Assessing construction technology by integrating constructed product and construction process complexities: A case study of embankment dams in Thailand

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 467-484

  Trinh, Tran Thi Phuong ^a   Sharif, Nawaz ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Case study; Integration; Process complexity; Product complexity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTEGRATION;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; PRODUCT COMPLEXITY; TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 11144318888     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461996373188     Document Type: Article

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