Delay mitigation in the Malaysian construction industry

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-133

  Abdul Rahman, H ^a   Berawi, M A ^b   Berawi, A R ^a   Mohamed, O ^a   Othman, M ^a   Yahya, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction management; Delay time; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DELAY TIME; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 30844441627     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:2(125)     Document Type: Article

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