Model to predict the impact of a technology on construction productivity

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 678-688

  Goodrum, Paul M ^a   Haas, Carl T ^b   Caldas, Carlos ^c   Zhai, Dong ^a   Yeiser, Jordan ^a   Homm, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction productivity; Predictive model; Technology; Validation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; VALIDATION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80052797404     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000328     Document Type: Article

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