Building design for buildability: An investigation of the current practice in Nigeria

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1267-1274

  Mbamali, I ^a   Aiyetan, O A ^b   Kehinde, J O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Buildability; Building design practice in Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; SITE SELECTION; STANDARDIZATION;

BUILDING DESIGN; EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION; RESEARCH PROJECTS; SINGLE INTEGRATED ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING;

EID: 20544442670     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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