Publications:
Book Chapters:
1. Thomas H. Mills, Thomas H. Mills, Ronald R. Wakefield, and Michael O”Brien. “Industrialising Residential Construction For Small To Medium Size US Home Builders.” (included with other limited selections from conference proceeding), K. Brown, K. Hampson, and P. Brandon (eds.), Clients Driving Construction Innovation; Moving Ideas into Practice. Brisbane, Qld., AU: Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation, Icon.Net Pty Ltd., 2006.
2. Thomas H. Mills, Ronald R. Wakefield, and William H. Bushman. “Owner Initiated Modernization of Bridge Safety Inspections,” (included with other limited selections from conference proceeding), pp. 67-73 in K. Brown, K. Hampson, and P. Brandon (eds.), Clients Driving Construction Innovation; Mapping the Terrain. Brisbane, Qld., AU: Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation, Icon.Net Pty Ltd., 2005.
Refereed Journal Publications:
1. Zhao, D., McCoy, A., Kleiner, B., Mills, T. and Lingard, H. (2015). “Stakeholder Perceptions of Risk in Construction.” Safety Science. in 2nd review.
2. Lee A, Mills TH, Xu Y. Nanoscale welding aerosol sensing based on whispering gallery modes in a cylindrical silica resonator," Optics Express, 23(6), 7351-7365. (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.007351
3. Arcury TA, Summers P, Rushing J, Grzywacz JG, Mora DC, Quandt SA, Lang W, Mills TH. Work safety climate, personal protection use, and injuries among Latino residential roofers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 58 (1), 69–76. DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22404. 2015 Jan. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22404/full
4. Jung Y, Jeong MG, Mills TH. Identifying the Preferred Leadership Style for Managerial Position of Construction Management. International Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 3(2); 2014. 47-56. http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijcem.20140302.02.html DOI: 10.5923/j.ijcem.20140302.02.
5. Arcury TA, Summers P, Carrillo L, Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Mills TH. Occupational safety beliefs among Latino residential roofing workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 57(6):718-25. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24006046 doi: 10.1002/ajim.22248. 2014 Jun.
6. Saunders, L, McCoy, A, Kleiner, B, Lingard, H, Cooke, T, Mills, T, Blismas, N, Wakefield, R. International Benchmarking for Performance Improvement in Construction Safety and Health. Benchmarking: An International Journal.
7. Arcury TA, Summers P, Carrillo L, Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Mills TH. Occupational safety beliefs among Latino residential roofing workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2014 Jun; 57(6):718-25. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22248/abstract. PMID: 24006046.
8. Hung, Yu-Hsiu, Winchester III, Woodrow W., Smith-Jackson, Tonya L., Kleiner, Brian M, Babski-Reeves, Kari L., Mills, Thomas H. Identifying fall-protection training needs for residential roofing subcontractors. Applied Ergonomics. 44:3, May 2013, 372-380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2012.09.007
9. Grzywacz, Joseph G., Quandt, Sara A., Marín, Antonio, Summers, Phillip, Lang, Wei, Mills, Thomas, Evia, Carlos, Rushing, Julia, Arcury, Thomas A. Feasibility of Interactive Voice Response Methods in Health Behavior Research With Immigrant Latinos. American Journal of Health Behavior, 37:2, March 2013, 238-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.2.11
10. Arcury TA, Mills T, Marín AJ., Summers P, Quandt SA, Rushing J, Lang W, Grzywacz JG. Work safety climate and safety practices among immigrant Latino residential construction workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 55:8, August 2012, 736–745.First published online: 27 APR 2012. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22058/abstract
11. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Marín A, Summers P, Lang W, Mills T, Evia C, Rushing J, Donadio K. and Arcury, TA. Occupational injury and work organization among immigrant Latino residential construction workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 55:8, August 2012, 698–706. First published online: 20 JAN 2012. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.22014/abstract
12. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Mills TH, Marín A, Summers P, Lang W, Evia C, Arcury TA. Employer Provision of Personal Protective Equipment to Latino Workers in North Carolina Residential Construction. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 22:2, 2012. DOI: 10.2190/NS.22.2.e. 175-190.
