Comparison of the concreting productivities in Hong Kong and Beijing and a proposed comparison methodology

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 363-372

  Wang, Shou Qing ^a,b   Anson, Michael ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Concrete placing; Construction; Performance; Ready mixed concrete

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONCRETE MIXERS; CONCRETE PLACING; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; READY MIXED CONCRETE;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITES; DIFFERENT STAGES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; LARGE CITIES; PERFORMANCE; READY MIXED CONCRETE (RMC); RESEARCH STUDIES;

CONCRETE INDUSTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

BEIJING; CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0034062994     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900370726     Document Type: Article

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