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1 Department of Quantity Surveying, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria

2 School of Construction Economics and Management, Built Environment, University of Salford, UK

3 Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

\*Address all correspondence to: rexugulu@gmail.com

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