Establish concrete placing rates using quality control records from Hong Kong building construction projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-224

  Lu, Ming ^a   Anson, Michael ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Concrete; Concrete construction; Data collection; Hong Kong; Mixing; Productivity; Quality control

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONCRETE PLACING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MIXING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

CONCRETE PLACING RATES; DATA COLLECTION; HONG KONG; MIXED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 13944278484     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:2(216)     Document Type: Article

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