Cost and time overruns in highway construction

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volumn 2002, Issue , 2002, Pages 2799-2808

  Vidalis, S M ^a   Najafi, F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CONTRACTS; COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SCHEDULING;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY PROJECTS; PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; WEATHER DAMAGES;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33645711074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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