The cost of defects in construction

The Organization and Management of Construction: Shaping Theory and Practice: Volume Two: Managing the Construction Project and Managing Risk

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 519-528

  Josephson, P E ^a   Hammarlund, Y ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building project; Causes of defects; Consequences of defects; Defect; Defect costs; Origin of defects; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056060100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203477090     Document Type: Chapter

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