ISO 14000 standards and the US construction industry

Environmental Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 210-219

  Valdez, Hector E ^a,c   Chini, Abdol R ^b   Rinker, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Center for Construction and Environment   (United States)

^c DPR Construction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 1842712956     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046602990058     Document Type: Review

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