Contractor failure: Analysis

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 163-180

  Russell, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING; CONTRACTING; CONTRACTOR FAILURES;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 0026202687     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(1991)5:3(163)     Document Type: Article

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