Contract documentation and the incidence of rework in projects

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-259

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Edwards, David J ^b   Smith, Jim ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction project management; Contract documentation; Quality; Rework

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007012838     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2005.9684596     Document Type: Article

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