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Determinants of Construction Project Success in India

Part of the book series: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ((TSRQ,volume 23))

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Chapter begins with a brief description of a construction project, its various phases and their importance. A brief review of literature on project success and the criteria employed to measure the success is presented. The performances of construction projects in general are not up to the mark and thus it is imperative to understand the factors for ensuring success in a project. The reasons why a project fails are also equally important. It would be also interesting to predict the performance of an ongoing project. These are some of the reasons why this study has been undertaken. Past knowledge points out the role of coordination in ensuring project success, however, what constitutes project coordination and what traits should be possessed by a project coordinator also need to be explored and accordingly they have been considered as one of the objectives of the study. Chapter ends with a brief description of contents of different chapters.

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Jha, K.N. (2013). Introduction. In: Determinants of Construction Project Success in India. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6256-5_1

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