ISO in the Construction and Manufacturing Companies: A
Case Study from the Construction Industry of Hyderabad
and Karachi, Pakistan
Keywords: ISO Standards, Construction Companies, Quality Management.
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology
Volume 30 , Issue 2
Nafees Ahmed Memon , Qazi Muhammad Moinuddin Abro , Zubair Ahmed Memon ,
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