Four-Dimensional Construction Project Management Using ArcView GIS

Author: J. Patrick Moore
Organization: Integral GIS

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Furthering the GIS work done on Safeco Field (the new Mariners baseball stadium), a new extension to ArcView GIS has been developed and is being tested on a large construction project in Tacoma, Washington: The ASARCO smelter environmental restoration and remediation project.

Not only are resource, spatial, and scheduling conflicts being mapped and resolved, but ArcView 3D Analyst is also being used to bring the schedule to life in three dimensions. Primavera Project Planner or MS Project is integrated into ArcView GIS in the new extension. The construction sequence can be played back in two dimensions or three dimensions, giving project managers the ability to visualize and modify the construction sequence quickly.