Cost of quality versus cost of non-quality in construction: The crucial balance

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-117

  Rosenfeld, Yehiel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cost of quality; Quality; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; COST OF QUALITY; FAILURE COST; OPTIMAL LEVEL; OPTIMAL RANGES; QUALITY; QUALITY COSTS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650321837     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802651744     Document Type: Article

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