Automation of existing tower cranes: Economic and technological feasibility

Automation in Construction

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-298

  Rosenfeld, Yehiel ^a   Shapira, Aviad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automation; Construction; Economic analysis; Productivity; Tower cranes

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MANEUVERABILITY; MOTION CONTROL; RETROFITTING;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY;

TOWER CRANES;

EID: 0032070691     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(98)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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