European construction contractors: A productivity appraisal of in situ concrete operations

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Proverbs, D G ^a   Holt, G D ^a   Olomolaiye, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; European comparison; In situ concrete operations; Labour costs; Productivity rates

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BINARY ALLOYS; CONCRETE PLACING; CONTRACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGES;

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS; EUROPEAN COMPARISON; IN-SITU CONCRETE; LABOUR COSTS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; PRODUCTIVITY RATE; SITE PRODUCTIVITY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0000461860     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371727     Document Type: Article

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