ABSTRACT
Linear projects are a particular type of civil engineering project which involve long runs of continuous sequences. Typical examples are road and rail projects, but they may also include tunnelling or mining projects such as open cut or strip mining. Linear projects often use line-of-balance techniques for both analysis and representation, so location-based management has traditionally been considered especially suitable for linear projects. However, in contrast with earlier literature, this book regards linear projects merely as a special case of location-based planning rather than as a separate type of project needing a separate planning technique.
