4D CAD AND DYNAMIC RESOURCE PLANNING FOR SUBCONTRACTORS: CASE STUDY AND ISSUES

4D CAD and Visualization in Construction: Developments and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 101-124

  O’Brien, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CAD; construction costs; cost planning; resource planning; subcontractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642290109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203971123-8     Document Type: Chapter

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