Re-engineering construction: Going against the grain

Building Research and Information

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-106

  Green, Stuart D ^a   May, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casualization; Enterprise culture; Lean construction; Neo liberalism; Private finance initiative; Re engineering

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

NEO-LIBERALISM; PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE; RE-ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037367569     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210301992     Document Type: Article

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