Different approaches of clients and consultants to contractors' qualification and selection

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Egemen, Mehmedali ^a   Mohamed, Abdulrezak N ^a,b,c  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dept of Civil Engineering ^*

^c Construction Management Research and Practice Centre ^*

Author keywords

Client's expectations; Client's satisfaction; Consultant's expectations; Contractor qualification; Contractor selection; Repetitive works

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIENT'S EXPECTATIONS; CLIENT'S SATISFACTION; CONSULTANT'S EXPECTATIONS; CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATION; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; REPETITIVE WORKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 28844443942     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 13923730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2005.9636357     Document Type: Article

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