Quantification of construction clients' needs through paired comparisons

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-92

  Chinyio, Ezekiel A ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul O ^a   Corbett, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS' NEEDS; PSYCHOMETRIC METHODS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031700125     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(1998)14:1(87)     Document Type: Review

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