Maintenance cost implications of utilizing bathroom modules manufactured offsite

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1067-1077

  Pan, Wei ^a   Gibb, Alistair G F ^b   Sellars, Andrew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathroom modules; Maintenance costs; Offsite; Student accommodation

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRECAST CONCRETE; STUDENTS;

BATHROOM MODULES; COST DATUMS; DESIGN DECISION MAKINGS; IN-SITU; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MAINTENANCE COSTS; OFFSITE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES; WIDER RANGES;

MAINTENANCE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST; MAINTENANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749112930     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802422161     Document Type: Article

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