Quality failure costs in civil engineering projects

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 479-492

  Barber, Patrick ^a   Graves, Andrew ^b   Hall, Mark ^b   Sheath, Darryl ^b   Tomkins, Cyril ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil engineering; Cost of quality; Project management; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001326664     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010298544     Document Type: Article

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