Cost overruns in road construction - what are their sizesand determinants?

Transport Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Odeck, James ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actual costs; Cost estimates; Cost overrun; Road construction

Indexed keywords

COST; ESTIMATION METHOD; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1642538212     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-070X(03)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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