Analysis of Core Competence of Pre-construction Service

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identify the method of reducing the construction delays, the types of delays, the allocation of
responsibilities, and the perceptions of the different parties concerning causes of delays.

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quality control of a construction project. This article applies and identifies the improvements
made by the work of construction management so as to apply success factors in the construction
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performance, the researches on setting valid best practices according to the performance territory
through a correlation analysis between the performance made and the best practices improvable
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project strategic planning of contractor team about the project subject, executive records and
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resources.