Documentation, standardization and improvement of the construction process in house building

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-67

  Roy, Rajat ^a   Low, Margaret ^a   Waller, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Build process; Change management; House building; Information system

Indexed keywords

HOUSES; PUBLIC POLICY; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS;

BUILDING METHODS; DOCUMENTATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PROCESS DOCUMENTATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD;

EID: 13944282972     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000287787     Document Type: Article

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