'Clusters' of innovations in recent long span and multi-segmental bridges

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-280

  Sarah Slaughter, E ^a,b   Shimizu, Hikaru ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KAJIMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Construction innovations; Long span bridge design and construction; System interactions

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEX MULTI-SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; INNOVATION TRAJECTORIES; LONG-SPAN BRIDGE DESIGN; SYSTEM INTERACTIONS; SYSTEM-LEVEL INTERACTIONS;

BRIDGES;

EID: 0141936834     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461900370645     Document Type: Article

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