Contractors' experiences of integrated management systems

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 93-98

  Griffith, Alan ^a   Bhutto, Khalid ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SafeScope Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Health and safety; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH AND SAFETY; IN-SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION; OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58049213319     PISSN: 17514304     EISSN: 17514312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/mpal.2008.161.3.93     Document Type: Article

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