Forecasting construction durations for public housing projects: A Hong Kong perspective

Building and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 633-646

  Chan, Daniel W M ^a   Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

CRITICAL FACTORS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; PERCENTAGE ERROR; PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS;

HOUSING;

EID: 0032628068     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(98)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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