Survey of the bidding practices of Canadian civil engineering construction contractors

Canadian journal of civil engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-25

  Fayek, Aminah ^a   Ghoshal, Indrani ^a   AbouRizk, Simaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BIDDING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 85047681882     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l98-038     Document Type: Article

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