The role of human error in construction defects

Structural Survey

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 231-236

  Atkinson, Andrew R ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defects; Human error; Project management; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146497     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630809910303006     Document Type: Article

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