13. Tucker JR, Pearce AR, Bruce RD, McCoy AP, Mills TH. The perceived value of green professional credentials to credential holders in the US building design and construction community. Construction Economics and Management. Oct 2012, 30:11, 963-979. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2012.728710
14. Mills TH and Beliveau Y. Value-Added Customer Service through Mass Customization and Design for Manufacturing in U.S. Production Homebuilding. International Journal for Housing Science and its Applications. Vol.32, No 3. 2008. http://www.housingscience.org/index2.htm Article is drawn from “US Production Homebuilding as a Value Added Customer Service through Mass Customization and Design for Manufacturing,” XXXV World Congress on Housing Science, Melbourne, AU, 2007.
15. Kleiner BM, Smith-Jackson TL, Mills TH, O’Brien MJ, and Haro E. Design, development and deployment of a rapid universal safety and health (RUSH) system for construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 134:4. April, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:4(273)
16. Auchey F, Mills T, Beliveau Y, Auchey G. Using the Learning Outcomes Template as an Effective Tool for Evaluation of the Undergraduate Building Construction Program. Journal of Construction Education, Associated Schools of Construction. Fall 2000, Vol. 5, pgs. 244-259. http://www.ascjournal.ascweb.org/journal/2000/no3/Fall%202000,%20Vol.%20...
17. Mills TH, Beliveau Y. Vertically Integrating a Capstone Experience - A Case Study for a New Strategy, Journal of Construction Education, Associated Schools of Construction, Texas A&M University, Vol. 4, Fall 1999 Pgs. 278-279. Paper previously published in the Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, San Luis Obispo, CA. April 8-9, 1999. http://www.ascjournal.ascweb.org/journal/1999/no3/Fall%201999,%20Vol.%20...
18. Mills TH, Showalter E, Jarman D. A Cost Effective Waste Management Plan, Cost Engineering, The International Journal of Cost Estimation, Cost/Schedule Control and Project Management, AACE International, Morgantown WVA, 41:3, March 1999, 35-43.
19. Beliveau Y, Cody D, Mills TH. Virtual Visit - Telecommunications for the Construction Industry," Journal of Project and Construction Management, The Institute of Engineers, Barton, Australia, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1999, Pgs. 36-54.
20. Mills T. REDLINE, REal time Documentation Linking Images and Notations Electronically," Journal of Construction Education, Associated Schools of Construction, Texas A&M University, Vol 4, Spring, 1999 Pgs. 83-91. http://www.ascjournal.ascweb.org/journal/1999/no1/Spring%201999,%20Vol.%...
21. Auchey F, Mills T, Auchey G. Re-engineering the Undergraduate Building Construction Program for the Twenty-First Century, Journal of Engineering Education, American Society of Engineering Education, Washington, DC, Vol. 87, No. 1, Pgs. 71-78, January 1998. (*Drawn from Mills, et. al., "The Development of Vertically and Horizontally Integrated Undergraduate Building Construction Curriculum for the Twenty-First Century"). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2168-9830.1998.tb00324.x/ab...
22. Mills T, Auchey F. Yvan Beliveau, The Development of Vertically and Horizontally Integrated Undergraduate Building Construction Curriculum for the Twenty-First Century, Journal of Construction Education, Associated Schools of Construction, Texas A&M University, Vol. 1, Summer 1996 Pgs. 33-44. http://www.ascjournal.ascweb.org/journal/1996/no1/Summer%201996,%20Vol.%...
Referred Conference Proceedings
1. Pirzadeh P, Lingard H, Blismas N, Mills T, Kleiner B. Proactive Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Performance in Construction Projects Using The Hierarchy Of Controls Concept. CIB W99 2015 International Conference - 'Benefitting Workers and Society through Inherently Safe(r) Construction', Belfast, Ireland. September 9-11, 2015. Accepted on full paper.
2. Mills TH, Drake A. Influences Affecting Students When Selecting a Construction Management Master’s Degree Program. Proceedings of the 51st Associated Schools of Construction International Conference. College Station, TX, April 2015. http://ascpro.ascweb.org/chair/paper/CEGE340002015.pdf
3. Arcury TA, Summers P, Rushing J, Mills TH III, Grzywacz JG, Mora D, Lang W, Quandt SA. Occupational safety perceptions, personal protective equipment use, and injury experience of Latino roofers. 142nd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association. New Orleans, LA. November 17, 2014. Conference Poster
4. Wakefield R, Lingard H, Blismas N, Pirzadeh P, Kleiner B, Mills T, McCoy A, Saunders L. Construction Hazard Prevention: The Need to Integrate Process Knowledge into Product Design. Best Paper Award. CIB W99 2014 International Conference Achieving Sustainable Construction Health and Safety, Lund, Sweden, June 2014. Currently available at http://www.lth.se/fileadmin/healthsafety2014/proceedings_-_RA_140703.pdf .
