Books 

 

Tang, S.L. I. Ahmad, S.M. Ahmed and M. Lu, “Quantitative Techniques for Decision Making in Construction.” Hong KongPolytechnicUniversity Press. 2004.

 

Edited Proceedings

 

1. Ahmad, I., S.M. Ahmed, and S. Azhar, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Construction in the Twenty First Century, held in Miami, April, 2002.

 

2. Ahmed, S.M., I. Ahmad, S.L. Tang, and S. Azhar, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Construction in the Twenty First Century, held in Hong Kong, December, 2003.

 

 

Papers in Professional Journals

 

Articles

 

1. Ahmad, I. S. Azhar, and P. Lukauskis, “Development of a Decision Support System using Data Warehouseing to Assist Builders/Developers in Site Selection,” Automation in Construction, Vol. 13, 2004, p. 525-542.

 

2 Ahmad, I. and S. Azhar, “Temperature Variation in High Slump Drilled Shaft Concrete and its Effect on Slump Loss,” Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 34, 2004, p. 207-217.

 

3. Ahmad, I., S. Azhar, and S. M. Ahmed, “Construction of a Bridge in a Developing Country: A Bangladesh Case Study.” ASCE Leadership and Management in Engineering, October 2003, p. 177-182.

 

4. Ahmad, I., F.T. Najafi, P. Lancaster, J. L. Benham, M. Sadeghinia, and M.M. Alam,  “

“Methods of Application and Bonding Strengths of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings on Concrete and Asphalt Roadway Surfaces.”  International Journal of Pavements, Vol. 1, No. 3, September 2002, p. 97-.

 

5. Ahmed, S. M., I. Ahmad and S. Azhar,  “Current State and Trends in E-commerce in the Construction Industry: Analysis of a Questionnaire Survey,” Revista Ingeniería de la Construcción (Construction Engineering Journal), Vol. 17, No. 2, 2002, p. 47-58,.

 

6. Ahmed, S.M., S. Azhar, and I .  Ahmad, “Supply Chain Management in Construction, ” Delhi Business Review, Vol. 3, No.1, 2002.

 

7. Ahmed, S.M., S. Azhar, and I. Ahmad, “Evaluation of Florida General Contractors’ Risk Management Practices,” Revista Ingeniera de la Construction (Construction Engineering Journal), Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 4-11., 2002.

 

8. Ahmad, I., B.Tansel and J.D. Mitrani, “Effectiveness of HVAC Duct Cleaning Procedures in Improving Indoor Air Quality,” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 72, pp. 265-276, 2001.

 

9. Ahmad, I. and S. Putcha, “Evaluation of Compaction Methods for Pipe Trench Backfill in Areas of High Water Table,” Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1736, Part 2, 2001, p. 55-61.

 

10. Ahmad, I. “Success in the wake of the IT revolution,” ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2000, p. 28.

 

11. Ahmad, I. “Managing, Processing, and Communicating Information: What A/E/C Organizations Should Know,” Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1999, p.33-36.

 

12. Ahmad. I. and M. Sein, “Building Construction Project Teams for TQM: A Factor-Element Impact Model,” Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 15, No. 5, 1997, p. 457-467.

 

13.  Ahmad. I. “Projects and IT: An Optimal Pairing.” PM Network, Project Management Institute, 1997, p. 31-34.

 

14.  Ahmad, I., J. Russell, and A. Abou-Zeid, “Information Technology and Integration in the Construction Industry.”  Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 13, 1995, p. 163-171.

 

15. Ahmad, I. and W. Barnes, “Retainage Policies of Public Agencies.”  The American Professional Constructor, The Journal of American Institute of Constructors, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1995, p.2-8.

 

16. Ahmad, I., “Applications of Knowledge-Based Systems in Construction.”  The American Professional Constructor, The Journal of American Institute of Constructors, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1994, p.2-8.

 

17.  Ahmad, I., “Decision Support System for Modeling the Bid/No-Bid Decision Problem.”  ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.  Vol. 116, No. 4, 1990. p. 595-608.

 

18.  Minkarah, I. and I. Ahmad, “Expert System as Construction Management Tools”.  ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering.  Vol 5, No. 2, 1989. p. 155-163.

 

19. Ahmad, I. and I. Minkarah, “Questionnaire Survey on Bidding in Construction.”  ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering.  Vol. 4, No. 3, 1988.  p. 229-243.

 

20. Ahmad, I. and I. Minkarah, “Optimum Markup for Bidding: A Preference‑Uncertainty tradeoff Approach.”  Journal of Civil Engineering Systems.  Vol. 4, No. 4, 1987. p. 170-174.

