Construction resource/method factors influencing productivity for high rise concrete construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 577-587

  Proverbs, D G ^a   Holt, G D ^a   Olomolaiye, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction methods; High rise construction; In situ concrete work; Productivity rates; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PLACING; CONTRACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; HIGH-RISE CONSTRUCTION; IN-SITU CONCRETE; PRODUCTIVITY RATE; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS;

CONCRETES;

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY;

FRANCE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032722695     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371196     Document Type: Article

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