Price competitive alliance projects: Identification of success factors for public clients

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 947-956

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Mistry, Dina ^a   Davis, Peter R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alliance; Public sector; Relationship; Success factor; Target outturn cost; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RELATIONSHIP; SUCCESS FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

COSTS;

EID: 77955888838     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000208     Document Type: Article

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