Mobile ICT support for construction process improvement

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 664-676

  Bowden, Sarah ^a   Dorr, Alex ^a   Thorpe, Tony ^b   Anumba, Chimay ^b  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Construction industry; Mobile technologies; PDA; Site information technology

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CASE STUDY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICT); MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES; SITE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746632966     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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