 

21.  Minkarah, I., J. P. Cook and I. Ahmad, “Recommended Static and Dynamic Limits of Vertical Movements for Testing Joint Sealants.”  Special Publication of the 2nd World Congress on Joints and Bearings, Vol. 1, SP‑04, American Concrete Institute (ACI), 1986. p. 389-408.

 

Other Refereed Papers

 

22. Ahmad, I. “Information as a Resource,” Editorial, Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1999, p. 3-4.

 

23. Ahmad, I., “Networking with Internet, Corporate Intranet, and Project Extranet,” Forum, Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1999, pp. 7-8.

 

24.  Navarrete, G. and I. Ahmad, “Computer Scheduling and Construction Specs.”  Civil Engineering, 1993. p. 50-52.

 

Proceedings

 

1. Ahmad, I., S. M. Ahmed, A. Koolawong, and S. Azhar, “Safety and Economy of Shoring/Reshoring Schemes in Construction of Multistory Concrete Buildings”. Proceedings of the ASCE Construction Research Congress (on CD ROM), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003.

 

2. Ahmed, S.M.; I. Ahmad, S. Azhar, and S. Mallikarjuna, “Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems in the Construction Industry”. Proceedings of the ASCE Construction Research Congress (on CD ROM), Honolulu, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003.

 

3. Ahmad, I., S. Azhar, and S.M. Ahmed, “Web-based Construction Project Management: Scope, Potential and Trends,” Proceedings of CIB-W65/W55 International Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA September 2002.

 

4. Ahmed, S.M, P. Tang, S. Azhar, and I. Ahmad, “An Evaluation of Safety Management System in the Hong Kong Construction Industry Using TQM Principles,” Proceedings of CIB-W65/W55 International Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA September 2002.

 

5. Ahmad, I. and S. Azhar, “Data Warehousing in Construction: From Conception to Application,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Construction in the Twenty First Century, Miami, Florida, USA, April 2002.

 

6. Ahmad, I., Najafi, F.T., Benham, J.L., Lancaster, P., Sadighinia, M, “Methods of Application and Bonding Strengths of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings: A Comparison between Concrete and Asphalt Roadway Surfaces,” TRB paper # is: 02‑3670, Washington, D.C., 2002.

 

7. Azhar, S., I. Ahmad, and S. M. Ahmed, “Impact of ICT on Design and Management Process in the Construction Industry,” Published in the 3rd International Conference on Technology Convergence ‑ The Human Perspective, New Delhi, India, January 8‑9, 2002.

 

8. Ahmed, S. M., S. Azhar, and I. Ahmad, “Supply‑Chain Management in Construction: Scope, Trends, and barriers,” Published in the 3rd International Conference on Technology Convergence ‑ The Human Perspective, New Delhi, India, January 8‑9, 2002.

9. Ahmad, I. and S. M. Ahmed, “Integration in the Construction Industry: Information Technology (IT) as the Driving Force,” Accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings for the Third International Conference on Construction Project Management, Singapore 29-30 March, 2001.

 

10. Ahmed, S.M. and I. Ahmad, “Construction Contracts in Hong Kong: Procurement Strategies and Risk Sharing,” Accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings for the Third International Conference on Construction Project Management, 29-30 March, 2001.

 

11. I. Ahmad, A. Koolawang, and S.M. Ahmed, “Safety and economy of shoring/reshoring schemes in construction of multistory concrete buildings,” Accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings for the Eighth East Asia Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Singapore 5-7 December, 2001.

 

12. Ahmad, I., “Data Warehousing in Construction Organizations,” ASCE Construction Congress-6, February 2000, Orlando, Florida.

 

13. Ahmad, I, “Evaluation of compaction methods for FDOT pipe trench backfill in areas of high water table,” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2000.

 

14. Ahmad, I., G. Navarrete, and F.T. Najafi, “Delay Claims and the Use of CPM,” Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Vol. III, June 1999, Regina, Saskatchewan, p. 227-236.

 

15. Ahmad, I. and C. Nunoo,  “Data Warehousing in the Construction Industry: Organizing and Processing Data for Decision-making,” 8^th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Institute for Research in Construction, Vancouver, British Columbia, May-June,1999.

 

16.  Ahmad, I., “TQM in construction organizations: A factor-element impact model,” International Conference on TQM and Leadership in Building and Construction, Singapore, October, 1997.

 

17.  Ahmad, I., “Role of Information Technology in Management of AEC Projects: Current Applications and Future Potentials,” International Conference on Computing and Information Technology for Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Singapore, May, 1996.

 

18.  Ahmad, I. and W. Barnes, “Retainage Policies of Public Agencies: Findings of a Questionnaire Survey,” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Associated School of Construction, Peoria, April, 1994, p. 127-134.

