Understanding early contractor involvement (ECI) procurement forms

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2012 - Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 877-887

  Walker, Derek H T ^a   Lloyd Walker, Beverley ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ECI; Project alliances; Relationship based procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907514665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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