Enhancing the prime contractor's pre-construction planning

Journal of Construction Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-106

  Gidado, Kassim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction planning; Project complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PLANNING; PRODUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; INNOVATIONS; PROJECT COMPLEXITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 10444262909     PISSN: 16099451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1609945104000073     Document Type: Article

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