• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.18-24
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• 2022

State highway agencies (SHAs) typically apply a competitive procurement procedure to select contractors for their design-bid-build projects. Since the level of competition affects construction bid prices and project outcomes, the Federal Highway Agency (FHWA) suggests SHAs seek ways to improve competition among contractors continuously. However, they rarely conduct an empirical assessment of the current competition level necessary to identify room for improvement. Besides the number of bidders on a project, other factors such as winning or losing rates among the contractors in previous projects can also indicate the degree of competition; only a few contractors may have won the majority of the projects in a specific region. However, few studies have investigated such factors. This paper proposes a network analysis-based approach to evaluating contractor competition levels of highway projects using historical bid tabulation data. The proposed method provides insights into overall competition levels, the determination of competitive contractors, and winning rate distribution among contractors.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.11-17
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• 2022

Design-bid-build (DBB) is the most common project delivery method among highway projects. State Highway Agencies (SHAs) usually apply a low-bid approach to select contractors for their DBB projects. In this approach, the Federal Highway Agency suggests SHAs heighten contractors' competition to lower bid prices. However, these attempts may become ineffective due to collusive bidding arrangements among certain contractors. One common strategy is the rotation of winning bidders of a group of contractors who bid on many of the same projects. These arrangements may also be specific to a particular region or vary in time. Despite the practices' adverse effects on bidding outcomes, an effective model to detect red-flag bidding patterns is lacking. This study fills the gap by proposing a novel framework that utilizes pattern mining techniques and statistical tests for unusual pattern detection. A case study with historical data from an SHA is conducted to illustrate the proposed framework.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.255-268
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 '제품에 대한 사용자의 심리적 가치의식이 디자인 평가에 어떠한 작용을 하는가'에 문제의식을 제기하여 14가지의 제품 샘플을 대상으로 평가를 실시하였다. 이에 따른 주요내용은 '제품평가의 단계별 사고', '제품에 대한 가치의식', '조형이미지 생성과 디자인 평가' 등 크게 3가지 영역을 주요 골자로 하여 분석을 실시하였다. 결론 도출을 위해 먼저 4개의 연구가설을 설정하였고, 이를 검증하기 위하여 '종결적 조사'의 일환으로 사례연구를 실시하였다. 표본은 데이터의 정확성을 높이기 위하여 제품디자인을 전공으로 하는 20대 대학생 120명을 대상으로 선정하였다. 수집된 데이터는 '단순집계'에 의하여 전체적인 흐름을 파악하였고, 이를 토대로 3개의 평가항목에 대한 구체적인 분석을 실시하였다. 분석방법은 '요인분석(factor analysis)', '클러스터분석(duster analysis)' 등 '다변량분석(multivariate analysis)'에 의한 '정량적 분석'에 중점을 두었다. 본 연구의 실증분석은 유의수준 p<.05에서 검증하였고, 통계처리는 'SPSSWIN 12.0' 프로그램을 사용하였다. 그 결과 '제품에 대한 사용자의 가치의식에 따른 디자인 평가의 유형'에 관해 4가지 결론을 얻었다.