Quality, environmental, and health and safety management systems for construction engineering

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 562-569

  Koehn, Enno ^a   Datta, Nirmal K ^b  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

^b EBS Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction engineering; Construction management; Contractors; Environmental issues; Health hazards; Quality control; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; PERSONNEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SORTING; STANDARDS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 13944253664     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:5(562)     Document Type: Article

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