Current state of IT usage by Australian subcontractors

Construction Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-13

  ng, S Thomas ^a   Eng Chen, Swee ^b   McGeorge, Denny ^c   Lam, Ka Chi ^d   Evans, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communication; Construction information technology; Subcontractor

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142825224     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170110814479     Document Type: Article

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