Communication and governance in the building process

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-82

  Pietroforte, Roberto ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Building process; Communication factors; Contracts; Information technology; Transactional organizations

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING PROCESS; BUILDING PROJECTS; COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; ENGINEERING PROCESS; INTERPRETATIVE FRAMEWORK; PROJECT PARTICIPANTS; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS;

COMPLIANCE CONTROL;

EID: 0001849920     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997373123     Document Type: Article

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