Evolution of the i-Booth© onsite information management kiosk

Automation in Construction

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-63

  Ruwanpura, J Y ^a   Hewage, K N ^b   Silva, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information technology; Productivity; Tool time; Virtual supervision; Worker satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; HIGH RISE BUILDING; INFORMATION BOOTHS; VIRTUAL SUPERVISION; WORKER SATISFACTION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMMUNICATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; TALL BUILDINGS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81355149884     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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