Managing constructibility reviews to reduce highway project durations

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-42

  Ford, David N ^a   Anderson, Stuart D ^a   Damron, Andrew J ^b   De Las Casas, Rodrigo ^c   Gokmen, Nevzat ^d   Kuennen, Steven T ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Martin Rivett and Olson Inc   (United States)

^c BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

^d LP   (United States)

^e UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructibility; Design build; Highway construction; Project management; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIBILITY; DESIGN/BUILD; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT COSTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SCHEDULING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 13944265622     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:1(33)     Document Type: Article

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