Earned value-based performance monitoring of facility construction projects

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-80

  De Marco, Alberto ^a   Narbaev, Timur ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Construction management; Cost control; Earned value; Europe; Industrial facility; Monitoring; Performance; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019490593     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725961311301475     Document Type: Article

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