Implications of design deficiency on building maintenance at post-occupational stage

Journal of Building Appraisal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Ishak, Nor Haniza ^a   Chohan, Afaq Hyder ^a,b   Ramly, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Design decisions; Design defi ciency; Faulty design and building maintenance; Unplanned maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548024359     PISSN: 17428262     EISSN: 17449545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jba.2950061     Document Type: Article

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