Impact of pre-construction planning and project characteristics on performance in the US electrical construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 855-869

  Menches, Cindy L ^a   Hanna, Awad S ^b   Nordheim, Erik V ^c   Russell, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessments; Construction planning; Efficiency; Electrical measurement; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; EFFICIENCY;

ASSESSMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS;

PROFITABILITY;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; PROFITABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50349099326     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802213511     Document Type: Article

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