Quest for continuous quality improvement for public housing construction in Hong Kong

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-446

  Tam, C M ^a   Deng, Z M ^a   Zeng, S X ^a   Ho, C S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ISO 9000; Public housing construction; Quality assessment; Quality management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION QUALITY; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS; ISO-9000; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

HOUSING;

EID: 0001321303     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190050024851     Document Type: Article

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