Innovation in construction equipment and its flow into the construction industry

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-378

  Arditi, David ^a   Kale, Serdar ^a   Tangkar, Martino ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0000483477     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1997)123:4(371)     Document Type: Article

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