Construction Equipment Management Practices for Improving Labor Productivity in Multistory Building Construction Projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Gurmu, Argaw Tarekegn ^a   Aibinu, Ajibade Ayodeji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Building projects; Construction equipment management practices; Labor and personnel issues; Logistic regression; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTORS; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MACHINERY; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; TALL BUILDINGS;

AUSTRALIA; BUILDING PROJECTS; EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PERSONNEL ISSUES;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85027882610     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001384     Document Type: Article

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