Risk management in small construction projects in Singapore: Status, barriers and impact

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-124

  Hwang, Bon Gang ^a   Zhao, Xianbo ^a   Toh, Li Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Sports Council   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Barriers; Impact; Implementation; Project performance; Risk management; Small projects

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BARRIERS; IMPACT; IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; SMALL PROJECTS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84887219462     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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