The use of computing technology in highway construction as a total jobsite management tool

Automation in Construction

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 884-897

  Perkinson, Christin L ^a   Bayraktar, Mehmet Emre ^b   Ahmad, Irtishad ^b  

^a Erickson Consulting Engineers   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Information technology; Site automation and data collection

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS AND COSTS; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; GPS; GPS DATA; HEAVY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; ICT INFRASTRUCTURES; ICT USE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; JOBSITE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING; REAL-TIME GPS; SITE AUTOMATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 77956615844     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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