Analyzing weather-related construction claims

Cost Engineering (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 12-19

  Moselhi, Osama ^a   Eng, P ^a   El Rayes, Khaled ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Author keywords

Claims analysis; Construction claims; Construction disputes; Construction planning and scheduling; Construction productivity; Highway construction; Weather impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849146366     PISSN: 02749696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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