Automated generation of work spaces required by construction activities

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 306-315

  Akinci, Burcu ^a   Fischer, Martin ^b,c   Kunz, John ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction methods; Project management; Scheduling; Workspace

Indexed keywords

ROLLING SCAFFOLDING; SPATIAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS; WORKSPACE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0041805006     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:4(306)     Document Type: Article

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