Re-engineering the construction process in the speculative house-building sector

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-146

  Roy, Rajat ^a   Brown, Justine ^a   Gaze, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

House building; Industrialized housing; Mass customization; Process re engineering; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REENGINEERING; STANDARDIZATION;

PRODUCT QUALITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENGINEERING; HOUSING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038305561     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000049674     Document Type: Article

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