Measuring the impact of rework on construction cost performance

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-198

  Hwang, Bon Gang ^a   Thomas, Stephen R ^b   Haas, Carl T ^c   Caldas, Carlos H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Construction industry; Construction management; Failures; Measurement; Performance characteristics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; FAILURES; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST ACCOUNTING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COSTS;

EID: 60449091309     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:3(187)     Document Type: Article

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