Factors in productivity and unit cost for advanced machine guidance

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 367-374

  Jonasson, Snaebjorn ^a   Dunston, Phillip S ^b   Ahmed, Kamal ^c   Hamilton, Jeff ^d  

^a RCI Construction Group   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction equipment; Costs; Earthmoving; Leveling; Machinery; Productivity

Indexed keywords

GRADE CHECKING; MACHINE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MOTOR GRADERS;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COSTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LEVELING (MACHINERY); NAVIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVEYING;

EARTHMOVING MACHINERY;

EID: 13944255063     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:5(367)     Document Type: Article

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