Causes of variation in construction project task starting times and duration

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 663-677

  Wambeke, Brad W ^a,b   Hsiang, Simon M ^a,c   Liu, Min ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Factor analysis; Labor productivity; Variation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CRAFT WORKERS; DETAILED DESIGN; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIELD MANAGERS; LABOR FORCE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY PERFORMANCE; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PRODUCTIVITY; REDUCE VARIATION; ROOT CAUSE; SITE CONDITIONS; TIME VARIATIONS; TIME-DIFFERENCES; VARIATION;

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052786621     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000342     Document Type: Article

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