Total quality performance of design/build firms using quality function deployment

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-57

  Lee, Dong Eun ^a   Arditi, David ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Design build; Engineering firms; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN/BUILD; ENGINEERING FIRMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33645512505     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:1(49)     Document Type: Article

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