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An Analysis of the Distribution of Time Variance for Building Projects

J. Y. WangFaculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering,Shenzhen University E-mail: [email protected]
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N. FisherDepartment of Construction Management and Engineering, Reading University
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C. S. SunDepartment of Construction Management, Institute of Technology
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D. H. WuDepartment of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Pages 73-82 | Published online: 10 Feb 2014

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