 

19. Ahmad, I., B. Tansel, J.D. Mitrani, “Case Study of HVAC Sanitation Procedures on Indoor Air Quality of Selected Residential Buildings,” Proceedings of the Indoor Air Quality-1993 (IAQ-’93) Conference organized by ASHRAE, Philadelphia, November, 1993. p. 157-163.

 

20. Navarrete, G. and  I. Ahmad, “Scheduling Principles of the Miami Metromover Project,”  Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Automated People Movers, ASCE Urban Transportation Division, March 1993. p. 743-753.

 

21.  Ahmad, I. and A. Morad,  “Alternative Bid-Evaluation and Contract-Award Systems.”  CIB Symposium held in Trinidad, September 1993. p. 681-687.

 

22.  Ahmad, I., “Expert Decision Support Systems for the Construction Industry.”  Published in the 1990 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Annual Meeting Proceedings.  April 1990.  p. 221-225.

 

23.  Ahmad, I. and I. Minkarah, “Decision Analysis and Expert System Technology:  A Construction  Industry  Perspective.”  CIB Symposium on Value in Building  Economics and Construction Management, Sydney, Australia, March 1990. p. 363-372.

 

24.  Suckarieh, G., I. Minkarah and I. Ahmad, “Application of Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST) to  Measurement of Construction Tasks.”  Proceedings of CIB W‑65 Symposium 1987 on Organization and Management of Construction, September 1987, London.  p. 735-746.

 

Refereed by Abstracts: Conference Presentations and Proceedings Articles

 

1. Ahmad, I. and S. Putcha, “Compaction methods for backfill materials under high water table,” Annual Meeting of the Florida section of the ASCE, Orlando, Florida, September 1999.

 

2. Ahmad, I. and C. Nunoo, “Implementation of data warehousing in Construction,” International Conference on the applications of Artificial Intelligence techniques in Civil Engineering, Miami, Florida, Sepetember 1998.

 

3. Ahmad, I. and P. Ommi, “Parametric Estimating: An Object-Oriented Approach,” Third Congress  on Computing in Civil Engineering, Anaheim, California,  June 1996.

 

4. Ahmad, I. “Applications of Information Technology in Management,” International Conference on Information Technology, Center for Advanced Management Systems, Miami, December 1995.

 

5. Attoh-Okine, N.O. and  I. Ahmad, “Application of Bayesian Influence Diagrams to Risk Analysis of Highway Construction Costs.”  ASCE Second Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1995.

 

6.  Tansel, B., I. Ahmad., and A. Verea, “Environmental Planning for Community Housing Projects,” Proceedings of the 22nd International Association for Housing Science World Symposium, Salzburg, Austria, October 1994.

 

7. Ahmad, I. and S. Rahman, “Refinement of Cost Estimates with Artificial Neural Nets.”  ASCE First Congress  on Computing in Civil Engineering, Washington, D.C., June, 1994.

 

8.  Dye, J., J. Mitrani and I. Ahmad, “Florida’s Licensing System for Contractors.”  ASCE South Florida Section Annual Meeting Proceedings,Naples   Beach, Florida, October 1993.

 

9.  Ahmad, I. and A. Morad, “Computer-Aided Decision Model for Selecting A Contractual System.”  ASCE 5th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Anaheim, California, June, 1993. pp. 255-261.

 

10. Ahmad, I., “Innovative Organizational Structures for Construction Firms of the Future.”  Presented at the 1992 ASCE Annual Convention, New   York, September.

 

11. Ahmad, I. and S.Rahman, “Framework of a Knowledge-Based Estimate Classification System.”  ASCE 8th Annual Conference of Computing in Civil Engineering, Held in Dallas, Texas in June 1992. p.967-74.

 

12. Ahmad, I., “Contingency Allocation: A Computer-Aided Approach.” AACE. (Cost Engineering) 36th Annual Meeting, Held in Orlando, Florida in June, 1992.

 

13. Ahmad, I. and A. Morad, “Computer-Aided Decision and Risk Analysis in Construction.”  CIB Symposium, held in Montreal, Canada in May, 1992.

14. Ahmad, I., “Estimating Construction Costs Using Expert System Technology.” Ninth National Conference on Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Held in Orlando, Florida in October, 1991. p. 143-147.

 

15. Ahmad, I., “Expert Systems: New Tools for Construction.”  Handbook for the Florida International University/Building Construction Industry Advisory Council Workshop on Expert Systems, December, 1990, March, 1991 and April, 1991.

 

16.  Ahmad, I., “Restructuring Responsibility and Reward for More Construction Innovation.”  Presented at the Construction Congress, 1991, sponsored by ASCE, held April 12-16, 1991, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Published in the proceedings. p. 453-458.

