Lean construction tools and techniques

Design and Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 227-255

  Ballard, Glenn ^a,b   Tommelein, Iris ^b   Koskela, Lauri ^c   Howell, Greg ^a  

^a Lean Construction Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 85053272542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080491080     Document Type: Chapter

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