Sustainable concrete construction

Concrete (London)

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 31-33

  Nixon, Philip ^a   Quillin, Keith ^a   Somerville, George ^a  

^a BRE Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ECONOMY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP); RESOURCE EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PORTLAND CEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 4444359819     PISSN: 00105317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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