Decision making has always been a major topic of research in the field of construction
engineering and management. Recent trends (such as the push for sustainability, the …

This unique text shows students and professionals how geographic information systems
(GIS) can guide decision making about complex community and environmental problems …

The utilization of building information modeling (BIM) to support various tasks of building
lifecycle management (BLM) has been reported in a range of studies. However, during its …

Traditional scheduling and progress control techniques such as bar charts and the critical
path method (CPM) fail to provide information pertaining to the spatial aspects of a …

Site selection process depends on a number of spatial and business-related factors, making
it a complex decision-making task. It is common for the decision makers to use their …

A construction planner mentally visualises two-dimensional (2D) drawings into a three-
dimensional (3D) model and links its components with the respective activities to examine …

Linking of the activities in a critical path method schedule with the corresponding elements
of a three-dimensional (3D) model makes the project sequence easier to understand …

This study explores the potential of geographic information systems (GIS) for building cost
estimation and visualization. The proposed methodology uses AreView 3.2 for the storage of …

Construction site is rugged, dynamic, and complex, involving large number of resources that
intensively interact with each other with varying site activities. Being able to precisely locate …

Geographic information systems (GIS) are one of the fastest growing computer-based
technologies of past two decades, yet, full potential of this technology in construction has not …