Improvement tools in the UK construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 965-977

  Delgado Hernandez, David J ^a   Aspinwall, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Improvement tools; Survey; Total quality management (TQM)

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; IMPROVEMENT TOOLS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 29244488536     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500204705     Document Type: Article

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