A Proposed Taxonomy for Construction Clients

Clients Driving Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 58-68

  Tzortzopoulos, Patricia ^a   Kagioglou, Mike ^a   Treadaway, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'client system based' and 'client need based' categorisation; Client's motivation to innovate in design and construction; Clients' activities in design and construction process; Construction client and identity of construction client; Construction clients taxonomy; Paying clients and designers clear relationship and exchange of information; Proposed taxonomy for construction clients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889333845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301342.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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