Attributes of UK construction clients influencing project consultants’ performance

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 433-443

  Kometa, Simon T ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul O ^a   Harris, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clients; Consultants; professionals; project performance; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINANCIAL STABILITY; PLANNING AND DESIGN; POOR PERFORMANCE; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; RANKING TECHNIQUE;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84948867627     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446199400000053     Document Type: Article

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