Value management in singaporean building projects: Implementation status, critical success factors, and risk factors

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hwang, Bon Gang ^a   Zhao, Xianbo ^b   Ong, Shi Ying ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Facilities Administrator NetApp Singapore Pte Ltd Millenia Tower   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building projects; Critical success factors; Implementation; Risk; Value management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SURVEYS;

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; BUILDING PROJECTS; COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; IMPLEMENTATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; VALUE MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84944699616     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: 19435479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000342     Document Type: Article

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