Downtime model development for construction equipment management

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-210

  Nepal, Madhav Prasad ^a   Park, Moonseo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Costs; Production downtime; Roads

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EXCAVATORS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; MECHANIZATION; MINING ENGINEERING; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

DYNAMIC PLANNING METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTION DOWNTIME;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 2542421869     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980410535804     Document Type: Review

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