Some observations on the management of quality among construction professionals in the UK

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 485-495

  Abdul Rahman, Hamzah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Project management; Quality cost; Quality management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTIONS; COMPETITIVE EDGES; CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS; CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS; MANAGEMENT OF QUALITIES; QUALITY COSTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041723976     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461996373197     Document Type: Article

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