potential application of gis to layout of construction temporary facilitie

geographic information systems (gis) are one of the fastest growing computer-based technologies of past two decades, yet, full potential of this technology in construction has not been realized. based upon gis capabilities, construction site layout is one of the areas that gis could be applied. the layout of temporary facilities (tfs) such as warehouses, fabrication shops, maintenance shops, concrete batch plants, construction equipments, and residence facilities has an important impact on the cost savings and efficiency of construction operations, especially for large projects. the primary objectives of this paper are to describe gis technology and to present application of gis technology to construction site layout. the study also delineated the methods of location tfs in construction site. an example application of gis to location optimization of tower crane and concrete batch plant is provided to demonstrate gis capabilities as compared with previous models. the spatial and nonspatial data which used in construction site layout process are analyzed and arranged on gis environment and results showed the gis can solve site layout problem. finally, areas of additional research are noted.