Statistical analysis of causes for design change in highway construction on Taiwan

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 554-563

  Wu, Chao Hui ^a   Hsieh, Ting Ya ^b   Cheng, Wen Lon ^c  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Design change; Highway construction; Statistics analysis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DESIGN CHANGE; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; TAIWAN;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 27744473626     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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