The pathology of building defects; a human error approach

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-61

  Atkinson, Andrew R ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defects; Error; Management; Participant observation; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012791     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021206     Document Type: Review

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