Planned construction times and labour utilization — a comparison of UK and French contractors

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-232

  Proverbs, David G ^a   Olomolaiye, Paul O ^a   Harris, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practices; Construction times; Labour utilization; Performance; Planning; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073581     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021032     Document Type: Review

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