Urban high-density construction sites and their surrounding community: Issues encountered and strategies adopted by contractors

Proceedings 29th Annual Association of Researchers in Construction Management Conference, ARCOM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 871-880

  Spillane, John P ^a   Flood, Michael ^a   Oyedele, Lukumon O ^b   Von Meding, Jason K ^c   Konanahalli, Ashwini ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Confined site; Site management; Stakeholder engagement; Urban development

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; DUST; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COMMUNITY; CONFINED SITE; SITE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84901318709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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