Time-cost relationships in Australian building construction projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-194

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Tse, Raymond Y C ^b   Edwards, David J ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Construction industry; Costs; Project management; Time factors: Least squares method

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FORECASTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-COST RELATIONSHIP;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 12744250283     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:2(187)     Document Type: Review

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