A survey of the factors affecting the productivity of construction projects in Iran

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-116

  Ghoddousi, Parviz ^a   Hosseini, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

construction; factors; grounds affecting productivity; nonproductive time; productivity; sub contractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866322422     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/20294913.2012.661203     Document Type: Article

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