Quality planning process of construction contractors: Case studies in sri lanka

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-115

  Senaratne, Sepani ^a   Jayarathna, Thushangi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Case studies; Construction industry; Contractors; Strategic quality planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864601118     PISSN: 18236499     EISSN: 21804222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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