Assessing the suitability of current briefing practices in construction within a concurrent engineering framework

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 337-351

  Kamara, John M ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^b   Evbuomwan, Nosa F O ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MarchFIRST   (United States)

Author keywords

Briefing; Client requirements processing; Concurrent enginreeng; Construction

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BRIEFING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035426601     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(00)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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