Influence of highway project characteristics on contract type selection: Empirical assessment

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-333

  Anastasopoulos, Panagiotis Ch ^a   Labi, Samuel ^b   McCullouch, Bob G ^c   Karlaftis, Matthew G ^d   Moavenzadeh, Fred ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Construction planning; Contract management; Highway construction; Project management; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EXPECTED COSTS; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE; HIGHWAY PROJECTS; LEAST SQUARE; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; PROJECT COST; PROJECT DURATION; REHABILITATION; TYPE SELECTION; WORK ACTIVITIES;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MAINTENANCE; PLANNING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAINTENANCE; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 78449246212     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000035     Document Type: Article

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