Leveraging specialty-contractor knowledge in design-build organizations

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 355-367

  Gil, N ^a   Tommelein, I D ^a   Kirkendall, R L ^b   Ballard, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Industrial Design Corp   (United States)

^c Lean Construction Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Concurrent engineering; Design build contracting; Design assist; Design build; Knowledge; Lean construction; Partnering; Product process integration; Specialty contractors (SC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954997     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021196     Document Type: Review

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