Construction procurement routes: Re-defining the contours of construction procurement

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-30

  Tookey, John E ^a   Murray, Michael ^b   Hardcastle, Cliff ^a   Langford, David ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Client objectives; Procurement route selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242679246     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021167     Document Type: Review

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