Construction management and lean thinking in highways maintenance

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1123-1132

  Wolbers, Mary ^a   Evans, R J E ^b   Holmes, M ^b   Pasquire, C L ^a   Price, A D F ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Highways maintenance; Lean; Partnering; Procurement

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LEAN PRODUCTION; MAINTENANCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; ENGINEERING DOCTORATES; LEAN; LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS; PARTNERING; PROCUREMENT; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84861017231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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