Constructability concepts in west port highway in Malaysia

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 348-356

  Nima, Mekdam A ^a   Abdul Kadir, Mohd R ^b   Jaafar, Mohd S ^b   Alghulami, Riadh G ^c  

^a Structural Dept   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Westbury Tubular (M) Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Constructability; Construction industry; Malaysia; Project planning

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; HYDRAULICS; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAIN; SCHEDULING;

CONSTRUCTABILITY; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944277293     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:4(348)     Document Type: Article

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