Optimizing location of tower cranes on construction sites through GIS and BIM integration

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 361-366

  Irizarry, Javier ^a   Karan, Ebrahim P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D visualization; BIM; GIS; Interoperability; Spatial analysis; Tower crane

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; 3D VISUALIZATION; BIM; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; GIS MODELS; INTEGRATED MODELS; LOCATION OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OPTIMUM LOCATION; POTENTIAL CONFLICT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; VIRTUAL MODELS; VISUAL MODEL; WORK ZONES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; LOCATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

TOWER CRANES;

EID: 84867859668     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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