Cost modelling of office buildings in Hong Kong: An exploratory study

Facilities

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 438-452

  Li, Heng ^a   Shen, Q P ^a   Love, Peter E D ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction operations; Costs; Hong Kong; Office buildings; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544473908     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770510602379     Document Type: Review

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