Locating materials on construction site using proximity techniques

Construction Research Congress 2005: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1109-1118

  Song, Jongchul ^a   Haas, Carl ^a   Caldas, Carlos ^a   Liapi, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automated project performance control; GPS; Materials management; RFID

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PROJECT PERFORMANCE CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; RFID;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SITE SELECTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 27644468484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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