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Using mobility as a conceptual framework for informing the design of mobile ICT for construction professionals

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Val Mitchell,

Andy May,

Sarah Bowden,

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MobileHCI '06: Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services

Pages 45 - 48

https://doi.org/10.1145/1152215.1152225

Published: 12 September 2006 Publication History

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This paper illustrates how the concept of mobility can be used to consider how contextual factors shape user requirements for mobile ICT. The spatial, temporal and contextual mobility of construction professionals is described based on fieldwork conducted within the UK. A distinction between the mobility of workers when they are operating remotely within a geographically distributed team and when they are working cooperatively with others co-located on site is reported. The implications of this finding are discussed in relation to the mobile ICT needs of construction professionals.

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Ahtinen ANurminen JHäkkilä JChong PCheok A(2007)Developing a mobile reporting system for road maintenanceProceedings of the 4th international conference on mobile technology, applications, and systems and the 1st international symposium on Computer human interaction in mobile technology10.1145/1378063.1378065(1-7)Online publication date: 10-Sep-2007
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