Trends of skills and productivity in the UK construction industry

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-382

  Abdel Wahab, Mohamed S ^a   Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Ison, Stephen G ^a   Bowen, Patrick ^b   Hazlehurst, Guy ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Research and Development Department   (United Kingdom)

^c Mace Sustain   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Government policy; Productivity rate; Skills; Social trends; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PAPER COATING; PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GROSS VALUE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PARTICIPATION RATE; POLICY MAKERS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; SKILLS DEVELOPMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 47249112532     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980810886865     Document Type: Article

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