Feasibility of automated monitoring of lifting equipment in support of project control

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 604-614

  Sacks, R ^a   Navon, R ^a   Brodetskaia, I ^a   Shapira, A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automation; Construction equipment; Cranes; Data collection; Information management; Project management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CRANES; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTION MONITORING SYSTEMS;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 18744383106     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:5(604)     Document Type: Article

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