Assessment of direct work utilization at the workface in the U.S. construction industry (1972-2008)

Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice - Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 960-969

  Gong, Jie ^a   Borcherding, John D ^b   Caldas, Carlos H ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; GENERAL CONTRACTORS; IDLE TIME; LABOR UTILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK SAMPLING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; SAMPLING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77956320668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41109(373)96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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