Case studies on risk and opportunity at design stage of building projects in australia: Focus on safety

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 221-238

  Zou, Patrick X W ^a   Redman, Sonya ^a   Windon, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Environment Resources and Development Court   (Australia)

Author keywords

Building project; Construction management; Design stage; Risk assessment; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650352107     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/aedm.2008.0082     Document Type: Article

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