Organizing constructability knowledge for design

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 911-919

  Pulaski, Michael H ^a   Horman, Michael J ^a  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructability; Contractors; Design; Information management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTABILITY; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; DESIGN PROCESS;

CONTRACTS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 25444460382     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:8(911)     Document Type: Article

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