The Singapore buildable design appraisal system: A preliminary review of the relationship between buildability, site productivity and cost

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 681-692

  Poh, Paul S H ^a   Chen, Jundong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Prefab Technology Private Limited   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buildability; Buildable score; Construction costs; Site labour productivity

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BUILDABILITY; BUILDABLE SCORE; BUILDING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARDS; INTEGRATED ELEMENTS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; SITE PRODUCTIVITY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0004750141     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998371971     Document Type: Article

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