Documenting and analyzing construction failures

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-17

  Yates, Janet K ^a   Lockley, Edward E ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Documentation; Structural failures

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROCEDURAL ERRORS; STRUCTURAL FAILURES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944262818     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:1(8)     Document Type: Article

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