Books and Chapters in Books

English:
1. Peurifoy, R. L., Schexnayder, C. J., and Shapira, A. (2006). Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, 7th Ed., McGraw-Hill, Boston, 768 pp. (ISBN 0-07-296420-0). (Chinese Edition: 2008)
2. Shapira, A. (2008). “Equipment for Concrete Building Construction,” in E. G. Nawy, Editor, Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook, 2nd Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., 19-1–19-52 (ISBN 978-0-8493-7492-0). [Excerpt from pre-print here]

Hebrew:
3. Selinger, S., and Shapira, A. (1987). Construction Equipment, NBRI, Technion–IIT, Haifa, Israel; four volumes: (1) Concrete Production, (2) Lifting and Handling, (3) Forms and Scaffolds, (4) Earthmoving.
4. Shapira, A. (2000). Implementation of the Israeli Formwork Standard (Limit State Formwork Design), NBRI, Technion–IIT, Haifa, Israel; (2002) 2nd Rev. Ed. [Selected pages in Hebrew here; English summary here]

Selected Journal Papers

C o n s t r u c t i o n   E n g i n e e r i n g   a n d   M a n a g e m e n t :
1. Shapira, A. (1995). “Formwork design for high elevated slab construction,” Construction Management and Economics, 13(3), 243–252. Full Text (PDF)
2. Shapira, A. (1995). “Rational design of shoring-tower-based formwork,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 121(3), 255–260. Full Text (PDF)
3. Shapira, A., and Glascock, J. D. (1996). “Culture of using mobile cranes for building construction,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 122(4), 298–307. Full Text (PDF)
4. Shapira, A., and Bank, L. C. (1997). “Constructibility and economics of FRP reinforcement cages for concrete beams,” Journal of Composites for Construction, 1(3), 82–89. Full Text (PDF)
5. Bank, L. C., Frostig, Y., and Shapira, A. (1997). “Three-dimensional FRP grating cages for concrete beams: a pilot study,” ACI Structural Journal, 94(6), 643–652. Full Text (PDF)
6. Rosenfeld, Y., and Shapira, A. (1998). “Automation of existing tower cranes: economic and technological feasibility,” Automation in Construction, 7(4), 285–298. Full Text (PDF)
7. Shapira, A. (1998). “Formwork design for high shoring towers,” Concrete International: Design and Construction, 20(10), 51–54. Full Text (PDF)
8. Shapira, A. (1999). “Contemporary trends in formwork standards – a case study,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 125(2), 69–75. Full Text (PDF)
9. Shapira, A., and Schexnayder, C. J. (1999). “Selection of mobile cranes for building construction projects,” Construction Management and Economics, 17(4), 519–527. Full Text (PDF)
10. Shapira, A., and Goldfinger, D. (2000). “Work-input model for assembly and disassembly of high shoring towers,” Construction Management and Economics, 18(4), 467–477. Full Text (PDF)
11. Navon, R., Shapira, A., and Shechori, Y. (2000). “Automated rebar constructibility diagnosis,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 126(5), 389–397. Full Text (PDF)
12. Shapira, A., Shahar, Y., and Raz, Y. (2001). “Design and construction of high multitier shoring towers: case study,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 127(2), 108–115. Full Text (PDF)
13. Shapira, A. (2004). “Work inputs and related economic aspects of multitier shoring towers,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 130(1), 134–142. Full Text (PDF)
14. Shapira, A., and Raz, Y. (2005). “Comparative analysis of shoring towers for high-clearance construction,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(3), 293–301. Full Text (PDF)
15. Lavy, S., Shapira, A., Botansky, Y., and Schexnayder, C. J. (2005). “Challenges of stadium construction – case study,” Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, 10(3), 181–189. Full Text (PDF)
16. Shapira, A., and Goldenberg, M. (2005). “AHP-based equipment selection model for construction projects,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(12), 1263–1273. Full Text (PDF)
17. Telem, D., Shapira, A., Goren, Y. D., and Schexnayder, C. J. (2006). “Moving a reinforced-concrete building: case study,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(2), 115–124. Full Text (PDF)
18. Goldenberg, M., and Shapira, A. (2007). “Systematic evaluation of construction equipment alternatives: case study,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(1), 72–85. Full Text (PDF)
19. Shapira, A., Lucko, G., and Schexnayder, C. J. (2007). “Cranes for building construction projects,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(9), 690–700. Full Text (PDF)
20. Shapira, A., and Goldenberg, M. (2007). “‘Soft’ considerations in equipment selection for building construction projects,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(10), 749–760. Full Text (PDF)
21. Shapira, A., Rosenfeld, Y., and Mizrahi, I. (2008). “Vision system for tower cranes,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(5), 320–332. Full Text (PDF)
22. Shapira, A., and Lyachin, B. (2009). “Identification and analysis of factors affecting safety on construction sites with tower cranes,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(1), 24–33. Full Text (PDF)
23. Shapira, A., and Simcha, M. (2009). “AHP-based weighting of factors affecting safety on construction sites with tower cranes,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(4), 307–318. Full Text (PDF)
24. Bank, L. C., Malla, A. P., Oliva, M. G., Russell, J. S., Bentur, A., and Shapira, A. (2009). “A model specification for fiber reinforced non-participating permanent formwork panels for concrete bridge deck construction,” Construction and Building Materials, 23(7), 2664–2677. Full Text (PDF)
25. Shapira, A., and Simcha, M. (2009). “Measurement and risk scales of crane-related safety factors on construction sites,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(10), 979–989. Full Text (PDF)
26. Sanders, S. A., and Shapira, A. (2011). “Windmill erection and maintenance: challenges for crane design,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(10), 777–784.
27. Spottiswoode, A. J., Bank, L. C., and Shapira, A. (2012). “Investigation of paperboard tubes as formwork for concrete bridge decks,” Construction and Building Materials, 30(5), 767–775.
28. Shapira, A., Simcha, M., and Goldenberg, M. (2012). “Integrative model for quantitative evaluation of safety on construction sites with tower cranes,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(11), 1281–1293 (Best Paper Award).

