Causes of cost overruns in transport infrastructure projects in Asia: Their significance and relationship with project size

Built Environment Project and Asset Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-216

  Park, Young Ill ^a   Papadopoulou, Theopisti C ^b  

^a HYUNDAI Engineering and Construction   (South Korea)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Construction industry; Cost overruns; Cost performance; Costs; Transport infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878935256     PISSN: 2044124X     EISSN: 20441258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20441241211280873     Document Type: Article

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