Quantifying engineering project scope for productivity modeling

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 360-367

  Song, Lingguang ^a   AbouRizk, Simaan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Cost control; Personnel management; Productivity; Project management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; DRAFTING PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COST CONTROL; ENGINEERING PROJECTS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY MODELING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14544298864     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:3(360)     Document Type: Review

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