Role, definition and dimensions of incomplete construction contract documents

COBRA 2009 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1258-1275

  Walker, Florence ^a   Pryke, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contractual governance; Documentation incompleteness; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT; CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION; CONTRACTUAL GOVERNANCE; INFLUENCING FACTOR; MINIMUM INFORMATION; REYNOLDS; TRANSACTION COST;

ALUMINUM; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; RESEARCH; SURVEYING;

FORMAL LOGIC;

EID: 84860445156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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