Clients' goals and the construction project management process

Facilities

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 147-156

  Lindahl, Göran ^a   Ryd, Nina ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Construction operations; Project management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847288749     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770710729737     Document Type: Article

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