Location tracking of prefabricated construction assemblies

VTT Symposium (Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus)

Volumn , Issue 259, 2009, Pages 333-348

  Pardasani, Ajit ^a   Vantorre, Laurent ^a   Dickinson, John ^a   Thomas, Russ ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Integrated information flow; Material handling; Prefabricated assemblies; Tracking

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGES; BUILDING STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION SITES; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; INTERNET BASED; LOCATION INFORMATION; LOCATION TRACKING; MATERIAL HANDLING; POCKET-PC; PREFABRICATED ASSEMBLIES; PROTOTYPE TOOLS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; STRUCTURAL STEELS; WIRELESS ETHERNET;

BUFFER STORAGE; BUILDING MATERIALS; IRON; LOCATION; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; TOOL STEEL;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 72049088774     PISSN: 03579387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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