenEn la actualidad el sector construcción afronta dos importantes retos relacionados con disminuir el impacto ambiental de sus proyectos y lograr una mayor eficiencia en los procesos constructivos, entregando a los clientes soluciones apropiadas que cumplan los requisitos. Como respuesta a la necesidad de lograr proyectos que respondan adecuad...
The construction sector is currently facing two important challenges with regard to minimizing the environmental impact of its projects and improving the efficacy of the construction processes, providing clients with adequate solutions that meet their requirements. In response to the need to complete projects that satisfy environmental requirements...
Construction is one of the human activities that contributes most to global warming: It is estimated that between 1970-2004, built environment and new construction originated 70% of global warming emissions. In contemporary buildings, the biggest portion of embodied energy corresponds to structural materials (concrete and reinforcement), taking 59,...
The construction industry is on continuous interaction with the environment, generating impacts on it and on the health and welfare of human beings who live or interact with the developed infrastructure. The requirements for reducing the severe negative impacts has led some nations, organizations, and economic sectors to create norms and guidelines...
The digital revolution has spurred changes in many industries, providing tools to improve decision-making. The construction industry is no exception: available information technologies allow for building in virtual environments. Doing so helps predict the behavior of future projects based on simulation results aimed at ensuring better decision-maki...
Resumen-El presente trabajo se basa en la identifi-cación y eliminación de pérdidas dentro del proceso con-structivo de edificaciones en la ciudad de Bogotá con el fin de aumentar la productividad. La metodología para recolección de información fue el muestreo de campo con el apoyo de imágenes digitales. Esto permitió identificar los principales fa...
The present project demonstrates a way to improve construction processes, with improvement understood in terms of increased productivity. To achieve this objective, the research presented here relies on discrete event simulation models to analyze transportation logistics, as well as distribution and storage of structure- and foundation-related mate...
El objeto de este trabajo fue establecer propuestas de mejoramiento al proceso de planeación de tiempos y costos en la etapa de cimentación de un edificio, a partir de la integración de herramientas como simulación de eventos discretos, programación con líneas de balance y metodologías Building Information Modeling - BIM. A partir de mediciones en...
En este trabajo se presenta la experiencia del uso de metodologías innovadoras para la planificación de la construcción de un puente de concreto en Colombia. Fue aplicada la metodología BrIM (Bridge Information Modeling), con el objetivo de mejorar el rendimiento y desarrollo de la planificación constructiva de este tipo de estructura. La elaboraci...
In Colombia the planning processes of construction projects are based primarily on the experience gained by the contractors. Planning tools that encourage research on this field and facilitate decision making to improve productivity and reduce execution times are not used. The objective of this study is to establish improvement proposals for the ti...
This paper shows the experience of using innovative methodologies for planning the construction of a concrete bridge in Colombia. The BrIM (Bridge information modeling) methodology was applied in order to improve the performance and planning development of the construction of this type of structure. The project development was divided into three st...
This research involved the application ofa shrinkage-compensating additive to a concrete mix, to reduce cracking due to shrinkage by drying in the construction of industrial floors. Thus, panels can be built up to ten times larger than the recommended size (3 x 3 m)for a thickness of 15 cm, based on the recommendations of ACI360 and ACI302. This ca...
The construction industry in Bogotá (Colombia) has grown steadily in recent years, concentrated between 20 to 30 % of the GDP of the Colombian construction (2012 Camacol), and this has increased the production of waste. As a consequence, some problems have been presented such as the scarcity of raw materials close to the urban center and the deplet...
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El sector de la construcción en Bogotá ha crecido de forma constante en los últimos años, concentrando entre 20 a 30 % del PIB de la construcción colombiana [3] y con esto se ha venido incrementado la producción de residuos generados. Lo que resulta grave, es la problemática generada por la escases de materia prima cerca al núcleo urbano y el agota...
Civil project executors are constantly dealing with the challenge of increasing productivity by optimizing the manpower or human resources and their interaction; this has been addressed from different points of view using computational tools and manual tools. In the case of Colombia, the percentage of non-value-adding activities in civil projects i...
Civil projects executors are constantly dealing with the challenge of increasing productivity through resources optimization and their interaction; this has been addressed from different points of view using computational tools and manual tools. This challenge demands also, the implementation of new information technologies and digital tools as an...
Este trabajo presenta la simulación de eventos discretos como una herramienta para la planeación, reingeniería y el análisis de proyectos de construcción partiendo de un caso real consistente en el proceso constructivo de una estructura en concreto reforzado que incluye cimentación, pedestales, vigas, placa de entrepiso y columnas. Inicialmente se...
