Formalism for construction inspection planning: Requirements and process concept

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Gordon, Chris ^a,b   Akinci, Burcu ^b   Garrett Jr , James H ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Inspection; Planning; Quality control; Sensors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; INSPECTION KNOWLEDGE; INSPECTION PLANNING;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSORS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 33845794844     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2007)21:1(29)     Document Type: Article

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