5. Mills T, Drake A. Teaching First-Year University Students in the Second Millennium – Part 1, Proceedings of the 49th Associated Schools of Construction International Conference. Pismo Beach, CA, April 2013.
6. Saunders L, Kleiner B, McCoy, A.P., Mills, T., Cooke, T., Lingard, H., Blismas, N., and Wakefield, R. (2012). Identifying Safety Critical Decision Points in the Construction Project Lifecycle. Proceedings of the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC). Orlando, FL. May 19-23, 2012.
7. Mills T, Grzywacz JG, Leng W, Rushing J, Arcury TA, Quandt SA, Marín AJ, Summers P. Working through the pain: predictors of possible upper body musculoskeletal illness among Latino construction workers. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building Construction. (CIB W099) Singapore, September, 2012.
8. Mills T, Novak V, Danforth H. First-Year Experience in Construction Education, Proceedings of the 48th Associated Schools of Construction Conference. Birmingham, England, April 2012. http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/cd/2012/paper/CEUE182002012.pdf
9. Jung, Younghan and Mills, Thomas. A Survey of Construction Managerial Leadership Styles. Proceedings of the 48th Associated Schools of Construction Conference. Birmingham, England, April 2012.
10. Grzywacz JG, Quandt SA, Evia C, Mills TH, Arcury TA. Employer Provision of Personal Protective Equipment and its Use by Latino Construction Workers. 139th American Public Health Association Conference. Washington, DC. October 29 - November 2, 2011.
11. Grzywacz JG, Donadio K, Quandt SA, Marín A, Summer P, Lang W, Mills TH, Evia C, Arcury TA. Occupational Injury and Work Organization among Immigrant Latino Residential Construction Workers. CIB W99 2011 International Conference - Prevention: Means to the End of Construction Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities, Washington DC, August 24-26, 2011.
12. Mills TH, Arcury TA, Grzywacz JG, Marín A, Donadio K, Quandt SA, Summer P, Lang W, Evia C. Safety Climate Among Immigrant Latino Residential Construction Workers. CIB W99 2011 International Conference - Prevention: Means to the End of Construction Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities, Washington DC, August 24-26, 2011.
13. Saunders L, McCoy A, Kleiner BM, Mills T, Cooke, T. (2011). How Do Project Manager's View Construction Safety in Australia versus the United States? CIB W99 2011 International Conference - Prevention - Means to the End of Construction Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities, Rotterdam (Netherlands). http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB_DC24451.pdf
14. Jung Y, Mills TH. Managerial Process Standardization through Illustrative Case Study. ISARC 2011: 28th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Seoul, Korea, June 29-July 2, 2011. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB_DC23803.pdf
15. Saunders L, Kleiner B, McCoy A, MillsTH, Hele Lingard H, Blismas N, Wakefield R. Safety Decision Points in the Construction Supply Chain, Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference, Reno, NV, May 21-25, 2011.
16. Mills, TH. Quality Management as the Champion for BIM and CIM, CIB W78 2010 International Conference, Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, Cairo, Egypt, November 16, 2010. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB22186.pdf
17. Nandgaonkar CA, and Mills TH. The iBuilder Wheel: A Decision Making Tool to Aid in the Selection of Innovative Residential Construction Strategies. Proceedings of the 46rd Annual Conference Associated Schools of Construction. Boston, MA, USA. April 7-10, 2010
18. Jung Y, and Mills TH. Introducing Organizational Intelligence to the Construction Industry. Proceedings of the 46rd Annual Conference Associated Schools of Construction. Boston, MA, USA. April 7-10, 2010.
19. Ku K, and Mills TH. Research Needs of Building Information Modeling (BIM) For Construction Safety. ASC Proceedings of the 46rd Annual Conference Associated Schools of Construction. Boston, MA, USA. April 7-10, 2010.
20. Thomas Mills. Constructor Led Construction Hazard Prevention through Design (CHPTD). Proceedings of W099 2009 International Conference: Working Together: Planning, Designing and Building a Safe and Healthy Construction Industry. Melbourne. AU. October 21-23, 2009. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB20218.pdf
21. Qian Chen, and Thomas Mills. Dynamic Interplay between Safety Culture and Workforce Diversity. W099 2009 International Conference: Working Together: Planning, Designing and Building a Safe and Healthy Construction Industry. Melbourne. AU. October 21-23, 2009. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB20338.pdf
22. Younghan Jung and Thomas Mills. ‘Learning Leadership Skills from Professionals in the Construction Industry.’ International Conference on Construction Engineering and Management/Project Management (ICCEM•ICCPM2009). Jeju, Korea. May 27-30, 2009.
