Towards a new understanding of the construction industry and the nature of its production

Lean Construction: A New Paradigm for Managing Capital Projects - 15th IGLC Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 46-56

  Bertelsen, Sven ^a   Sacks, Rafael ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Construction management; Flow; Stalemate; Subcontractors; Variability

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY UTILISATION RATE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC NETWORK; POOR PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUEUING THEORY; RESOURCE UTILISATION; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; WAITING-TIME; WORLD WAR II;

MILITARY OPERATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUEUEING THEORY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 77952899488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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