Cost and time control of construction projects: Inhibiting factors and mitigating measures in practice

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 509-526

  Olawale, Yakubu Adisa ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost control; Interview; Practice; Project control; Project management

Indexed keywords

COMMON FACTORS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; COST CONTROLS; DESIGN CHANGE; DURING CONSTRUCTION; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; GOOD PRACTICES; INHIBITING FACTORS; MITIGATING MEASURES; PROJECT CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGERS; TIME CONTROL; TIME OVERRUN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953674695     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446191003674519     Document Type: Article

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