17.  Russell, J. and I. Ahmad, “A PERT Approach to Contractor Prequalification Analysis.”  AACE (Cost Engineering) 34th. Annual Meeting, Boston, June 1990.

18.  Ahmad, I. and L. Woodbury, “An Undergraduate Course on Microcomputer Applications in Construction,”  Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region IV Meeting, October 1989.

19.  Minkarah, I., and I. Ahmad, “Expert Systems as Construction Management Tools.”  Seminar on Improving Engineers as Managers, organized by Engineering Management Group, ASCE, April 1988, Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

20.  Ahmad, I. and I. Minkarah, “An Expert System for Selecting Bid Markups.”  Fifth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, March 1988, Alexandria, Virginia. p. 229-238.

21.  Ahmad, I. and I. Minkarah, “An Additive Utility Model for Selecting Optimum Bid Price.”  Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling  and  Simulation, April, 1987, Pittsburgh. p. 367-373.

 

  

Chapters in Books 

 

1. Ahmad, I. and S. Azhar, “Data Warehousing in Construction: From Conception to Application,” in Data Warehousing: Design and Development Perspectives, Edited by S. Jaya Krishna, ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, India, 2004, p. 132-144.

 

Government Reports or Monographs 

 

1. Ahmad, I., and S. Azhar, “Temperature Variation in Drilled Shaft Concrete and its Effect on Slump Loss,” Florida Department of Transportation, 2003.

 

2. Ahmad, I., S. Azhar, and J. Sobanjo, “Lumps and Balls in High-Slump Concrete: Reasons and Remedies,” Florida Department of Transportation, 2003.

 

3. Ahmad, I. and M.T. Lu, “Generalized Method for Analysis of Pavement Management Database,” Florida Department of Transportation, 2002.

 

4. Ahmad, I. “An Investigation into Application and Bonding Strengths of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings on Concrete and Asphaltic Roadway Surfaces,” Florida Department of Transportation, 2001.

 

5. Ahmad, I. “Evaluation and Analysis of Current Compaction Methods for FDOT Pipe Trench Backfills in Areas of High Water Tables,” Florida Department of Transportation, 1998.

 

6. Ahmad, I., B. Tansel and J. D. Mitrani, “Effectiveness of HVAC Sanitation Processes in Improving Indoor Air Quality – Phase II,” Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, 1996.

 

7. Ahmad, I. B. Tansel and J. D. Mitrani, “Effectiveness of HVAC Sanitation Processes in Improving Indoor Air Quality.” Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, 1994.

 

8. Ahmad, I. and J. Dye,  “Development of a Database of MBE/DBE Firms and Decision Models to Determine their Capacity for the Florida Construction Industry.”  Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, 1994.

 

9. Ahmad, I. and Morad. A. “Alternative Bid-Evaluation and Contract-Award Systems.” Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, 1993.

 

10. Ahmad, I., J.D. Mitrani and J. Dye, “A Comprehensive Study of the Licensing System for the Construction Contractors in Florida.”  Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee.  January 1993.

 

11. Ahmad, I. and W.C. Barnes, “Alternative to 10% Retainage.” Building Construction Industry Advisory Committee, 1992.

Book Reviews

 

1. Ahmad, I. Review of Project Management Framework by David G. Carmichael, (A.A. Balkema Publishers, © 2004 Swets & Zeitlinger B.V., Lisse, ISBN 90 5809 325 5) for Construction Management and Economics, Accepted for publication, July 2004.

 

2. Ahmad, I. “Combining Management and Computing for Now and Later,” Review of Best Practices in Information Technology: How Corporations get the most value from Exploiting their Digital Investments by James W. Cortada, (Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey), ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering.  Vol.15, No. 4, July/August 1999, p. 27-28.

 

3. Ahmad, I. Review of The Corporation of the 1990’s: Information Technology and Organizational Transformation, edited by Michael S. Scott Morton (1991, Oxford University Press, New York), Review published in ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering. Vol. 9, No. 2, March 1993, p. 119-120.

 

Other Publications

 

1. Editor’s Letters in every issue of the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering in all issues of Volume 18 (2002), 19 (2003), and 20 (2004).

 

2. “Get the Yuck out of Ducts is a Game without Rules,” The Miami Herald, Sunday, August 1, 1993. Featured research study on HVAC sanitation procedures of which Dr. Ahmad was the Principal Investigator.

 

3. “Air Conditioning Duct Cleaning,” Construction Today, a call-in television show in which Dr. Ahmad was invited to participate as a panelist and to talk about his research on duct cleaning.  Cable TAP channel 35, September 20, 1993.