Construction automation: Demands and satisfiers in the United States and Japan

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Everett, John G ^a,b   Saito, Hiroshi ^c  

^a ASCE ^*

^b The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c Japan Hwy Public Corp   (Japan)

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EID: 0006501144     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1996)122:2(147)     Document Type: Article

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