C o n s t r u c t i o n   P r o j e c t   M a n a g e m e n t :
1. Shapira, A., and Laufer, A. (1993). “Evolution of involvement and effort in construction planning throughout project life,” International Journal of Project Management, 11(3), 155–164. Full Text (PDF)
2. Laufer, A., Shapira, A., Cohenca-Zall, D., and Howell, G. A. (1993). “Prebid and preconstruction planning process,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 119(3), 426–444. Full Text (PDF)
3. Laufer, A., Tucker, R. L., Shapira, A., and Shenhar, A. (1994). “The multiplicity concept in construction project planning,” Construction Management and Economics, 12(1), 53–66. Full Text (PDF)
4. Shapira, A., Laufer, A., and Shenhar, A. (1994). “Anatomy of decision making in project planning teams,” International Journal of Project Management, 12(3), 172–182. Full Text (PDF)
5. Cohenca-Zall, D., Laufer, A., Shapira, A., and Howell, G. A. (1994). “Process of planning during construction,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 120(3), 561–578. Full Text (PDF)
6. Shapira, A., Laufer, A., and Goren I. (1995). “Cutting housing construction time: the Israeli experience 1990–92,” International Journal for Housing Science and its Applications, 19(3), 199–213. Full Text (PDF)
7. Laufer, A., Shapira, A., and Goren, I. (1998). “Implementing an integrative approach to project schedule compression,” Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 5(1), 82–91. Full Text (PDF)
8. Telem, D., Laufer, A., and Shapira, A. (2006). “Only dynamics can absorb dynamics,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 132(11), 1167–1177. Full Text (PDF)
9. Laufer, A., Shapira, A., and Telem, D. (2008). “Communicating in dynamic conditions: how do on-site construction project managers do it?” Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, 24(2), 75–86. Full Text (PDF)

C o n s t r u c t i o n   I n f o r m a t i o n   T e c h n o l o g y :
1. Shapira, A., Boyer, L. T., and Najem, Z. H. (1993). “Decision support system for air base construction operations,” International Journal of Construction Information Technology, 2(1), 69–82. Full Text (PDF)
2. Shapira, A. (1993). “Octree subdivision of building elements,” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 7(4), 439–457. Full Text (PDF)
3. Shapira, A., and Retik, A. (1996). “Computer-integrated construction management: a case for octree-based representation,” International Journal of Construction Information Technology, 4(1), 61–82. Full Text (PDF)
4. Retik, A., and Shapira, A. (1999). “VR-based planning of construction site activities,” Automation in Construction, 8(6), 671–680. Full Text (PDF)
5. Sacks, R., Navon, R., Brodetskaia, I., and Shapira, A. (2005). “Feasibility of automated monitoring of lifting equipment in support of project control,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 131(5), 604–614. Full Text (PDF)

C o n s t r u c t i o n   E d u c a t i o n   a n d   R e s e a r c h :
1. Shapira, A. (1995). “Bringing the site into the classroom: a construction engineering laboratory,” Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, 84(1), 81–85. Full Text (PDF)
2. Russell, J. S., Hanna, A., Bank, L. C., and Shapira, A. (2007). “Education in construction engineering and management built on tradition: a blueprint for tomorrow,” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 133(9),661–668. Full Text (PDF)
3. Shapira, A., and Rosenfeld, Y. (2011). “Achieving construction innovation through academia-industry cooperation – keys to success,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, 137(4), 223–231.