Constructability analysis in the design firm

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-126

  Arditi, David ^a   Elhassan, Ahmed ^a   Toklu, Y Cengiz ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constructability; Design

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTABILITY; DESIGN FIRMS; DESIGN STANDARDS; SCHEDULING PROBLEMS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944261198     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:2(117)     Document Type: Article

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