The significant factors causing delay of building construction projects in Malaysia

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-206

  Alaghbari, Wa'El ^a   Kadir, Mohd Razali A ^a   Salim, Azizah ^a   Ernawati, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Malaysia; Project management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

CONSULTANTS; CONTRACTOR FACTORS; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847327339     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980710731308     Document Type: Article

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