The environment: The fourth construction project objective?

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 369-395

  Ofori, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

client; control; environment; Objectives; policy; project management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; TO EFFECT;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0000705512     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446199200000037     Document Type: Article

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