Understanding and containing geotechnical risk

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-48

  Trenter, Neil ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Geotechnical engineering; Risk and probability analysis; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONTRACTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COST OVERRUNS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038577331     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2003.156.1.42     Document Type: Article

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