23. Yu-Hsiu Hung, Brian Kleiner, Thomas Mills, Kari Babski-Reeves, Tonya Smith-Jackson, Woodrow Winchester. “Fall-Protection Training - Needs Analysis for Residential Roofing Subcontractors,” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's 53rd Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, October 19-23, 2009.
24. Brian Kleiner, Maury Nussbaum, Tonya Smith-Jackson, Anthony Songer, Antonio Nieto, Thomas Mills, Ricardo Burdisso, Daniel Hindman, Deborah Young-Corbett,
Michael Vorster. A Socio-technical systems approach to innovation in construction safety and health: A formative evaluation. Innovations Revealed - IIE 2009 Annual Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers. Miami, FL. May 30-June 3, 2009
25. Qian Chen and Thomas Mills “To Integrate or Not to Integrate: Software for Mobile Computing Devices” ECT2008 Proceedings of The Sixth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Athens, Greece, September 2-5, 2008.
26. Thomas Mills and Qian Chen, “Get Smart: The Smartphone Construction Management Tool,” ASC Proceedings of the 44rd Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. April 2-5, 2008.
27. Thomas Mills and Yvan Beliveau, “US Production Homebuilding as a Value Added Customer Service through Mass Customization and Design for Manufacturing,” XXXV World Congress on Housing Science, Melbourne, AU. Invited Plenary Presentation. September 4-7, 2007
28. Thomas Mills, “Wiki-based Construction Knowledge Sharing,” ASC Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction, Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, AZ. April 12-14, 2007.
29. Thomas Mills and Yvan Beliveau, “Why Is Construction Education So Backward?” 2007 ASCE Construction Research Congress: ‘The Global Construction Community', Freeport, Bahamas. This paper received two awards; ‘Overall Outstanding Conference Paper,’ only one award and ‘Outstanding Conference Paper in the Educational Category,’ one of four awards. Invited Plenary Presentation. May 6-8, 2007
30. Younghan Jung, Thomas Mills, and Walid Thabet. “A Framework for a Construction Intelligent Quotient.” European Conference on Product and Process Modeling in the Building and Construction Industry, (ECPPM – 2006) Valencia, Spain. September 2006.
31. Thomas H. Mills, Ronald R. Wakefield, and Michael O’ Brien. “Industrialising Residential Construction For Small To Medium Size Us Home Builders.” Clients Driving Innovation: Moving Ideas into Practice, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Construction Innovation, Brisbane, Qld.,AU. 12-14 March 2006. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB1681.pdf
32. Thomas H. Mills, Ronald R. Wakefield, and William H. Bushman. “Owner Initiated Modernization of Bridge Safety Inspections.” Proceedings: 2004 Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation Conference. Clients Driving Innovation Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, AU., October 25-27, 2004. http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB1419.pdf
33. Thomas Mills, Younghan Jung, Walid Thabet and. “Intelligent Construction Sites (ICS).” Proceedings: European Conference on Product and Process Modeling in the Building and Construction Industry, (ECPPM – 2004), Istanbul, Turkey, September 8-10, 2004.
34. Thomas H. Mills, Ronald R. Wakefield. “Process Planning as an Improvement Tool for Construction Supervision and Management.” Proceedings: International Conference on Information Systems in Engineering and Construction (ISEC 2004), Cocoa Beach, Florida, June 17-19, 2004.
35. Thomas Mills, Ron Wakefield, and William Bushman, “Modernizing Bridge Safety Inspection with Process Improvement & Mobile Computing,” Proceedings: 40th Annual Conference, Associated Schools of Construction, Brigham Young University - Provo, Utah, April 8 - 10, 2004.
36. Thomas Mills, Ron Wakefield, “Understanding Information Usage by Residential Construction Supervisors and Bridge/Structure Inspectors As a First Step in Adoption of Field Based IT, Construction Research Congress, Winds of Change: Integration and Innovation in Construction Proceedings of the Congress, Construction Institute – Construction Research Council, American Society of Civil Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003.
