Investigating social media applications for the construction industry

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-51

  Azhar, Salman ^a   Abeln, John M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communcation; Information management; Innovation; Social media

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; POWER MARKETS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

COLLABORATION; COMMUNCATION; COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATIONS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84949132833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.10.527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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