A survey of tendering practices in the australian construction industry

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Fayek, Aminah ^a   Young, David M ^b   Duffield, Colin F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS; DEVELOPING COMPETITIVE TENDERING STRATEGIES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032272899     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1998.11415005     Document Type: Article

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