Equipment workspace analysis in infrastructure projects

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1247-1256

  Hammad, Amin ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^b   Al Hussein, Mohamed ^c   Cardinal, Germain ^d  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridge redecking; Construction equipment; Constructive solid geometry; Infrastructure projects; Spatiotemporal conflicts; Workspace analysis

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE DECKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PLANNING;

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL CONFLICT; WORKSPACE ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

BRIDGE DECKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EQUIPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049036955     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-048     Document Type: Article

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