Defining megaprojects: Learning from construction at the edge of experience

Construction Research Congress 2005: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 715-724

  Fiori, Christine ^a   Kovaka, Molly ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction Management; Management Tools; Megaprojects

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT TOOLS; MEGAPROJECTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; METRIC SYSTEM; NUMERICAL METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27644517224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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