Achieving lean design process: Improvement methodology

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 248-256

  Freire, Javier ^a   Alarcón, Luis F ^b  

^a Technol Development Corporation   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Design; Project management

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; EVALUATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DESIGN MANAGEMENT; MARKET CONSULTANTS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944263231     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:3(248)     Document Type: Article

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