Systems and relationships for construction quality

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 377-392

  Barrett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Improvement; Project management; Quality; Supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142839495     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010298409     Document Type: Article

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