Benchmarking project level engineering productivity

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-244

  Liao, Pin Chao ^a   Thomas, Stephen R ^b   O'Brien, William J ^b   Dai, Jiukun ^b   Mulva, Stephen P ^b   Kim, Inho ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarks; Construction industry; Construction management; Engineering; Industrial construction; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSTITUTES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; COST CONTROLS; DISCIPLINE LEVELS; ENGINEERING FIRMS; ENGINEERING PRODUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION; MULTIPLE LEVELS; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; PROJECT LEVELS; STANDARD DEFINITIONS; Z-SCORES;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENGINEERING; METRIC SYSTEM; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84862840762     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.671284     Document Type: Article

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