Developing and implementing environmental management systems for small and medium-sized construction enterprises

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1183-1195

  Teriö, Olli ^a   Kähkönen, Kalle ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action research; environment; environmental management system; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CONSCIOUS MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); SMES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACTION RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 84855451272     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.645493     Document Type: Article

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