Megaproject success: Hoover Dam construction and pre-construction management ingenuity

Hoover Dam: 75th Anniversary History Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 329-339

  Walewski, John ^a   Sadatsafavi, Hessam ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; FEDERAL AGENCY; PHYSICAL RISKS; PRE-CONSTRUCTION; PRE-PROJECT PLANNING; PUBLIC PROJECT; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DAMS;

EID: 84890905886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41141(390)17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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