Site Logistics Goes ‘Digital Native’
(Print PDH from the September 2023 issue of Informed Infrastructure)
Course Information
Construction site logistics can be simply defined as the systems put in place to control the planning, execution, procurement, transport and stationing of workers, materials and other resources to achieve the goals of a construction project. Construction owners and overseers have sought to apply this control since the first large construction projects were attempted millennia ago, and the continued existence of monumentally large and exquisite structures such as the pyramids or huge megalithic walls and buildings suggest the discipline of site logistics was advanced even in ancient times.
Author
Erik Schonsett
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this article, the reader should be able to:
• Understand the basic components of site logistics and how this ancient practice is being updated by digital technologies.
• Understand the spatial component of site logistics.
• Understand the importance of 2D design documents when disseminating project information to stakeholders as well as to review/approve cycles.
• Understand how construction-specific editing applications improve common construction functions such as takeoffs and plan markups.