A cooperative Internet-facilitated quality management environment for construction

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Lam, Ka Chi ^b   Ng, S Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Internet; Performance; Quality management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

INTERNET;

EID: 26444453871     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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