Automation of quantity surveying in construction projects

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Saleh, Mohammed Abdullah Eben ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

QUANTITY SURVEYING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0033338322     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(1999)5:4(141)     Document Type: Article

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