Construction industry offsite production: A virtual reality interactive training environment prototype

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-116

  Goulding, Jack ^a   Nadim, Wafaa ^b   Petridis, Panagiotis ^c   Alshawi, Mustafa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT   (Egypt)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Game engines; Offsite production; Simulation; Training; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTATION; CONSTRUCTION MANAGER; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DEVELOPMENT PHASE; DOMAIN EXPERTS; EU COUNTRIES; GAME ENGINE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INTERACTIVE TRAINING; LEARNING PROCESS; MARKET DEMAND; MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTIONS; OFF-SITE PRODUCTION; ON THE JOB TRAININGS; PROJECT MANAGERS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE BUILDING; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; E-LEARNING; HEALTH RISKS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 83555162497     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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