Case law and variations in cumulative impact productivity claims

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 826-833

  Nguyen, Long D ^a   Ibbs, William ^b,c  

^a HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c Ibbs Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Contractors; Contracts; Court decisions; Owners; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CASE LAW; CLAIMS; COURT DECISIONS; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; EARNED VALUE; EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS; LABOR HOURS; MEASURED MILE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY CLAIMS; PROJECT RECORDS;

BUDGET CONTROL; CONTRACTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77955314819     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000193     Document Type: Article

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