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| | Construction Methods, Equipment, and Management |
 | | PATH has already launched many of the initiatives under this development, including ToolBase, an information portal that streamlines regulatory processes, electronically links material vendors and home builders, and studies how IT can improve on-site production. |
 | | This document is the product of that research, and it includes a record and analysis of the information flows and breaks on construction sites, as well as recommendations for overcoming these breaks. |
 | | A PATH roadmapping group recommended ways that computers, software, and communications (especially wireless and the Internet) can improve speed, efficiency, and quality in the homebuilding process. |
| www.pathnet.org /sp.asp?id=1298 (702 words) |
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