Information technology for construction: Recent work and future directions

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 245-258

  Amor, Robert ^a   Betts, Martin ^b   Coetzee, Gustav ^c   Sexton, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Construction; Information Technology; Research Agenda; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

ON-LINE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; RESEARCH AGENDA;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1642369850     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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