A workflow model for systems and interior finishing works in building construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1209-1227

  Brodetskaia, Irina ^a   Sacks, Rafael ^a   Shapira, Aviad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Building construction; interior works; lean construction; production systems; workflow

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; INTERIOR WORKS; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TESTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855431214     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.647829     Document Type: Article

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