Planning and control processes and techniques for refurbishment management

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-325

  Egbu, Charles O ^a   Young, Barbara A ^a   Torrance, Victor B ^b  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Control; Planning; Refurbishment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTROL ENGINEERING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; WARSHIPS;

CASE STUDY APPROACH; COMPUTER-BASED TECHNIQUES; PLANNING AND CONTROL; REFURBISHMENT; REFURBISHMENT PROCESS; REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 12444316997     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372349     Document Type: Article

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