Construction performance comparison between conventional and industrialised building systems in Malaysia

Structural Survey

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 412-424

  Kadir, M R Abdul ^a   Lee, W P ^b   Jaafar, M S ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Ali, A A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction systems; Labour efficiency; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INDUSTRIALISED BUILDING SYSTEMS; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITIES; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33750333234     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800610712004     Document Type: Article

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