Improving Construction Client Satisfaction Through Functional Briefing

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 647-656

  Cheong, Seay P ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^a   Hill, Robert ^b   Bouchlaghem, Dino ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Client's requirements; Functional briefing; Pre construction planning; Value for money; Whole life performance

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CLIENT'S REQUIREMENTS; FUNCTIONAL BRIEFING (FB); PRE-CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; WHOLE LIFE PERFORMANCE (WLP);

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2342430537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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