37. Thomas Mills, Lisa Lewendowski, Ron Wakefield, “Transformation of Information Flows and Work Processes for Field Superintendents,” Proceedings: eSMART, Towards a European Knowledge in the Construction and Related Sectors, University of Salford, United Kingdom, November 19-21, 2002.
38. Kevin Miller, Thomas Mills, “Teaching Paperless Detailed Quantity Take-off and Estimating,” Proceedings: 38th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, Roanoke, VA., April 11-April 13, 2001.
39. Thomas Mills, Yvan Beliveau, Vertically Integrating a Capstone Experience - A Case Study for a New Strategy, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, San Luis Obispo, CA. April 8-9. Later published in the Journal of Construction Education, Associated Schools of Construction, Texas A&M University, Vol. 4, Fall 1999 Pgs. 278-279.
40. Thomas Mills, “Professionalism in Construction Education.” Proceedings: 36th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, West Lafayette, IN, March 29-April 1, 1999.
41. Thomas Mills, J. Doug Pruitt, "Raise the Level of the Lake and All the Boats Will Rise Together," Invited Paper: National Construction Industry Education Forum, American Council of Construction Education, Las Vegas, NV, March, 21-22 1999.
42. Thomas Mills, Yvan Beliveau, "Virtual Site Visit Using Wearable Computers," XyberQuarterly, Fairfax, VA. Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 2000. Extracted from invited conference paper presented at the 1998 International Conference on Wearable Computing, Fairfax, VA. May 12-13, 1998.
43. Thomas Mills, "Using Design Build and Construction Management to Improve Capital Project Delivery,” Invited Paper and Presentation: 1998 Governor's Conference on Education, Virginia State Board of Education, Richmond, VA, July 21, 1998.
44. Thomas Mills, Yvan Beliveau, "Virtual Site Visit Using Wearable Computers," Invited Paper: Proceedings: 1998 International Conference on Wearable Computing; Fairfax, VA, May 12-13, 1998.
45. Eric Showalter, Thomas Mills, David Jarman, “Construction and Demolition Waste Management: Developing a Cost Effective Plan," Proceedings: 29th Mid Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Virginia Tech, Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster, Pa., Pgs. 77-87, July 13-16, 1997.
46. Flynn Auchey, Thomas Mills, Gloria Auchey, “Using the Learning Outcomes Template (LOT) to Create Balance Between Learning and Competency Development in The Building Construction Program,” 1997 West Central Regional Conference, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Pgs. 158-162, Oct. 3-5, 1997.
47. Thomas Mills, “Virginia’s Public Procurement of Design-Build and Construction Management Services,” Proceedings: 1997 National Construction Management Conference, Palm Springs, CA, Oct. 5-7, 1997. Construction Management Association of America.
Reports
• Thomas H. Mills, Ronald R. Wakefield, and William H. Bushman. “Modernizing Bridge Safety Inspection with Process Improvement and Digital Assistance,” Final report to Virginia Transportation Research Council. 2003, online report at located at http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/04-cr6.pdf
• “Electronic Project Management, Process Mapping and Application Solutions,” Australian Center for Construction Innovation, Final report to Multiplex Construction Ltd. and Australian Center for Construction Innovation, 2001.
• Ron Wakefield, Michael O’Brien, Yvan Beliveau (principal authors.) Thomas Mills, contributing author. “Industrializing the Construction Site, Phase 2 – Information Mapping” Final report to US Department of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, DC, 2001.
• Ron Wakefield, Michael O’Brien, Yvan Beliveau (principal authors.) Thomas Mills, contributing author, chapter 2. “Industrializing the Construction Site.” US Department of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, DC 2000.
• “Improved Decision-Making in Construction Using Virtual Site Visits,” Final Report to Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia Department of Transportation; July 2000.
• “Operational and Maintenance Guide for VA Medical Center Integrated Modular Hygiene Units”, Salem, VA. Salem VA Medical Center Engineering and Maintenance staff, 1996.
Trade Publications
• ‘Restorative Green Building.’ Commonwealth Contractor, ABC Virginia. May 2009.
• ‘Using CPM Software to Support On-Site Project Safety and Health.’ Modern Contracting Solutions, Highland Publications. Pages 46-47, November 2007.
Videos
• Thomas Mills, Robert Graeff, “Personal Modular Hygiene Facility Instructional Video," Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Salem, VA, 13 minutes, 50 seconds, 1996.
• Robert Graeff, Thomas Mills, “Artistic Computer Animated Personal Modular Hygiene Facility Promotional Video," Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Salem, VA, 1996.
