Consultants' perceptions on construction delay analysis methodologies

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1279-1288

  Braimah, Nuhu ^a   Ndekugri, Issaka ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claims; Construction industry; Consultants; Contract management; Critical path method; Delay time

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION DELAYS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; COST-EFFICIENT; CRITICAL PATH METHOD; CURRENT PROGRAMMING; DELAY ANALYSIS; DELAY TIME; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; PROJECT DELAYS; PROJECT INFORMATIONS; RECORDKEEPING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST REDUCTION; TURNAROUND TIME;

PLASTICS MOLDING;

EID: 70450209449     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000096     Document Type: Article

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