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Dec 1974
Excelling as a Construction Contractor
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Volume 100, Issue 4
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Nine principles are formulated and stated: (1) integrity; (2) selection and maintenance of the aim (to excel in construction); (3) skill (good organization, management, quality control, training, and procedures); (4) human considerations (personnel selection, utilization, and welfare); (5) responsibility (sense of accountability, cost accounting, and bookkeeping); (6) purposefulness (good impact on the community); (7) foresight (in planning, execution, and expansion); (8) lessons from successes and failures; and (9) acceptability (in time, with the specified quality, and without any unnecessary expenditures).
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Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 100 • Issue 4 • December 1974
Pages: 621 - 629
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© 1974 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Dec 1974
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Altaf Hussain, F.ASCE
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