Visualization of work flow to support lean construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1307-1315

  Sacks, R ^a   Treckmann, M ^b   Rozenfeld, O ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Construction management; Imaging techniques; Interfaces; Lean construction; Safety

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; IN-PROCESS; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROCESS FLOWS; PROCESS STATE; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION TOOLS; WORK PACKAGES; WORK-FLOWS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 70450209479     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000102     Document Type: Article

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