The impacts of buildability factors on formwork labour Productivity of columns

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-483

  Jarkas, Abdulaziz M ^a  

^a Mazaya Real Estate Development Co   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Buildability; Categorical regression; Columns; Formwork; Labour productivity; Rationalization; Repetition; Standardization

Indexed keywords

BUILDABILITY; CATEGORICAL-REGRESSION; COLUMNS; FORMWORK; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; RATIONALIZATION; REPETITION;

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STANDARDIZATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 78651388744     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.53     Document Type: Article

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