Planned and unplanned schedule compression: The impact on labour

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-90

  Noyce, David A ^a   Hanna, Awad S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical contractor; Labour productivity; Planned schedule compression; Project costs; Schedule acceleration; Schedule duration; Unplanned schedule compression

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; PROJECT COST; SCHEDULE ACCELERATION; SCHEDULE COMPRESSION;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 2342626763     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372619     Document Type: Article

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