Predicting construction productivity using situation based modeling

Construction and Professional Practices - Proceedings of the 10th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, EASEC 2010

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 133-138

  Ruwanpura, Janaka Y ^a   Choy, Eldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Modeling; Productivity; Simulation; Situations; Tool Time

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION SITES; MODELING TECHNIQUE; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES; SIMULATION; SITUATIONS; TOOL TIME;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84886677790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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