Target value design: using collaboration and a lean approach to reduce construction cost

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-398

  Zimina, Daria ^a   Ballard, Glenn ^b   Pasquire, Christine ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost planning; lean construction; target cost; target value design

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COST PLANNING; COST PREDICTABILITY; DESIGN PROCESS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FINAL COSTS; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; MARKET COSTS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT DELIVERY; PROJECT OUTCOMES; TARGET COST; TARGET COSTING; TARGET VALUES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COSTS;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST; MANUFACTURING; PREDICTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860910554     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.676658     Document Type: Article

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