Construction process performance variability: Focus on labour productivity

Building Research and Information

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 339-350

  Lema, N M ^a   Price, A D F ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour productivity; Process performance; Statistical distribution; Tanzania; Variability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; COSTS; ESTIMATION; EXCAVATION; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; TANZANIA; VARIABILITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030287417     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613219608727554     Document Type: Article

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