The integration of time and cost management of construction projects has been recognized
as the most effective way for close management. However, it has not been effectively used …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to discuss the interview findings of five large
construction firms who pioneered their intranet and extranet (IE) uptake to generate a co …

The construction industry is managed primarily by projects, on the one hand, and it is
basically composed of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other. For each …

Purpose–The residential construction industry has a major share in Canada's GDP. In spite
of huge spending and technical advances in the residential construction sector, the current …

Computer Aided Design, in addition to its use in the planning process, has often been used
during construction in order to mitigate various problems. Taking into account that the major …

Project management are still depending on manual exchange of information based on
paper documents. Where design drawings drafting by computer-aided design (CAD), but the …

Nowadays the construction machines are increasingly often equipped with the onboard
computers, which support the operator and take over the difficult and cumbersome control …

The nature of the construction industry is different from other industries, such as the
manufacturing, because they have fragmentation, include a large number of participants in …

This chapter introduces an integrated system with CAD for the automation of the housing
development permit approval process and illustrates the basic approach used to achieve the …