Constructability rules: Guidelines for successful application to bespoke buildings

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 689-696

  Fox, Stephen ^a   Marsh, Laurence ^b   Cockerham, Graham ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructability rules; Construction productivity; Construction quality

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BUILDINGS; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION RULES; CONTRUCTABILITY RULES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GUIDELINE;

EID: 28444475570     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190210163606     Document Type: Review

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