Impact of change's timing on labor productivity

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1219-1223

  Ibbs, William ^a,b,c  

^a ASCE ^*  (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c Ibbs Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Cost control; Dispute resolution; Labor; Productivity; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 27744590179     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:11(1219)     Document Type: Article

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