Emerging Tools to Enable Construction Engineering
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 137, Issue 10
Abstract
Those working within the domain of construction engineering—the planning and management of the construction of infrastructure assets—today employ a wide range of information technology tools. The vast majority of these tools are used on desktop computers processing tabular information associated with scheduling, tracking, updating statuses, reporting, and similar tasks. In spite of the significant penetration of information technology into construction engineering, there is little direct reuse of the engineering information created during the design phase. Likewise, access to rich engineering information and applications to exploit this information have yet to be extended to mobile workers on the construction jobsite in any significant way. This paper explores a sampling of some of the emerging information technology tools that may be effectively applied to support construction engineering in the field.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 137 • Issue 10 • October 2011
Pages: 836 - 842
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 14, 2010
Published online: Aug 1, 2010
Accepted: Aug 25, 2010
Published in print: Oct 1, 2011
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