How contractors price risk in bids: Theory and practice

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 911-924

  Laryea, Samuel ^a   Hughes, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractor; Interview and documents; Pricing; Risk apportionment; Tendering

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; COSTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACTOR; INTERVIEW AND DOCUMENTS; PRICING; RISK APPORTIONMENT; TENDERING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MODELING; PRICE DETERMINATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53349143671     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802317718     Document Type: Article

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