Bidding strategies for conventional and trenchless technologies considering social costs

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 819-827

  McKim, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bidding; Infrastructure rehabilitation; Social costs; Trenchless technology

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031391598     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l97-036     Document Type: Article

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