Construction delays in Hong Kong civil engineering projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 636-649

  Lo, Tommy Y ^a   Fung, Ivan W H ^a   Tung, Karen C F ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction; Delay time; Hong Kong; Performance characteristics; Productivity; Project management

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DELAY TIME; HONG KONG; PERCENTAGE DISAGREEMENT (PD); PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RANK AGREEMENT FACTOR (RAF);

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33646751898     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:6(636)     Document Type: Article

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