Effect of mechanisation on project performance in the Nigerian construction industry

COBRA 2008 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Idoro, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Concreting; Excavation; Mechanisation; Productivity and project performance

Indexed keywords

CONCRETING; CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONTRACT PERIOD; FIELD SURVEYS; MANUAL METHODS; MECHANISATION; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; POOR PERFORMANCE; PROJECT COST; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; SPEARMAN CORRELATION; TIME OVERRUN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; EXCAVATION; MECHANIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

MACHINERY;

EID: 84860376530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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