Importance of design consultants' soft skills in design-build projects

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-398

  YEAN YNG Ling, Florence ^a   Ofori &SUI Pheng Low, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Architects; Contextual performance; Design build; Engineers; Selection; Soft skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992960775     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021161     Document Type: Review

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