Improving maintenance and reducing building defects through ISO 9000

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 6-24

  Pheng, L S ^a   Wee, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction industry; ISO 9000; Maintenance; Quality

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MAINTENANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUILDING DEFECTS; CONSTRUCTION QUALITY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 0034882406     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510110386865     Document Type: Article

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