Front-end planning implementation in Singapore: Status, importance, and impact

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-573

  Hwang, Bon Gang ^a   Ho, Jia Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice; Construction industry; Front end planning; Performance; Project management; Project planning

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PLANNING; SINGAPORE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 84859900235     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000456     Document Type: Article

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