Risk management practices of leading UK cost consultants

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 254-262

  Wood, Gerard D ^a   Ellis, Robert C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; Estimation; Monte Carlo simulation; Probability calculations; Project management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BUDGET CONTROL; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ESTIMATION; INVESTMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

COST CONSULTANTS; PROBABILITY CALCULATIONS; PROJECT BUDGETS; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3242726643     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980310489960     Document Type: Article

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