Divergence or congruence? A path model of rework for building and civil engineering projects

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 480-488

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Edwards, David J ^b   Smith, Jim ^c   Walker, Derek H T ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Construction costs; Construction management; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COST AND SCHEDULE; DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS; GENERIC STRATEGIES; KEY DETERMINANTS; LIMITED DATA; PATH ANALYSIS; PATH MODELS; PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; REWORK COSTS; SITE MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 70450206280     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000054     Document Type: Article

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