Time, cost, and quality in a road building project

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1271-1274

  San Cristóbal, Joś Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Highway and road construction; Quality control; Time factors

Indexed keywords

0-1-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; BINARY VARIABLES; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION TIME; DECISION MAKERS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HIGHWAY AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION; MODEL COMPLEXES; PROJECT ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; ROAD BUILDING; TIME FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 70350057607     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000094     Document Type: Article

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