An exploratory study into recurring construction problems

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-273

  Lim, C S ^a   Zain Mohamed, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ambiguities; Construction problems; Project management; Reasons; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

RECURRING CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033903919     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(99)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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