Architecture for Discrete Construction Component Tracking

Accurate and timely identification and tracking of construction components are critical to operating a well-managed and cost efficient construction project.,Establishing standards to support identification and tracking technologies has the potential to enable the construction industry to seamlessly integrate work processes at the jobsite.This paper discusses on-going research at NIST in the application of field sensors,portable computers,real time high precision global positioning,wireless communications and construction project databases,to develop means for real time component identification and tracking.