A best practice process model for hybrid concrete construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-184

  Glass, Jacqueline ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Hybrid; Knowledge capture; Precast; Process; Reinforced concrete

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PRECAST CONCRETE; PROCESS CONTROL; STEEL;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION METHODS; HYBRID CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION (HCC); PRECASTERS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 15744377408     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000326756     Document Type: Article

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