Australian multi-unit residential project construction time performance factors

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 278-284

  Walker, Derek H t ^a   Vines, Mark W ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction time performance; Pisk; Procurement; Team behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047714     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021152     Document Type: Review

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