Risk factors leading to cost over-run in highway projects

Queensland University of Technology Research Week International Conference, QUT Research Week 2005 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Creedy, Garry ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client; Estimating; Government; Highways; Risk

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIENT; CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; COST OVERRUNS; ESTIMATING; GOVERNMENT; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HIGHWAY PROJECTS; HIGHWAYS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PROJECT COST; PUBLIC DATA; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST ACCOUNTING; COST ESTIMATING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; RESEARCH; RISKS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859041090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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