ADVANTAGES OF A PROCESS APPROACH TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIENTS

The construction industry is undergoing many changes provoked by a number of initiatives and reports from within and outside the industry. Research work has proposed the use of an explicit process approach to deliver better value for clients. The role of specialist foundation contractors within new ways of working advocated by research and industry initiatives is examined. The achievable benefits are illustrated by reference to three case studies. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD E102464.

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  CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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• Authors:
  • FINDLAY, J D
  • MURE, J N
  • BROOKS, N J
• Conference:
  • THE VALUE OF GEOTECHNICS IN CONSTRUCTION. PROCEEDINGS FROM THE SEMINAR, INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, LONDON, 4 NOVEMBER 1998
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 275-81

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Contractors; Economics; Foundations; Planning; Process control
• ITRD Terms: 3655: Construction; 136: Contractor; 255: Economics; 3377: Foundation; 143: Planning; 8669: Process control
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779204
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-86081-251-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM