The principal factors affecting construction project overhead expenses: An exploratory factor analysis approach

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 903-914

  Chan, Caroline T W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost control; Cost estimating; Overheads

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COST CONTROLS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; OVERHEADS; PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITY SURVEYING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EXPENDITURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867647239     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.717706     Document Type: Article

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