Competing Construction Management Paradigms

Contruction Research Congress, Winds of Change: Integration and Innovation in Construction, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 321-328

  Ballard, Glenn ^a   Howell, Gregory A ^a  

^a Ctr Innov in Proj and Prod Mgmt

Author keywords

Construction management; Flow; Lean construction; Paradigm; Production system; Project management; Theory; Value; Variability; Work flow; Work flow variability; Work structuring

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPETITION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SCHEDULING;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; FLOW; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; PARADIGM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; VALUE; VARIABILITY; WORK FLOW; WORK FLOW VARIABILITY; WORK STRUCTURING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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