Hong Kong - Bastion of bamboo scaffolding

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Ramanathan, Muthukaruppan ^a  

^a AECOM Asia Company Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buildings; Safety hazards; Structure design; Temporary works

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; INFRASTRUCTURE; SAFETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 56249105453     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2008.161.4.177     Document Type: Article

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