Evaluation of economic impact of three-dimensional modeling in precast concrete engineering

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-312

  Sacks, Rafael ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bench marks; Benefit cost ratio; Computer aided design; Concrete, precast; Economic factors; Information technology (IT); Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

BENCH MARKS; BENEFIT COST RATIO; CONCRETE PRECAST; ECONOMIC FACTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

EID: 16444371273     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2004)18:4(301)     Document Type: Article

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