Impact of change orders on labor efficiency for electrical construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 224-232

  Hanna, Awad S ^a   Russell, Jeffrey S ^a   Nordheim, Erik V ^b   Bruggink, Matthew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c 120 Russell Labs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PERSONNEL; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

CHANGE ORDERS; ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION; LABOR EFFICIENCY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032659199     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1999)125:4(224)     Document Type: Article

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