- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Wireless Communication and Computing at the Construction Jobsite.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Research Summary 136-1, May 1997, 44 p.
- Distribution
- For more information contact: Construction Industry, Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 3208 Red River Street, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78705. Telephone: 512-232-3000, Fax: 512-499-8108, Email: info@construction-institute.org Website: http://construction-institute.org
- Keywords
- construction
- Abstract
- The walkie-talkie, a World War II technology, is synonymous with the construction industry. today's wireless communications technologies, however, have the potential to enable the transmission of all project information instantaneously to the foreman's work station. Database management systems can link the engineering office to the foreman's desk and allow, for example, the latest drawing revisions to be viewed and discussed immediately with the field personnel who will execute the changes. This publication is a summary of the efforts by the research team. It describes the available technologies and discusses the particular applications that can enable cost-effectiveness decisions to be made for a particular job. Utlimately, wireless communication technology will improve the important issues of reliability and quality that are so vital to the engineering and construction facilities of today.