Resource management of bridge deck rehabilitation: Jacques cartier bridge case study

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 311-319

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Zayed, Tarek ^a   Hammad, Amin ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bridge decks; Canada; Costs; Optimization; Rehabilitation; Resource management; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

OPTIMIZE BUDGET; REPLACEMENT METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42549117975     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:5(311)     Document Type: Article

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