Integrated quality and sustainability assessment in construction: A conceptual model

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 611-626

  Srdić, Aleksander ^a   Šelih, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

building; construction product; construction project; EMS; environmental product declaration; life cycle assessment; QMS; quality; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866329395     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2011.603177     Document Type: Article

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