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... 6C H A P T E R 2 CIM, as a system, consists of both foundational processes and emerging practices in the highway construction sector. As the technology has grown, so has the taxonomy and definitions.
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... Overview of CIM Tools and Functions 7 Figure 2.1. Pictorial representation of CIM tools.
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... 8 Civil Integrated Management (CIM) for Departments of Transportation 2.1.3 Sensing Tools -- Category C This category consists of advanced surveying tools that improve performance of many aspects, such as coverage, speed, cost, and data accuracy in comparison to traditional surveying methods (Singh 2008)
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... Overview of CIM Tools and Functions 9 Airborne, Mobile, and Terrestrial LiDAR (C1) LiDAR is a technology that illuminates the target with a laser and performs distance calculations by evaluating the time taken for the light to be reflected.
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... 10 Civil Integrated Management (CIM) for Departments of Transportation Figure 2.5.
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... Overview of CIM Tools and Functions 11 Site Mapping Enables rapid data collection through advanced surveying tools such as LiDAR (C1) , and aerial imagery (C2)
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... 12 Civil Integrated Management (CIM) for Departments of Transportation 2.2.4 Project Management This category encapsulates other critical CIM functions that assist in successfully monitoring and controlling project performance (such as costs, schedule, and quality among others)
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... Overview of CIM Tools and Functions 13 4D Scheduling Uses nD modeling (A2) tools to support scheduling tasks (model-based scheduling where schedule activities are linked to model elements)

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