Managing knowledge in the context of sustainable construction

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 57-71

  Shelbourn, Mark A ^a   Bouchlaghem, Dino M ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^a   Carillo, Patricia M ^a   Khalfan, Malik M K ^b   Glass, Jacqueline ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction process; Information management; Knowledge management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33645094655     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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