Readiness assessment for concurrent engineering in construction

Concurrent Engineering in Construction Projects

Volumn 9780203968918, Issue , 2006, Pages 30-56

  Khalfan, Malik M A ^a   Anumba, Chimay J ^b,c   Carrillo, Patricia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering (CICE)   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

READINESS ASSESSMENT;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 84861051638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203968918     Document Type: Chapter

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