Analysis of adverse weather for excusable delays

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1258-1267

  Nguyen, Long D ^a   Kneppers, Jax ^b   García De Soto, Borja ^b   Ibbs, William ^c,d  

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

^b Jax Kneppers Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

^d Ibbs Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims; Construction management; Contracts; Delay time; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE WEATHER; CLAIMS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DELAY TIME; EXCUSABLE DELAY; NORMAL CONDITION; SEVERE WEATHER; TIME EXTENSIONS; WEATHER; WEATHER DELAYS; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 78649290705     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000242     Document Type: Article

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