Financial outlay modeling for a local sewer rehabilitation strategy

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 486-495

  Ariaratnam, Samuel T ^a   MacLeod, Colin W ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP Canada Energy ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Models; Rehabilitation; Sewers

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FINANCIAL OUTLAY MODELING; FUND ALLOCATION; SEWER REHABILITATION;

BUDGET CONTROL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEWERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 13944255814     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:6(486)     Document Type: Article

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