Critical flow - Towards a construction flow theory

Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-14

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 31-40

  Bertelsen, Sven ^a   Koskela, Lauri ^b   Henrich, Guilherme ^b   Rooke, John ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction physics; Critical flow; Flow management; Theory; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CRITICAL FLOW; FLOW MANAGEMENT; FLOW MODEL; FLOW THEORIES; HOLISTIC VIEW; STATE OF THE ART; THEORY; VARIABILITY; WHOLE PROCESS;

CONSTRUCTION;

GROUP THEORY;

EID: 84866123168     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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