Trends in construction lost productivity claims

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-236

  Klanac, Gerald P ^a   Nelson, Eric L ^b  

^a PMA Consultants LLC   (United States)

^b Smith Currie and Hancock LLP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Construction costs; Construction industry; Contractors; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONTRACTORS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY CLAIMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; COST ACCOUNTING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PERSONNEL; SCHEDULING;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 14544276348     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2004)130:3(226)     Document Type: Article

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