Document management in construction: Practices and opinions

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Al Qady, Mohammed ^a   Kandil, Amr ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Information management; Information technologies; Project management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT; DOCUMENT SEARCH; DOCUMENT STORAGE; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; IMPORTANT FEATURES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84884604361     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000741     Document Type: Article

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