Using mobile computing for construction site information management

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-20

  Chen, Yuan ^a   Kamara, John M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Information management; Mobile communication systems

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CONSTRUCTION SITE; MOBILE APPLICATION; ON-SITE INFORMATION;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 38149009013     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980810842034     Document Type: Article

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