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Jun 1, 1989
Equipment Policy of Top 400 Contractors: A Survey
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 115, Issue 2
Abstract
The results of a questionnaire survey that reports the construction equipment policy in the Engineering News Record rated top 400 construction companies are presented. Special attention is paid to equipment financing, replacement analysis, equipment standardization, safety, and maintenance management. The questionnaire responses are cross‐tabulated in regard to annual volume and type of construction (heavy versus nonheavy).
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 115 • Issue 2 • June 1989
Pages: 317 - 329
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Copyright © 1989 ASCE.
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Published online: Jun 1, 1989
Published in print: Jun 1989
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Amir Tavakoli, Member, ASCE
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., and Coordinator, Grad. Program in Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH 44106
Emmanuel D. Taye
Deputy Minister for Rural Development, Monrovia, Liberia; formerly Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH 44106
Mehmet Erktin
Civ. Engr., Istanbul, Turkey; formerly Grad. Student, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH 44106
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