Contractors' claims insurance: A risk retention approach

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 819-825

  El Adaway, Islam H ^a   Kandil, Amr A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Construction management; Contracts; Financing; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLAIMS; CONSTRUCTION CLAIM; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ECONOMIC BURDEN; FINANCING; HISTORIC DATA; INSURANCE PREMIUMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIONS PRICING; RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; TESTING FRAMEWORK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 69149084412     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000033     Document Type: Article

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