Buildability in design and construction through iso 9000 quality management systems: Concepts and survey findings

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 355-366

  Pheng, Low Sui ^a   Abeyegoonasekera, Belinda ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buildability; Quality management; Sulvey of management systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035575641     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2001.9696916     Document Type: Article

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