Total quality management in the construction process

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Arditi, David ^a   Gunaydin, H Murat ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Quality assurance; Quality control; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENGINEERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031206984     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(96)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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