From lean to green construction: A natural extension

Building a Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1058-1067

  Nahmens, Isabelina ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION STAGES; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; GREEN BUILDINGS; HOUSING INDUSTRY; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRY PRACTICES; KEY OBJECTIVE; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LEAN PRODUCTION; LESSONS LEARNED; MATERIAL WASTES; NATURAL EXTENSION;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

RESEARCH;

EID: 69949101070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41020(339)107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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